Cloud Runtime Configuration API
Cloud Runtime Configuration API
Manage runtime configs, variables, waiters, and watch operations for dynamic configuration workflows.
Provides concrete variable, waiter, and watch paths
The exposed API version is v1beta1
Start by listing or creating configs, then validate variables, waiters, and the {name}:watch operation. For change-driven jobs, focus on watch and waiter behavior first.
Uptime · 30-day window
About this API
The interesting part of this API is that it exposes dynamic configuration as explicit configs, variables, waiters, and watch operations rather than a bare key-value store. The resource surface includes "/v1beta1/{name}", "/v1beta1/{name}:watch", "/v1beta1/{parent}/configs", and "/v1beta1/{parent}/variables", with groupings such as "projects".
For backend teams, that is useful when the goal is to publish runtime configuration variables, create waiters for variable changes, or watch config changes from backend jobs. The spec lists scopes such as "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform" and "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudruntimeconfig".
The exposed API version is v1beta1 This is runtime config, not a full secrets-management surface
What you can build
- 1Publish runtime configuration variables
- 2Create waiters for variable changes
- 3Watch config changes from backend jobs
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- Provides concrete variable, waiter, and watch paths
- Exposes both cloudruntimeconfig and cloud-platform scopes
- Fits dynamic configuration better than static deploy files
Limitations
- The exposed API version is v1beta1
- This is runtime config, not a full secrets-management surface
Example request
curl https://google.com/<endpoint> \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN"Getting started
Start by listing or creating configs, then validate variables, waiters, and the {name}:watch operation. For change-driven jobs, focus on watch and waiter behavior first.
Technical details
- Auth type
- oauth
- Pricing
- unknown
- Protocols
- REST
- Response time
- 41 ms
- Last health check
- 5/12/2026, 7:37:36 AM
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