New exam outline
Google Cloud DevOps Engineer: what changes in the new exam outline
A new Cloud DevOps Engineer exam outline takes effect on November 23, 2026. Here’s how the domain weights change, and which outline your exam will use.
- Current outline applies
- until November 22, 2026
- New outline applies
- from November 23, 2026
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Domain weights
What changed
Each domain’s share of the exam under the current outline and the new outline, as Google Cloud publishes them.
| Domain | Current outline | New outline | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Establishing and bootstrapping foundational infrastructure and organizational governanceWas: Bootstrapping and maintaining a Google Cloud organization | Current outline20% | New outline18% | Change−2 points |
| Building, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and ML workloadsWas: Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and machine learning workloads | Current outline25% | New outline30% | Change+5 points |
| Applying site reliability engineering practices | Current outline18% | New outline18% | ChangeNo change |
| Implementing observability practices and troubleshooting issues | Current outline25% | New outline22% | Change−3 points |
| Optimizing performance and cost | Current outline12% | New outline12% | ChangeNo change |
In short
- Building, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and ML workloads grows the most, from 25% to 30% of the exam.
- Implementing observability practices and troubleshooting issues shrinks the most, from 25% to 22%.
- Bootstrapping and maintaining a Google Cloud organization is now called Establishing and bootstrapping foundational infrastructure and organizational governance.
- Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and machine learning workloads is now called Building, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and ML workloads.
Weights come from Google Cloud’s exam guides. How we check our facts
Your exam
Which outline will your exam use?
Exams taken until November 22, 2026 use the current outline, and exams taken from November 23, 2026 use the new one. Study for the outline in force on the day you sit the exam.
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Which outline will my Google Cloud DevOps Engineer exam use?
Exams taken until November 22, 2026 use the current outline, and exams taken from November 23, 2026 use the new one. Study for the outline in force on the day you sit the exam.
What changes in the new Google Cloud DevOps Engineer exam outline?
Building, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and ML workloads grows the most, from 25% to 30% of the exam. Implementing observability practices and troubleshooting issues shrinks the most, from 25% to 22%. Bootstrapping and maintaining a Google Cloud organization is now called Establishing and bootstrapping foundational infrastructure and organizational governance. Building and implementing CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and machine learning workloads is now called Building, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing, for application, infrastructure, and ML workloads.
