Gemini Managed Agents adds background work and remote tools
Gemini Managed Agents already supported background execution, remote MCP servers, custom functions and credential refresh. Google has now added self-hosted BYOS environments, system instructions, custom configuration and environment keys to its GenAI SDKs and CLI, letting teams run an agent against a customer-owned execution environment.
Why it matters: The environment boundary can move from Google's managed sandbox to infrastructure the operator owns. That improves placement and customization choices while transferring isolation, patching, network policy, secret handling and cleanup responsibility to the…