Firebase
Firebase Cloud Messaging Retires the Registration Token, Docs Lag
Firebase's Node, Java and Python Admin SDKs now deprecate FCM's token field for fid, the Installation ID, but docs for targeted sends haven't caught up.
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Firebase
Firebase's Auth Export Was Quietly Stripping MFA Enrollment
Firebase CLI v15.22.4 fixes auth:export and auth:import silently dropping mfaInfo, which had stripped MFA enrollment from users migrated between projects.
Firebase
Firebase Now Force-Enables App Check for New AI Logic Apps
Firebase's console setup flow for AI Logic now turns on App Check automatically, closing off a common way developers shipped apps with an open Gemini API proxy.
Firebase
Firebase Pushes iOS Developers Off CocoaPods by October
Firebase stops publishing new Apple SDK versions to CocoaPods in October 2026, ahead of CocoaPods trunk going read-only in December. Migrate to SPM.
Firebase
Genkit's Go SDK Goes Stable with Anthropic and Ollama Plugins
Google's Genkit Go SDK hit its first stable release June 18, committing to backward API compatibility and shipping Claude, Vertex AI and Ollama plugins.
Firebase
Firebase Auth Emulator Now Mocks WebAuthn Passkeys
Firebase CLI v15.21.0 adds mock passkey support to the Auth emulator, so developers can test WebAuthn sign-in flows locally without hardware authenticators.
Firebase
Genkit 1.39 Retires the Chat Beta, Lands Production Agents
Genkit JS v1.39.0 removes the beta Chat API and ships defineAgent, a production multi-turn agent framework with Firestore session persistence.
Firebase
Firebase SQL Connect Streaming Lands in the JavaScript SDK
The Firebase JS SDK just gained streaming for SQL Connect, letting web apps subscribe to live PostgreSQL data using the @refresh directive.
Firebase
Firebase AI Logic Puts Gemini in Apple Foundation Models
Apple opened Foundation Models to cloud AI providers at WWDC 2026. Firebase AI Logic is now the Gemini entry point for iOS 27, in preview.