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title: "VAST Polaris 5.4.2 Release Notes"
slug: "vast-polaris-5-4-5-release-notes"
updated: 2026-10-28T02:14:51Z
published: 2026-10-28T02:14:51Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/vast-polaris-5-4-5-release-notes"
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# VAST Polaris 5.4.2 Release Notes

VAST Polaris v5.4.2 is available for general use from March 2026.

VAST Polaris is a portal on which you can create and manage deployments of VAST Clusters to cloud platforms.

In v5.4.2, you can deploy fully-functional VAST Clusters to GCP cloud platforms.

## New Features in 5.4.2

### Support for GCP

This is the first release of the VAST Polaris portal. You can now deploy fully-functional VAST Clusters on your GCP account. When deploying clusters, you allocate the amount of storage for the cluster and the number of VMs.