Releasesby GlyphConsumer access to query Unity Gateway services will become generally available
Querying Unity Gateway model services and model provider services with Consumer access is currently opt-in through the Consumer access to Unity Gateway Public Preview . When this capability becomes generally available, consumer access users will be able to query these services without the preview enabled.
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Version targeting for Cortex Agent and Cortex Analyst evaluations (General availability)
Cortex Agent and Cortex Analyst evaluations now let you control the versioned configuration used for scoring: Version targeting pins the configuration under evaluation, not the agent behavior that gets evaluated: each run invokes the agent again and scores a newly generated trace.
CoCo automations in CLI and Snowsight (Preview)
CoCo automations in the CoCo CLI and CoCo in Snowsight are now available in public preview. Automations let you schedule recurring, unattended CoCo runs that execute in a Snowflake-managed sandbox. Each run creates a Cortex thread that you can inspect and continue in CoCo. Automations created from one surface can be monitored and managed from the other.
xAI's Grok 4.6
Grok 4.6 is available in Preview in Model Garden.
Gemini Enterprise: New data stores and support for new actions (Public Preview)
The following data stores are available in Public Preview in Gemini Enterprise: Atlan Bitly : Create QR code, create short link, update QR code, and update short link. FactSet AI-Ready Data FullStory Globalping Pendo Stripe You can search and read data from these data stores using natural language.
AWS Glue 6.0 now available with 30% lower price and full Apache Iceberg v3 support
Today, we are announcing the general availability of AWS Glue 6.0 , delivering 30% lower pricing than previous AWS Glue versions and introducing full support for Apache Iceberg v3 features. AWS Glue 6.0 is built on a fully modernized runtime, Apache Spark 4.1, Python 3.13, and Scala 2.13, delivering faster performance.
OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Sol pricing to $4 input and $20 output per MTok
GPT-5.6 Sol input pricing drops 20% and output pricing 33%. The promotional price runs at least through November 21, 2026.
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Monitor all AI activity with the unified trace table (Beta)
The unified trace table is in Beta . It captures every request and response across your Unity Gateway services into one Unity Catalog table in OpenTelemetry format, giving you a single place to monitor, debug, secure, and audit all AI activity. See Monitor all AI activity using the unified trace table .
Unity Gateway now supports Provisioned Throughput
Govern Provisioned Throughput (PT) traffic through Unity Gateway, bringing PT models under the same access controls, usage tracking, rate limits, payload logging, and guardrails as other model traffic. See AI governance with Unity Gateway .
Zhipu AI GLM 5.3 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway
Zhipu AI GLM 5.3 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway for multimodal reasoning, coding, and agentic workloads. Access it through the same governed API as other models, with centralized permissions, guardrails, spend controls, and observability, and switch models without changing application code.
xAI Grok 4.6 is now available on Unity Gateway
xAI Grok 4.6 is now available on Unity Gateway for reasoning-heavy coding and agentic workflows. Access it through the same governed API as other models, with centralized permissions, guardrails, spend controls, and observability, and switch models without changing application code.
AI Functions REST API is now generally available
You can now call ai_parse_document , ai_extract , and ai_classify through the AI Functions REST API. See intelligent document processing for more details.
Monitor and cap external provider costs
Unity Gateway can now track and cap spend on external model providers, such as Amazon Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry, not just Databricks-provided models. If your organization already has capacity commitments directly with a provider, Unity Gateway becomes the single point to track that usage and enforce spend limits across teams and use cases.
DeepSeek V4 Pro (0813) is now available on Unity Gateway
DeepSeek V4 Pro (0813) is now available on Unity Gateway for complex reasoning and agentic coding workflows. Access it through the same governed API as other models, with centralized permissions, guardrails, spend controls, and observability, and switch models without changing application code.
Google Gemini 3.7 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway
Google Gemini 3.7 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway for fast, cost-efficient everyday tasks. Access it through the same governed API as other models, with centralized permissions, guardrails, spend controls, and observability, and switch models without changing application code.