Source editor and Destination editor workspace roles
Two new workspace roles, Source editor and Destination editor, limit editing to sources or destinations respectively. Both are on Pro and Enterprise Flex plans.
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Openflow Connector for SQL Server (CDC) (General availability)
The Openflow Connector for SQL Server (CDC) is now generally available. The connector captures every row-level change from Microsoft SQL Server using Change Data Capture (CDC) and replicates selected tables into Snowflake in near real-time or on a schedule. It supports initial snapshot load, incremental sync, and schema evolution.
REPLACE USING flows for pipelines (Beta)
REPLACE USING flows are now available in Lakeflow pipelines in Beta . Use a REPLACE USING flow when your source is a series of partial snapshots keyed by column. On each update, the flow replaces all rows that match the specified key columns and leaves all other rows unchanged.
The Table Visualization Improvements feature is now generally available
The Table Visualization Improvements feature is now generally available. You can now use the following features for table visualizations : Pagination Show/Hide Table Headers Table Borders Cell Highlighting Conditional formatting for string fields
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Context Store stays on while agents use a connector
A connector's Context Store stays on as long as agents use the connector for anything, not only searching.
Connector list flags failed data updates with Action Required
Connectors whose latest data update failed show Action Required for invalid sign-in details or Failing for other errors, while synced data stays searchable.
Pin chats in Airbyte Agents
Chats can be pinned from the sessions table, chat header, or sidebar, and the sessions list can be filtered to pinned chats. Pins are personal.
Syncs open parallel data channels based on allotted capacity
Airbyte reads the processing capacity allotted to a sync and opens as many parallel data channels as it allows instead of falling back to a single channel.
Gmail connector for Airbyte Agents
Gmail is available to connect. Agents can read and organize messages, threads, drafts, and labels, with Google sign-in during setup.
Airbyte Self-Managed 2.2 released, one-way database upgrade
Airbyte 2.2 migrations drop tables that 2.1.x depends on, so the upgrade is one-way and rolling back to 2.1.x is not supported. Take a database backup before upgrading.
Airbyte 2.2 community deployments drop HTTP Basic API credentials
Community deployments no longer accept HTTP Basic credentials on the API. Callers must switch to an access token from /api/v1/applications/token.
Airbyte 2.2 Helm charts accept namespaceOverride
Both the main chart and the data plane chart accept a top-level namespaceOverride value that controls the namespace written onto chart resources.