First-time SSO users become org admins on plans without RBAC
If an organization uses SSO but its plan lacks role-based access control, people signing in for the first time are added as organization admins.
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You can now train models using XGBoost version 2.1 by using the XGBOOST_VERSION option
You can now train models using XGBoost version 2.1 by using the XGBOOST_VERSION option. BigQuery uses the XGBoost 3.1.0 library to load and make predictions on XGBoost models. This feature is generally available .
CoCo in the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code (General availability)
CoCo in the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code is now generally available. CoCo runs in a side panel next to the extension's existing SQL and Snowpark Python workflows, so you can work locally while you stay connected to your Snowflake account.
Lakeflow Designer August Release
The Lakeflow Designer August release adds the Unique operator, expands the Aggregate, Select, and Python operators, and improves the canvas, preview, and version-history experience.
Genie Code is now available as a Lakeflow Jobs task (Beta)
You can now run prompts with Genie Code as a task in a Lakeflow Job. Genie Code runs your prompt autonomously. It can read upstream task outputs and call tools as needed. The task returns a link to the resulting Genie Code conversation with its response. See Genie Code task for jobs .
Genie Code for AI Runtime (Public Preview)
Use Genie Code to develop and troubleshoot deep learning workloads in notebooks connected to AI Runtime. Now in Public Preview , it generates distributed training code, resolves environment and dependency issues, and debugs GPU and distributed workload failures. See Use Genie Code with AI Runtime .
Share foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing (Public Preview)
You can now use OpenSharing to share foreign Delta tables, which are Delta-format tables registered in a foreign catalog such as OneLake, a Hive metastore, or AWS Glue. Providers add foreign Delta tables to a share, and recipients access the shared data in read-only format.
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Workspace Usage page shows workspace region
On Pro or Enterprise Flex, the workspace Usage page shows which region the workspace runs in alongside its data worker usage.
Agents chat picks up skill changes mid-conversation
If a skill is added, edited, disabled, or removed during a chat, the agent uses the change on the next message.
Agents SDK adds array_contains search filter
Search filters separate text matching (contains, case-insensitive) from list matching with the new array_contains operator.
Agents SDK supports Google Cloud Secret Manager for credentials
Connectors run with credentials from your own environment can keep them in Google Cloud Secret Manager in addition to AWS Secrets Manager.
Cron sync schedules support time zones via the API
Connections created or updated through the API can set a time zone for cron sync schedules instead of always using UTC.
Data worker usage graphs get day, week and month ranges
Organizations with committed data worker capacity can switch usage graphs between one-day, one-week, and one-month ranges.
Semantic search for Notion, Sentry, Facebook Marketing and Customer.io
Agents can search Notion comments, Sentry issues, Facebook Marketing ad creative text, and Customer.io campaign email content by meaning.
Semantic search across Slack, HubSpot, Intercom, Monday.com, Asana and more
Search by meaning now covers Slack, HubSpot, Intercom, Monday.com, Asana, Greenhouse, and TikTok Marketing.