Releasesby GlyphMCP Toolbox for Databases adds AlloyDB observability and query insights
The Model Context Protocol Toolbox for Databases can now access AlloyDB observability features and advanced query insights directly from an IDE.
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AI mode for sensitive data classification (Public Preview)
Sensitive data classification now supports AI mode in public preview. When you enable AI mode on a classification profile, Snowflake uses the OpenAI GPT-5 Mini model to identify additional semantic categories beyond those detected by standard classification, which can improve accuracy.
New SNOWFLAKE_COCO_USAGE_HISTORY view in Account Usage and Organization Usage (General availability)
The SNOWFLAKE_COCO_USAGE_HISTORY view is now generally available in the ACCOUNT_USAGE and ORGANIZATION_USAGE schemas. It provides a unified view of usage history for CoCo across the CLI, Desktop, and Snowsight interfaces. The information in the view includes the number of credits consumed each time a user interacts with CoCo.
Upcoming deprecation of the data quality monitoring downstream_impact column
The downstream_impact column in the data quality monitoring results system table is being deprecated. Deprecation begins September 7, 2026, and rolls out gradually across regions over the following week. Until the rollout reaches your workspace, you might still be able to query downstream_impact .
Upcoming deprecation of the data quality monitoring root_cause_analysis column
The root_cause_analysis column in the data quality monitoring results system table is being deprecated. Deprecation begins August 18, 2026, and rolls out gradually across regions over the following several days. Until the rollout reaches your workspace, you might still be able to query root_cause_analysis .
Session restore for serverless jobs is now in Beta
Restore the Python variables and Spark session from a serverless compute job run into a new interactive notebook, so you can debug a failure or explore results without rerunning the job. Databricks automatically captures a state snapshot when an eligible run fails, runs 30 minutes or longer, or is cancelled, and keeps it for 7 days after the run completes.
Identity attributes in ABAC column mask policies (Beta)
Identity attributes are in Beta. You can now write Unity Catalog ABAC column mask policy conditions that target users by attributes synced from your identity provider, such as department or country , in addition to group membership.
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AlloyDB can sync BigQuery tables in preview
BigQuery tables can be synced into AlloyDB once or on a periodic schedule, giving operational analytics low-latency transactional access to data lake data.
AlloyDB integration with BigQuery enters preview
AlloyDB can connect operational and analytical data through real-time lakehouse federation to BigQuery, periodic data synchronization and one-time table syncs, all in preview.
AlloyDB now supports Best Matching 25 (BM25) indexes for full-text search in Preview
AlloyDB now supports Best Matching 25 (BM25) indexes for full-text search in Preview . You can use the pg_textsearch extension to create BM25 indexes and optimize probabilistic ranking of full-text search. This feature is supported on AlloyDB instances running PostgreSQL 17 or 18. For more information, see Create and manage a BM25 index .
AlloyDB real-time BigQuery access adds limit pushdown and runtime projects
The preview feature pushes some LIMIT and OFFSET clauses down to BigQuery to cut network transfer, and optional runtime projects let queries run and bill compute separately from the owning project.
Note: IAM group authentication is available in Preview for new AlloyDB clusters
Note: IAM group authentication is available in Preview for new AlloyDB clusters. To enable this feature on an existing cluster, contact your Google Cloud account team. IAM group authentication for AlloyDB is available in Preview for new clusters running PostgreSQL 15 and later.
AlloyDB write endpoints are now available in Preview
AlloyDB write endpoints are now available in Preview . Write endpoints simplify database connection management by providing a stable domain name service (DNS) name for your applications, decoupling them from instance IP addresses.
AlloyDB now supports cross-region failover in Preview
AlloyDB now supports cross-region failover in Preview . You can optionally enable cross-region failover to automate the recreation of the original primary when a secondary cluster is promoted while maintaining your replication topology without requiring manual cluster deletion or re-creation.
External search with AlloyDB now supports OpenSearch in Preview
External search with AlloyDB now supports OpenSearch in Preview . You can use the external_search_fdw extension to connect to an OpenSearch cluster and query its data directly from your database.