Releasesby GlyphTest against an existing Deployment in the Astro IDE
You can now test code in the Astro IDE against an existing Astro Deployment in your Workspace, instead of only an ephemeral test Deployment. Testing against an existing Deployment reuses its configuration, connections, and resources, and skips provisioning a new environment.
Also shipped Jul 9, 2026Astronomer in July 2026 →
Change to default pipeline editor for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
The Lakeflow Pipelines Editor has been generally available since May 2026. In August, it will become the default editor for developing and debugging pipelines in workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. At that time the legacy editor will be removed.
Strac connector (Beta)
The Strac connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests data-security audit events from your Strac instance into Databricks. Authentication uses a Strac API key. See Strac connector .
Protobuf tensor input for custom model serving endpoints (Public Preview)
For custom model serving endpoints with a tensor-based input signature, you can now send the request body as a serialized KServe v2 ModelInferRequest with Content-Type: application/x-protobuf , instead of JSON. This feature is in Public Preview and is only available on endpoints deployed after July 9, 2026. See Protobuf tensor input .
Genie One enhancements
- Document citations : Documents now show citations that link content back to the data and sources Genie One used to generate the document. See View citations . Document version history : Documents now keep a version history so you can review earlier versions. See View version history .
Front-end Private Link for account-level Genie One (Beta)
You can now configure front-end Private Link for account-level Genie One. Turn on the Front-end Private Link for Custom URLs and Account preview to get started. See Configure inbound Private Link for account-level resources .
Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
- Import BI files is in Public Preview : Importing Power BI and Tableau reports as AI/BI dashboards with Genie Code is in Public Preview. You can also start an import directly from the dashboard list page. See Import BI files using Genie Code .
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Try the new Astro experience
Astro's navigation now gives you a single view across your entire Organization instead of a single Workspace. Deployments, Dags, and Astro IDE projects all appear across Workspaces in one view, with Workspace context on every row. Filter to a specific Workspace when you need to, or work from the full picture across your Organization.
New Deployment analytics experience
Astro now offers a new version of the Deployment analytics experience with expanded Airflow visibility, including API server and webserver metrics, Dag processor coverage, Kubernetes executor and KubernetesPodOperator coverage, parse time, and richer per-status and per-component breakdowns.
Additional improvements
- Updated Astro infrastructure to improve reliability and performance.
Enable Sub-Second Pipelines
You can now enable Sub-Second Pipelines on Airflow 3.2+ Deployments that use the Astro executor . Sub-Second Pipelines pair the Astro executor with a dedicated event-driven Event Scheduler that picks up and dispatches API-triggered Dag runs in under a second and sustains approximately 1,000 Dag runs per minute, where the Celery executor queues and falls...
Review code with Otto
You can now use Otto to review your Airflow code automatically when you open a pull request or merge request. The Otto review action posts a sticky summary comment, adds inline comments where it finds issues, and offers commit suggestions where a concrete fix is available.
Cross-region disaster recovery for GCP dedicated clusters is generally available
Self-service cross-region disaster recovery (DR) for GCP dedicated clusters is now generally available. You can configure a primary and a secondary dedicated cluster in different GCP regions, and fail over with minimal downtime and data loss.
Task-level utilization metrics
Astro now shows CPU and memory utilization at the Dag, task, and task instance level in a new Resource Metrics tab in the Airflow UI, with task-to-worker mapping that ties resource use back to the Dag, task, task run, and time window.
Additional improvements
- When you add the first IP address range to your organization's IP access list, the Astro API now rejects the request with a 400 Bad Request error if your current IP address falls outside the submitted ranges, which prevents you from accidentally locking yourself out.