Releasesby GlyphAdditional improvements
- Ask Otto can now read, edit, save, deploy, and run tasks for an open Astro IDE session.
Also shipped Sep 15, 2026Astronomer in September 2026 →
Predict dynamic table refresh behavior with EXPLAIN CHANGES (General availability)
You can now use EXPLAIN CHANGES to predict a dynamic table's refresh behavior before it happens, either for a manual refresh or as part of a DDL change, without applying the change.
Horizon Catalog Explorer UI (Preview)
With this release, the Horizon Catalog Explorer is the default experience for browsing Snowflake objects in Snowsight, replacing Database Explorer. The Horizon Catalog Explorer provides consistent navigation and object detail pages while preserving the tabs and actions that you already use.
Embedding Streamlit in Snowflake apps in external pages (General availability)
Embedding Streamlit in Snowflake apps in external pages is now generally available. You can render a container-runtime app inside a page you host, such as a customer portal or an internal dashboard, using a single tag.
Elastic Channels for Snowpipe Streaming (General availability)
Elastic Channels for Snowpipe Streaming are now generally available. Elastic Channels provide one implicit, server-scaled ingestion path per pipe, so concurrent producers can stream directly to Snowflake tables and supported Snowflake-managed Iceberg tables without managing channel names, lifecycle, ordering, or offset tokens.
Webhook-triggered deployments for Databricks Apps will soon be generally available
Starting in October 2026, webhook-triggered deployments for Databricks Apps will be generally available. Automatically deploy your app when changes are pushed to a connected GitHub or Azure DevOps repository, so your deployed app stays in sync with your repository without manual redeployment. See Deploy a Databricks app .
Sharing foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Sharing and reading foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available. Providers can share Delta-format tables federated from OneLake, a Hive metastore, or AWS Glue, without copying data into Databricks. See Add foreign Delta tables to a share .
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Improved hibernation schedule management
Hibernation schedules now display as a visual weekly chart instead of a list of cards or a CRON table. The chart shows every schedule on one week-long timeline, in both UTC and your local time zone, so you can see at a glance when a Deployment will be awake or hibernating.
Export infrastructure metrics to Datadog
You can now create a Datadog (infrastructure metrics) metrics export to send Deployment infrastructure metrics directly to Datadog, in addition to the existing Prometheus Remote Write export type.
Proxy-aware IP allowlisting
If you route Astro traffic through a forward proxy or secure tunnel, such as Zscaler, you can now turn on Proxy-Aware IP Allowlisting on the IP Access List page to also accept the egress IP address of that proxy or tunnel as a valid match.
Additional improvements
- Updated Astro infrastructure to improve stability and reliability.
The new Astro experience is now live for all Organizations
The new Astro experience is now turned on for all Organizations and is out of Preview. It replaces the previous Astro experience, so there is no longer an opt-in or an option to switch back. The change doesn't affect your pipelines or configuration. Astro's navigation gives you a single view across your entire Organization instead of a single Workspace.
The Astro IDE is generally available
The Astro IDE is now generally available and is no longer a Preview feature. The Astro IDE is a browser-based workspace for Apache Airflow where you write Dag code, validate and test changes, and deploy or push your work without setting up a local development environment.
Otto investigations include ranked suggested fixes
When an Otto investigation completes, the What to change section now lists up to three ranked suggested fixes to make it easier and faster to take action on an investigation. Each fix is labeled with its type: Code patch : A git apply command that fixes one file in your Dag code.
Detailed cost breakdown for Astro AI spend
The Cost Breakdown dashboard in Organization dashboards now includes a Detailed Cost for Astro AI view that breaks down your Astro AI spend, including Otto usage, by billable item.