Releasesby GlyphWorkflow cancellation display status reliability improvements
What changed We overhauled how CircleCI handles workflow cancellation to eliminate two long-standing issues: jobs that flip from canceled to success , and jobs that keep showing a spinner after they’ve actually finished.
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VARIANT data type on Delta Direct tables (General availability)
With this release, Snowflake supports the VARIANT data type on Iceberg tables created from Delta table files in object storage (Delta Direct). When your Delta tables include variant columns, Snowflake maps them to the Snowflake VARIANT data type. You can query semi-structured data using VARIANT functions and dot or bracket notation.
Metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations (Public Preview)
Snowflake is rolling out metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations in Snowsight to help you identify databases that are likely to contain sensitive data and enable classification with one click.
Lakeflow Connect row filtering is now generally available
Row filtering in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. Row filtering allows you to ingest only the rows you need by applying conditions similar to a SQL WHERE clause, improving performance and minimizing data duplication.
Genie One enhancements and bug fixes
- Ontology snippets (Public Preview) : Genie One now supports ontology snippets. This feature is in Public Preview. Contact your Databricks account team to sign up. See Genie Ontology . Document edit timestamps : Documents now show the date and time they were last edited. See Documents in Genie One . Links in documents : Documents now support links.
Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
- Agent mode is generally available : Agent mode in Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) is now generally available. Agent mode uses multi-step reasoning to answer complex, exploratory questions with a report that includes citations, visualizations, and supporting tables. See Genie Agents concepts .
[Launched] Generally available: Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 on Azure Databricks
Azure Databricks now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's most agentic Sonnet model to date, delivering near-Opus-level intelligence with Sonnet's cost efficiency and speed. Designed
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New CLI in Beta
A new version of the CircleCI CLI is in Beta. The new CLI has several enhancements including a built in MCP server, the ability to trigger and watch pipeline runs, and access build output for jobs. The new CLI is also optimized for agents like Claude Code and Codex to use. Visit https://cli.circleci.com for installation instructions and full release notes.
The new Pipelines page is now live for all users
We’ve launched a new Pipelines page in the CircleCI web app, bringing faster page loads and additional filter controls to help you find and manage your pipelines more easily. Existing users will be switched to the new design automatically. If you’d like to switch back to the previous version, toggle off “Updated view” in the top right of the Pipelines page.
Xcode 26.6 Available
The Xcode 26.6 image is now available to be used in CircleCI pipelines. The full manifest of installed software can be found here .
UPDATE: EOL notice for some pipeline values starting with pipeline.trigger_parameters.*
UPDATE: Effective September 21, 2026 , support for all pipeline values starting with pipeline.trigger_parameters.circleci.* and pipeline.trigger_parameters.github_app.* will be discontinued. These values will no longer be guaranteed to be present in pipelines after this date. The previously communicated date for end of life was August 1, 2026.
Xcode 27.0 Beta 2 Available
The Xcode 27.0 Beta 2 image is now available to be used in CircleCI pipelines. The full manifest of installed software can be found here .
Xcode 26.6 RC 2 Available
The Xcode 26.6 RC 2 image is now available to be used in CircleCI pipelines. The full manifest of installed software can be found here .
Get notified in Slack or email when a workflow needs approval
You can now get notified by Slack or email when a workflow is paused on an approval job. Each notification includes a link that takes you straight to the approval job in CircleCI, where you can approve or cancel it.
Project Usage Dashboard - now in preview
Understand how your team is using CircleCI with the new Project Usage dashboard . Get a per-project view of pipeline activity and usage over time, so you can see what’s running, how often, and where your capacity is going. To access it : open any project and click Usage in the navigation.