Releasesby GlyphSmarter Testing CLI: New commands, flags, and plugin registry
We’ve consolidated the Smarter Testing CLI experience under the CircleCI CLI. Please apply these changes by September 14, 2026. Local Installation Note: these steps apply to your local machine only. CI containers already have the CLI installed, so no install step is needed in your config. The testsuite is now managed as a CircleCI CLI extension.
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BigQuery data agent monitoring with Google Cloud Observability in preview
Teams can monitor the performance, adoption, latency and costs of BigQuery data agents and their conversations using Google Cloud Observability.
Verkada connector (Beta)
The Verkada connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests organization audit logs and access users from your Verkada organization into Databricks. Authentication uses a Verkada organization API key. See Verkada connector .
Private network gateway is in Private Preview
Private network gateway is in Private Preview . A private network gateway connects Databricks serverless compute to resources in your VPC, on-premises systems, and the internet through a single managed gateway, reusing your existing network connectivity configuration (NCC).
Connect to the Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams with your workspace URL (Public Preview)
When you sign in to the Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams, you can now enter your workspace URL instead of a server hostname to connect to your Databricks account. See Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams .
The INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE privileges are in Beta
The INSERT , UPDATE , and DELETE privileges are in Beta in Unity Catalog. These privileges are least-privilege alternatives to MODIFY that let you grant write access to a table's data without also granting the ability to change its schema or other metadata. The privileges require Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above.
Gemini Enterprise: D&B Commercial Graph data store (Preview)
The D&B Commercial Graph data store is available in Public Preview in Gemini Enterprise. You can connect D&B Commercial Graph to search and import company data using natural language. For more information, see Connect D&B Commercial Graph .
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Runner Release 3.1.12
Machine Runner: You can now set runner.ssh.advertise_addr_url instead of a fixed runner.ssh.advertise_addr . The runner fetches the SSH rerun address from that URL when a task starts. Use this when something outside the runner assigns the address. The URL must return a host:port .
Runner Provisioner Beta Release 0.1.3
New: Added support for SSH reruns on KubeVirt VM runners: you can now SSH directly into the exact VM that ran a job, over the public internet, for debugging. Off by default.
Xcode 27.0 Beta 6 Available
The Xcode 27.0 Beta 6 image is now available to be used in CircleCI pipelines. The full manifest of installed software can be found here .
Gen2 x86 Docker resource classes now available on Free plans
Gen2 x86 Docker resource classes, benchmarked at ~73% faster than gen1 equivalents, are now available to Free plan users. See the x86 (gen2) Docker documentation and CircleCI price list for details.
IP ranges support available for Gen2 Docker (x86)
IP ranges is now supported for x86 Docker Gen2 resources classes. Pricing for IP ranges is unchanged and is the same across all executor generations: 450 credits per 1 GB of data used, for customers on a Performance or Scale plan, billed in addition to standard compute costs. See the x86 (gen2) Docker documentation and IP ranges documentation for details.
Scale plan: Unlimited job concurrency
Scale plan change: Unlimited job concurrency The Scale plan now supports unlimited concurrent jobs across all build configurations and execution environments. Previously, concurrency on the Scale plan was configurable but capped at a custom limit. Note: macOS resource classes retain a custom concurrency limit.
Email notifications for expiring personal API tokens
CircleCI now emails you before a personal API token expires, so you can rotate it before any scripts, pipelines, or integrations that use it start failing. You receive an email at four points ahead of the expiry date: 30 days before 15 days before 7 days before 1 day before Emails go to your default email address.
Android Gen2 Machine Executor Now Generally Available
Android gen2 resource classes are now generally available on CircleCI. Based on realistic workload benchmarking using the nowinandroid project, we found gen2 to be 47% faster than gen1 equivalents. Android gen2 resource classes are priced the same as other gen2 resource classes and are available for users on paid plans.