Releasesby GlyphBuild tool cache now available in Open Beta
Build tool cache is now available in Open Beta Build tool cache is now available in Open Beta on CircleCI Cloud, offering up to 90% faster clean builds vs. no cache for eligible Gradle, Bazel, and Turborepo workloads (and up to 29% faster for Xcode).
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Automations in Snowflake CoWork (General availability)
Automations in Snowflake CoWork are now generally available. An automation turns a one-time report into a recurring one: Snowflake CoWork re-runs your question with fresh data on the schedule you choose and emails you the results, including a summary and key metrics, along with a link that opens the full report so you can ask follow-up questions.
Sharing foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Sharing and reading foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available. Providers can share Iceberg tables federated from foreign Iceberg catalogs using Lakehouse Federation, including to recipients using external Iceberg clients.
Sharing foreign schemas and tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Sharing and reading foreign schemas and foreign tables with OpenSharing is now generally available. Providers can share foreign schemas and tables federated from external data sources using Lakehouse Federation, without copying data into Databricks.
Session restore for serverless jobs is in Public Preview
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 entire job. Databricks captures the snapshot automatically for eligible runs. See Session restore for serverless jobs .
Second generation Openflow deployments and runtimes now available on GCP
Second generation (gen 2) Openflow deployment and runtime SQL objects are now available on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), in addition to AWS and Azure. Previously, gen 2 deployment and runtime SQL objects were generally available only on AWS and Azure.
Add VS Code Agents to Copilot usage metrics
GitHub Copilot usage metrics reports now include generally available metrics for activity in the dedicated VS Code Agents window, helping you measure adoption and engagement across enterprises and organizations.
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[Updated] JUnit Output Requirements for Smarter Testing
Update September 11, 2026 We are relaxing the requireents around JUnit Output for Smarter Testing. For the best experience when it comes to dynamic test splitting and test skipping we do recommend JUnit output, it is however, not a requirement .
Machine Runner Orchestrator Release 1.0.0
New Machine Runner Orchestrator (previously Runner Provisioner), which automatically scales self-hosted machine runner VMs to match CI demand, is now generally available (GA).
Xcode 27.0 Available
The Xcode 27.0 image is now available to be used in CircleCI pipelines. The full manifest of installed software can be found here .
CircleCI is now available on Cursor Origin, in beta
CircleCI now integrates with Cursor Origin in beta, on CircleCI Cloud. Connect an Origin repository and your existing .circleci/config.yml runs unchanged - pipelines trigger on push and pull request, with status reported back to the Origin PR.
Hosted MCP server now available
CircleCI now hosts an MCP server at https://mcp.circleci.com/v1/mcp . Point your AI assistant at that URL, sign in with OAuth2, and it can read and act on your CI. There is nothing to install and nothing to keep up to date , every client hits the same endpoint, and new tools appear the moment we ship them.
Xcode 27.0 RC Available
The Xcode 27.0 RC image is now available to be used in CircleCI pipelines. The full manifest of installed software can be found here .
Xcode 27.2 beta Available
The Xcode 27.2 beta image is now available to be used in CircleCI pipelines. The full manifest of installed software can be found here .
Deprecation of GraphQL Unstable API - January 1st, 2027
Summary The CircleCI GraphQL Unstable API (https://circleci.com/graphql-unstable) will reach end of life on January 1, 2027 and will no longer be supported or accessible after that date. This change does not impact Server customers.