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 .
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Metadata for BigQuery Graph is automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog
Metadata for BigQuery Graph is automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog . This feature is available in preview .
BigQuery supports WHERE clauses inside aggregate function calls in preview
Aggregate function calls can now include a WHERE clause that filters their input with a boolean expression, simplifying conditional aggregation in SQL.
Multimodal AI_SUMMARIZE for automatic theme summarization (Public Preview)
Snowflake Cortex AI_SUMMARIZE is now available in public preview, enabling customers to summarize text and multimodal content, including images and documents, directly in Snowflake.
Zero-copy support for all table formats in interactive warehouses (General availability)
Support for all table formats in interactive warehouses is now generally available and is no longer in Preview .
Genie visualizations in Slack replies (Public Preview)
When a Genie response includes a chart, the visualization now appears as an image in the Slack reply. If you installed the Databricks Genie app for Slack previously, reinstall it to enable this. See Visualizations .
Metadata for BigQuery Graph is now automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog
Metadata for BigQuery Graph is now automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog. This feature is available in preview . For more information, see Knowledge Catalog overview .
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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 27.2 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 .
[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 .
Build 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).
Xcode 27.1 Beta 1 Available
The Xcode 27.1 Beta 1 image is now available to be used in CircleCI pipelines. The full manifest of installed software can be found here .