Releasesby GlyphNative GitHub Actions YAML Workflow Support , Preview
Native GitHub Actions YAML Workflow Support , Open Preview CircleCI now supports running GitHub Actions YAML-defined workflows directly on CircleCI compute. This is an open preview release. Some GitHub Actions features are not yet supported, and Linux runners are currently the only supported execution environment.
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Shopify connector (Beta)
The Shopify connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests e-commerce data such as products, orders, customers, inventory, fulfillments, and discounts from Shopify into Databricks. Authentication uses the Shopify OAuth client credentials grant.
Lakebase backup schedule API (Beta)
You can now manage Lakebase backup schedules programmatically. The snapshot schedule API lets you read and set a root branch's automated snapshot cadences (daily, weekly, or monthly) and how long each cadence's snapshots are retained. This API is in Beta and available to all Lakebase workspaces. See Create a backup schedule .
OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock
Today, AWS announces the general availability of GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna from OpenAI on Amazon Bedrock. Expanding the GPT-6 family alongside Astra, these two models give teams more ways to balance intelligence, speed, and cost across every workload. Sol is the daily model for recurring complex tasks and software development.
Claude Opus 5.5 launches with a 1M token context window and 128k output
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 for long-running agentic coding and knowledge work, with a default 1M token context, 128k max output and always-on adaptive thinking. It costs $4 / $20 per MTok, below Claude Opus 5, and is on the Claude API, Bedrock, Google Cloud and Microsoft Foundry.
Fast mode research preview available for Claude Opus 5.5 on the Claude API
Fast mode, in research preview, can now be used with Claude Opus 5.5 on the Claude API.
Claude API beta lets tools be defined inside mid-conversation system messages
With the inline-tools-2026-09-15 beta header, a tool_addition block can carry a full tool definition, so agents can add tools, change schemas or upgrade server tools mid-conversation without invalidating the prompt cache. The same header covers adding and removing tools by reference.
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Deprecation: Bitbucket Data Center Support Effective October 1, 2026
CircleCI will end support for Bitbucket Data Center (BBDC) as a VCS integration on October 1, 2026. Reason for change: BBDC adoption has remained minimal, and Atlassian’s recent licensing changes indicate reduced long-term commitment to the Data Center product line.
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 .
API Change: Pipeline Error Response Format Update
API Change: Pipeline Error Response Format Update We’ve updated how pipeline errors are returned in the CircleCI API. What’s changing Previously, related lines from a single config error were returned as separate objects in the errors array: "errors": [ { "type": "config-deprecated-syntax", "message": "Error calling workflow: 'build-test-deploy'" }, {...
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 Xcode 14.3.1, 26.3.0, 26.2.0, and 26.1.1
Following our Xcode image retention policy , Xcode 14.3.1, 26.3.0, 26.2.0, and 26.1.1 have been marked as deprecated and will be removed on October 30th, 2026. We will be performing 24 hour brownouts from 00:00:01 to 23:59:59 UTC during which these images will be unavailable. The brownout and deprecation schedule can be found below.
Xcode 27.2 Beta 2 Available
The Xcode 27.2 Beta 2 image is now available to be used in CircleCI pipelines. The full manifest of installed software can be found here .
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 .