Releasesby Glyph“Rerun job with SSH” sessions can now be opened right from the CircleCI web app
You no longer need a local terminal, a copied IP address, or any allowlisting on your workstation. What’s new One address, one trusted host key. Connect with ssh ssh.circleci.com instead of a different IP and port for every job. You’ll no longer get a “do you trust this host?” warning on each SSH re-run. Works from restrictive networks.
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Genie ZeroOps is available in Beta
Genie ZeroOps is now in beta, providing automated monitoring for jobs, pipelines, and tables. It detects failures and data quality issues, investigates root causes, and proposes fixes.
You can track table-level data lineage in Knowledge Catalog for BigQuery pipelines
You can track table-level data lineage in Knowledge Catalog for BigQuery pipelines. For more information, see Track data lineage . This feature is generally available (GA).
BigQuery generative AI functions now support the gemini-4-hydrogen model
BigQuery generative AI functions now support the gemini-4-hydrogen model. This model is generally available .
Amazon Aurora and RDS now support Graviton5-based R9g database instances
AWS Graviton5-based R9g database instances are now generally available for Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility and MySQL compatibility, and for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB.
[In preview] Public Preview: SQL performance monitoring for Azure SQL Managed Instance
The public preview of Microsoft-managed performance monitoring for Azure SQL Managed Instance is now available. Customers monitoring business-critical SQL Managed Instance workloads often rely on custom scripts and disconnected monitoring tools. This requ
Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 4 Hydrogen available in web app, mobile app, Workflow Builder, and AI developer tools
Gemini 4 Hydrogen is generally available (GA) for the Gemini Enterprise web app, mobile app, Workflow Builder, and AI developer tools. Location availability : Supported in global , us , and eu multi-regions, with data residency and ML processing support in us and eu . For more information, see Data residency for Gemini Enterprise .
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Config validation warnings will block pipelines on December 14, 2026
Starting December 14, 2026, CircleCI will treat config validation warnings as hard failures, blocking pipeline execution. Users are advised to review and fix existing warnings before this date.
Deprecation of `branches` data in the v1 and v1.1 project and settings APIs
CircleCI is removing the branches field from the following v1 and v1.1 endpoints on December 7, 2026 : GET /api/v1/projects GET /api/v1.1/projects GET /api/v1/project/:vcs-type/:username/:repo/settings GET /api/v1.1/project/:vcs-type/:username/:repo/settings This change applies to CircleCI cloud.
Improved commit status links and failure details
We’ve updated the commit statuses CircleCI posts to your VCS to make it faster to see which run failed and why, for both people and AI agents. More descriptive status URLs Status links previously used the format https://circleci.com/{project-slug}/{build-number} .
Xcode 27.3 Beta 1 Available
The Xcode 27.3 Beta 1 image is now available to be used in CircleCI pipelines. The full manifest of installed software can be found here .
Server Release 4.9.8
Before Upgrading See the CircleCI server 4.9 release notes and upgrade guide for this release. If you mirror images to a private registry or run an air-gapped install, copy the new NGINX image before you upgrade. See Configuration Changes below.
Re-announcing the deprecation of Xcode 16.2.0 and 26.2.0
CircleCI announced that Xcode 16.2.0 and 26.2.0 images will be removed on December 7, 2026, with 24-hour brownouts conducted prior to enforcement.
Functions now available in beta
CircleCI launched Functions in beta, allowing developers and AI agents to define, version, pin, and reuse CI environment setup modules via CLI and MCP server.
Server Release 4.10.2
CircleCI Server 4.10.2 includes security updates to reject compromised certificates and adds new Kong routes for the OAuth authorization server.