Releasesby GlyphCompliance API returns cloud Cowork session transcripts in beta
New /v1/compliance/apps/sessions/remote endpoints list Cowork sessions started on claude.ai web or mobile and return their transcripts for Claude Enterprise organizations.
Also shipped Aug 3, 2026Anthropic in August 2026 →
BigQuery cross-cloud connections query AWS, Azure and Salesforce in preview
Cross-cloud connections query data in AWS, Azure and Salesforce Data 360 from all BigQuery regions, support more BigQuery features and are more cost efficient than BigQuery Omni connections.
BigQuery JDBC driver adds OpenTelemetry tracing and logging
The JDBC driver for BigQuery now supports OpenTelemetry for tracing and logging, with automatic exports to Google Cloud Observability, helping monitor and troubleshoot database interactions. It is generally available.
Inline Stored Procedures for hybrid tables (Public preview)
Inline Stored Procedures for hybrid tables are now available in public preview. Inline Stored Procedures are a new type of Snowflake stored procedure designed for operational workloads on hybrid tables.
Organization Hub (General availability)
The Insights page under Organization Hub presents interactive tiles that show trends, alerts, and summary data for your entire organization. The feature is now generally available to customers who have ORGANIZATION_USAGE premium views enabled, and is no longer in Preview .
AI Agents Inventory in the Trust Center AI Security tab (Preview)
With this preview release, the AI Security tab in the Trust Center includes an AI Agents Inventory section. This section provides a consolidated inventory of the Cortex Agents in your account, filtered by one or more categories, so that you can identify which agents to assess or investigate for better governance and security posture.
Trust Center AI Security scanner package and tab (General availability)
The AI Security scanner package and the AI Security tab in the Trust Center are now generally available. Use them to monitor AI-related configurations and usage in your account, and to review the security posture of AI workloads that use Cortex Agents, Snowflake CoWork, or Cortex Code from a single dashboard.
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Inference hooks
are now in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations. Point Claude at your organization's AI security server, and each governed prompt across claude.ai, Cowork, and Claude Code is held for the server's allow or deny verdict before inference proceeds.
Claude Opus 4.1 is retired on the Claude API
All requests to claude-opus-4-1-20250805 now return an error. Anthropic recommends upgrading to Claude Opus 5; researchers can request continued access through the External Researcher Access Program.
Dreams research preview adds support for Claude Opus 5
Dreams, in research preview, now supports Claude Opus 5.
Claude Managed Agents sessions support hard spend budgets
A session budget caps spend at public list rates; when reached, the session pauses with the budget_reached stop reason instead of starting new model requests. Deployments can apply the same budget to every session they start.
Claude Managed Agents sessions can consult an advisor model
An advisor entry in the agent's multiagent roster names a model at least as capable as the agent's own that the primary thread can consult mid-turn for strategic guidance.
Claude Managed Agents adds inference_geo to control where inference runs
Set inference_geo in the model object when creating an agent, or override it per session, to control data residency for model inference.
Claude Managed Agents sessions load skills from GitHub repositories
When a session mounts a repository, skills in its root .claude/skills directory are discovered automatically at session start and available to the agent.
Claude Sonnet 5 introductory pricing of $2 / $10 per MTok becomes permanent
The introductory Claude Sonnet 5 price is now standard, and the scheduled increase to $3 / $15 per MTok on September 1, 2026 will not happen.