Introducing chdb Postgres extension: High-performance imports from cloud storage
The chdb Postgres extension brings fast imports and exports across cloud storage platforms and data formats, powered by the embedded ClickHouse engine.
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Conversational analytics now supports predictive modeling questions using the AI.PREDICT function
Conversational analytics now supports predictive modeling questions using the AI.PREDICT function . This feature is in Preview .
Add and drop hybrid table constraints online (General availability)
With this release, you can add and drop UNIQUE and FOREIGN KEY constraints on an existing hybrid table by using alter table . Previously, you had to define these constraints when you created the table, so adding a foreign key to a table that was already serving a workload meant recreating and reloading the table.
Shadow traffic for gateways (Preview)
With this preview release, you can use a shadow traffic gateway to send all production requests to a primary service endpoint while mirroring a percentage of those requests to one or more shadow endpoints. Responses from shadow endpoints aren't returned to clients.
The partner-powered AI features setting will be removed
On November 1, 2026, Databricks will remove the account- and workspace-level toggle for partner-powered AI features. Each workspace will keep its current setting value: if the setting is enabled, it stays enabled, and if it's disabled, it stays disabled. Removing the toggle doesn't change any setting values.
Incremental ingestion for Salesforce formula fields in Lakeflow Connect will soon be generally available
Incremental ingestion for Salesforce formula fields in Lakeflow Connect will soon be generally available. Today, Lakeflow Connect ingests formula fields by taking a full snapshot on each pipeline run by default. When incremental formula field ingestion is generally available, full snapshots will no longer be the default.
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog. DENY policies can be used to explicitly deny the MANAGE ACCESS CONTROL privilege to prevent specified principals, including object owners, from performing access-management operations. They always take precedence over any grant. For details, see ABAC DENY policies (Beta) .
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Announcing ClickHouse Managed Postgres on Google Cloud
ClickHouse Managed Postgres is expanding to Google Cloud, bringing NVMe-backed storage, native CDC into ClickHouse, and a unified query layer via pg_clickhouse to GCP private preview customers.
ClickHouse release 26.8
ClickHouse 26.8 LTS introduces background queries, pipelined SQL, new text tokenizers, expanded data lake integrations, and faster Parquet, aggregation, and join queries.
Introducing WalShadow: Sub-second Postgres replication to ClickHouse from physical WAL
WalShadow replicates Postgres data directly from physical WAL into ClickHouse, delivering around 200 ms latency and 289,000 rows per second in benchmarks.
ClickHouse is a launch partner for the Data agent in ChatGPT Work
ClickHouse joins the Data agent in ChatGPT Work, connecting ClickHouse Cloud to natural-language queries, reports, and interactive dashboards.
Announcing On-Demand Compute: Instant compute for your most intensive workloads
ClickHouse On-Demand Compute lets you scale individual queries with additional workers, run intensive workloads without disrupting production, and use compute when you need it.
Introducing Scheduled Upgrades in ClickHouse Managed Postgres
ClickHouse Managed Postgres now supports scheduled upgrade windows, giving Scale and Enterprise users more control over when routine platform maintenance occurs.
MySQL CDC connector for ClickPipes is now Generally Available
Replicate MySQL and MariaDB data into ClickHouse Cloud with the generally available MySQL CDC connector, featuring faster parallel snapshots, safer production defaults, improved observability, and infrastructure-as-code support.
Introducing ClickHouse's new TimeSeries Engine: Your drop-In Prometheus replacement
ClickHouse PromQL support lets you store Prometheus metrics in ClickHouse Cloud, query them using familiar PromQL, and bring metrics together with your logs and traces without rewriting queries in SQL.