Use assessments ( Preview ) in Database Center to assess and test the performance impact of database...
Use assessments ( Preview ) in Database Center to assess and test the performance impact of database recommendations before you apply them to your production database fleet. The assessments workflow performs these operations: Clones your database instance. Runs benchmarking simulation tests on the clone.
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Multi-value tags (General availability)
With this release, multi-value tags are generally available. You can assign more than one string value to the same tag.
Remote app operations for Snowflake Native Apps (Preview)
Remote app operations are now available in public preview for Snowflake Native Apps. Providers can perform on-demand operations on consumer apps, including running SQL statements ( run_sql ), retrying a failed upgrade ( retry_upgrade ), and disabling/enabling the app ( disable / enable ), all through a new system function SYSTEM$REMOTE_APP_OPERATION .
Remote Development with the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code (Preview)
Remote Development with the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available in public preview.
Stable egress IP addresses on Azure (Preview)
Stable egress IP addresses are now available in preview on Azure. You can generate Snowflake egress IP address ranges (as CIDR addresses) and add them to an external server's allowlist so that Snowflake can make requests to that server.
LTAP Direct Writes accelerates synced table loads (Beta)
LTAP Direct Writes speeds up how synced tables load into Lakebase. When you create a synced table, Lakebase loads a full copy of your Unity Catalog data into your Postgres branch.
The Genie One desktop app for macOS is in Beta
The Genie One desktop app is now in Beta . The native macOS app opens Genie One on your desktop instead of in a browser tab, so business users can chat with data in natural language, work with their threads and documents, and use Genie Agents without a browser. See Use Genie One on desktop .
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Cloud SQL now makes it easier to configure Private Service Connect for your Cloud SQL instance
Cloud SQL now makes it easier to configure Private Service Connect for your Cloud SQL instance. When you create an instance that's enabled with Private Service Connect, you can choose to automatically create the service connection policy and endpoint in the VPC network that you want to use with Private Service Connect.
The rollout of the following extension upgrades is complete: - pg_partman is upgraded from 5.2.4 to 5.4.3
The rollout of the following extension upgrades is complete: pg_partman is upgraded from 5.2.4 to 5.4.3. pgfincore is upgraded from 1.3.1 to 1.4. pgvector is upgraded from 0.8.1 to 0.8.5. For more information, see Configure PostgreSQL extensions .
You can use the pgAudit extension to prevent string literals that might indicate sensitive information, such...
You can use the pgAudit extension to prevent string literals that might indicate sensitive information, such as passwords and secrets, from appearing in your log query results. This pgAudit extension capability is supported on [PostgreSQL version].R20260712.01_06 or later. For more information, see Audit for PostgreSQL using pgAudit .
Cloud SQL supports Workforce Identity Federation authentication
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The C4 machine series is now available for Cloud SQL for MySQL Enterprise Plus instances in the following...
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Cloud SQL supports in-place upgrades and downgrades to your instance's infrastructure
Cloud SQL supports in-place upgrades and downgrades to your instance's infrastructure. You can change all of the following in place: The edition that your Cloud SQL instance uses. The machine type. The storage type. The database version. Making in-place changes is the most direct and least error-prone way to reconfigure an instance.
The C4 machine series is now available for Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL Enterprise Plus instances in the...
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Cloud SQL for SQL Server supports the sp_help_revlogin stored procedure in the msdb database
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