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VARIANT data type on Delta Direct tables (General availability)
With this release, Snowflake supports the VARIANT data type on Iceberg tables created from Delta table files in object storage (Delta Direct). When your Delta tables include variant columns, Snowflake maps them to the Snowflake VARIANT data type. You can query semi-structured data using VARIANT functions and dot or bracket notation.
Metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations (Public Preview)
Snowflake is rolling out metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations in Snowsight to help you identify databases that are likely to contain sensitive data and enable classification with one click.
Lakeflow Connect row filtering is now generally available
Row filtering in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. Row filtering allows you to ingest only the rows you need by applying conditions similar to a SQL WHERE clause, improving performance and minimizing data duplication.
Genie One enhancements and bug fixes
- Ontology snippets (Public Preview) : Genie One now supports ontology snippets. This feature is in Public Preview. Contact your Databricks account team to sign up. See Genie Ontology . Document edit timestamps : Documents now show the date and time they were last edited. See Documents in Genie One . Links in documents : Documents now support links.
Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
- Agent mode is generally available : Agent mode in Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) is now generally available. Agent mode uses multi-step reasoning to answer complex, exploratory questions with a report that includes citations, visualizations, and supporting tables. See Genie Agents concepts .
[Launched] Generally available: Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 on Azure Databricks
Azure Databricks now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's most agentic Sonnet model to date, delivering near-Opus-level intelligence with Sonnet's cost efficiency and speed. Designed
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PostgreSQL and MySQL connectors support mTLS authentication
The fully managed PostgreSQL Source and Sink and MySQL Source and Sink (JDBC) connectors now support mutual TLS authentication.
Kafka clients on librdkafka v2.15.0
Updated Python, JavaScript, .NET, Go, and C/C++ clients add IBM Z (s390x) support, .NET 10 support, security hardening, and Queues for Kafka for Python in preview.
AWS IAM authentication plugins for Python and .NET clients
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Connector secret manager integration supports Google Cloud Secret Manager
Confluent Cloud can fetch connector secrets at runtime from Google Cloud Secret Manager, removing the need to persist secrets within Confluent's boundary.
Schema Registry reachable over Private Network Interface on AWS
If you use PNI for Enterprise or Freight clusters, you can reach Schema Registry over the same PNI connection without a separate PrivateLink.
consumer_lag_offsets metric reports lag for recently empty groups
The metric now reports lag for any group in the EMPTY state for less than one day, rolling out through late August 2026.
Auto pool mapping for OAuth identity pools across Kafka, REST, Schema Registry, ksqlDB
Auto pool mapping makes the identity pool ID optional for Kafka clients 2.15+, Kafka REST API, Schema Registry clients and REST API, and ksqlDB REST API.