Releasesby GlyphIP filtering extends to public Kafka and ksqlDB access
IP filtering now protects public Kafka and ksqlDB access, expanding on support for resource management, schema management, and Flink.
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You can now train models using XGBoost version 2.1 by using the XGBOOST_VERSION option
You can now train models using XGBoost version 2.1 by using the XGBOOST_VERSION option. BigQuery uses the XGBoost 3.1.0 library to load and make predictions on XGBoost models. This feature is generally available .
CoCo in the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code (General availability)
CoCo in the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code is now generally available. CoCo runs in a side panel next to the extension's existing SQL and Snowpark Python workflows, so you can work locally while you stay connected to your Snowflake account.
Lakeflow Designer August Release
The Lakeflow Designer August release adds the Unique operator, expands the Aggregate, Select, and Python operators, and improves the canvas, preview, and version-history experience.
Genie Code is now available as a Lakeflow Jobs task (Beta)
You can now run prompts with Genie Code as a task in a Lakeflow Job. Genie Code runs your prompt autonomously. It can read upstream task outputs and call tools as needed. The task returns a link to the resulting Genie Code conversation with its response. See Genie Code task for jobs .
Genie Code for AI Runtime (Public Preview)
Use Genie Code to develop and troubleshoot deep learning workloads in notebooks connected to AI Runtime. Now in Public Preview , it generates distributed training code, resolves environment and dependency issues, and debugs GPU and distributed workload failures. See Use Genie Code with AI Runtime .
Share foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing (Public Preview)
You can now use OpenSharing to share foreign Delta tables, which are Delta-format tables registered in a foreign catalog such as OneLake, a Hive metastore, or AWS Glue. Providers add foreign Delta tables to a share, and recipients access the shared data in read-only format.
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IBM MQ Source connector adds STRING and BYTES output formats
The IBM MQ Source connector now supports STRING and BYTES output data formats on Confluent Cloud.
IBM MQ Source connector output key format configurable
The output key format is now configurable for IBM MQ Source connectors on Confluent Cloud.
IBM MQ Sink connector input key format configurable
The input key format is now configurable for IBM MQ Sink connectors on Confluent Cloud.
Unified Stream Manager alerting for Confluent Platform clusters
USM monitors conditions such as offline partitions, broker storage exhaustion, and stalled telemetry, delivering alerts to Console, email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, or a webhook.
Custom SMTs can make external network calls (Limited Availability)
Custom SMTs on fully managed connectors can call endpoints outside Confluent Cloud, such as KMS, secret stores, or data enrichment APIs, as a Limited Availability feature.
Unified Stream Manager supports Azure Private Link
Unified Stream Manager now supports Azure Private Link for connecting self-managed Confluent Platform clusters, in addition to AWS PrivateLink.
Secret manager integration adds HTTP V2 and Oracle XStream connectors
Secret manager integration now extends to the HTTP Sink V2, HTTP Source V2, and Oracle XStream CDC Source fully managed connectors.
Cloud Console idle session timeout raised to two hours
The idle session timeout increases from 30 minutes to two hours, measured by console interaction. The eight-hour maximum session length is unchanged.