Releasesby GlyphDelete empty consumer groups from Confluent Cloud Console
You can now delete consumer groups in the empty state through Confluent Cloud Console.
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BigQuery Studio query results pane shows recent run history
The Query results pane now shows a short history of recent runs for a query, including multi-statement queries, without switching to the Job history tab. It is generally available.
The query history system table is now generally available
The system.query.history system table is now generally available. Use it to access account-wide records for queries run on SQL warehouses or serverless compute, including execution status, duration metrics, and query source. See Query history system table reference .
Cortex AI Function Evaluation for measuring quality (Public Preview)
Snowflake Cortex AI Function Evaluation is now available in public preview, enabling customers to measure the output quality, cost, and token usage of custom AI Functions and Cortex AI calls against labeled datasets.
Cortex AI Function Optimization for more efficient AI implementations (Public Preview)
Snowflake Cortex AI Function Optimization is now available in public preview, enabling customers to automatically search across prompts and models for improved implementations of custom AI Functions.
Cortex Agents Compact API (Preview)
The Cortex Agents Compact API is now available in preview. Use the agent:compact endpoint to summarize a conversation and pass the compact representation to subsequent agent:run requests. Compacting conversation history reduces token consumption and helps conversations stay within the model context window.
You can now use the AlloyDB Columnar Engine as a read-optimized, in-memory cache for HNSW vector indexes
You can now use the AlloyDB Columnar Engine as a read-optimized, in-memory cache for HNSW vector indexes. This feature is generally available ( GA ). It accelerates vector search performance and increases queries per second (QPS) for vector workloads. For more information, see Accelerate queries with the Columnar Engine .
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Consumer group deletion in Confluent Cloud Console
Users can now delete consumer groups that are in an empty state directly through the Confluent Cloud Console.
Oracle XStream CDC Source connector updates for LOB and XMLType
The Oracle XStream CDC Source connector now captures Oracle RAW and XMLType columns. XMLType columns must be explicitly serialized to CLOB for snapshot operations.
Audit logs record SCIM provisioning events
Confluent Cloud audit logs now record auditable events for SCIM provisioning operations, including enabling SCIM, managing SCIM tokens, and creating, updating, or deleting users through a SCIM client.
Audit logs for SCIM provisioning operations
Confluent Cloud audit logs now record events for SCIM provisioning operations. This includes enabling SCIM, managing tokens, and user lifecycle management.
Advanced Security add-on in Limited Availability
Organization-level add-on bundling SCIM, self-managed encryption keys (BYOK), and higher limits for security resources such as identity pools and RBAC role bindings. Billed as a percentage uplift on eligible infrastructure charges.
SCIM user provisioning generally available
SCIM user provisioning is GA with the Advanced Security add-on. Your IdP becomes the single source of truth for SSO user accounts, automating provisioning and de-provisioning.
Flink materialized tables can adopt an existing Kafka topic
A CREATE OR ALTER MATERIALIZED TABLE statement can point at an existing table, and Flink adopts it in place, keeping the topic, its data, and its consumers. Previously a materialized table always created a new topic.
Advanced Security add-on for Confluent Cloud
The Advanced Security add-on is now available as a Limited Availability release. It bundles capabilities including SCIM, self-managed encryption keys, and higher limits for security-related resources.