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.
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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 .
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.
Atlassian Audit Logs connector (Beta)
The Atlassian Audit Logs connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests organization audit log events, such as user, security, and configuration changes, from Atlassian into Databricks. Authentication uses an Atlassian organization API key.
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CoCo Desktop v1.21.1
CoCo Desktop v1.21.1 is a stability and polish release that focuses on automation schedules, native HTML report publishing, and reliability:
CoCo Desktop v1.21.2
CoCo Desktop v1.21.2 adds new ways to visualize query results and create automations, and fixes reliability problems in long-running sessions and at startup on managed machines:
CoCo automations in CLI and Snowsight (Preview)
CoCo automations in the CoCo CLI and CoCo in Snowsight are now available in public preview. Automations let you schedule recurring, unattended CoCo runs that execute in a Snowflake-managed sandbox. Each run creates a Cortex thread that you can inspect and continue in CoCo. Automations created from one surface can be monitored and managed from the other.
CoCo Desktop v1.21.3
CoCo Desktop v1.21.3 isolates the Snowflake session that agent SQL runs in, adds full-text search across past sessions, and makes the redesigned dbt workspace the standard dbt experience:
CoCo Desktop v1.21.0
CoCo Desktop v1.21.0 adds enterprise device-management enforcement on macOS, more in-app file previews in agent mode, and fixes a sign-in loop that could open browser tabs indefinitely: This release also speeds up catalog installs and hardens zsh shell integration, including on SSH remotes.
CoCo Desktop v1.21.4
CoCo Desktop v1.21.4 is a polish and reliability release on top of v1.21.3:
CoCo Desktop v1.21.5
CoCo Desktop v1.21.5 is a small quality release on top of v1.21.4, focused on error messages that tell you what to do next:
CoCo Desktop v1.20.2
CoCo Desktop v1.20.2 fixes a Windows update crash, adds one-click sharing of skills and plugins, and includes a Restart menu item: This release also adds a clearer error when an app-launch command is missing. For more information, see Cortex Code Desktop v1.20.2 release notes .