Releasesby GlyphSkill recommendations and suggestions to create and share skills in CoCo
CoCo now helps you find, create, and share skills as you work. These capabilities are rolling out gradually, so you might not see them in your CoCo sessions yet. They include the following:
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The following AlloyDB AI features and improvements are generally available ( GA ): - Smart batching for AI...
The following AlloyDB AI features and improvements are generally available ( GA ): Smart batching for AI functions: AI function acceleration is generally available for ai.if , ai.rank , ai.analyze_sentiment , ai.summarize , ai.extract , ai.classify , and ai.generate on AlloyDB clusters running PostgreSQL 17 and later.
To support your FinOps practices, you can now opt in to compute cost attribution in BigQuery editions
To support your FinOps practices, you can now opt in to compute cost attribution in BigQuery editions. This feature attributes billed compute charges directly to the query projects that use your administration project's reservation capacity.
Query performance troubleshooting and job and system performance comparison in the BigQuery jobs explorer are...
Query performance troubleshooting and job and system performance comparison in the BigQuery jobs explorer are generally available (GA). For more information, see Troubleshoot job performance and Diagnose performance regressions by comparing jobs and systems .
When you create or schedule a pipeline, you can specify the maximum number of concurrently executed pipeline...
When you create or schedule a pipeline, you can specify the maximum number of concurrently executed pipeline tasks. This feature is generally available (GA).
You can use compression functions in GoogleSQL to compress or decompress bytes or string values by using the...
You can use compression functions in GoogleSQL to compress or decompress bytes or string values by using the Zstandard (Zstd) lossless data compression algorithm. The following functions are supported: ZSTD_COMPRESS ZSTD_DECOMPRESS_TO_BYTES ZSTD_DECOMPRESS_TO_STRING These functions are in Preview .
Fast mode for Anthropic Claude models is generally available
Fast mode for supported Anthropic Claude models, starting with Claude Fable 5.2 ( claude-fable-5-2 ), is available in General Availability (GA) . You can set "speed": "fast" in online pay-as-you-go prediction requests to accelerate output token generation for latency-sensitive agentic workflows.
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CoCo Desktop v1.25.0
Snowflake released CoCo Desktop v1.25.0, delivering faster and more stable execution for dbt workflows.
Snowflake CoCo for Excel and Snowflake CoCo for Google Sheets (Preview)
Snowflake CoCo for Excel and Snowflake CoCo for Google Sheets are now available in preview. Each one adds CoCo as a chat pane inside your spreadsheet, connected to your live Snowflake data. From the pane, you can query data with natural language or SQL; build pivot tables, charts, and formulas; and use the semantic views your role can access.
CoCo Desktop v1.24.0
CoCo Desktop v1.24.0 brings Artifacts and Cloud automations to preview:
Snowflake CoCo for Microsoft Excel and Snowflake CoCo for Google Sheets (Preview)
Snowflake CoCo for Microsoft Excel and Snowflake CoCo for Google Sheets are now available in preview. Each one adds CoCo as a chat pane inside your spreadsheet, connected to your live Snowflake data. From the pane, you can query data with natural language or SQL; build pivot tables, charts, and formulas; and use the semantic views your role can access.
CoCo automations (General availability)
CoCo automations are now generally available and are no longer in 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 open to inspect the agent's messages, tool calls, and results.
CoCo Desktop v1.23.1
Snowflake released CoCo Desktop v1.23.1, introducing a dedicated agent settings page and reducing approval prompts.
Continuous and bulk file loading with CoCo (General availability)
Snowflake Cortex Code (CoCo) now supports generally available continuous and bulk file loading. Users can define file loading requirements to trigger Snowpipe pipelines for new files or COPY INTO commands for existing files, targeting standard or Iceberg tables.
Cortex Code skills for interactive analytics
Snowflake has introduced two new Cortex Code skills designed to assist with interactive analytics workflows.