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Databricks SQL version 2026.43 is rolling out to the Current channel. See features in 2026.43 .
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Conversation logging for Conversational analytics in BigQuery is generally available
BigQuery now supports logging data agent conversations directly to a BigQuery table within the agent's project.
Looker (Google Cloud core) data lineage is generally available
Data lineage for Looker (Google Cloud core) is now generally available, providing end-to-end visibility for LookML dashboards and Conversational Analytics agents.
BigQuery Python user-defined functions support volume mounts in preview
Python user-defined functions in BigQuery now support volume mounts, allowing users to access dependency files directly from Cloud Storage.
Looker-managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) server is generally available
The Looker-managed MCP server is now generally available, allowing AI agents to interact with business data and LookML models without middleware.
BigQuery REGEXP_EXTRACT_GROUPS function is in preview
The new REGEXP_EXTRACT_GROUPS function allows users to extract substrings matching multiple capturing groups in a regular expression.
OpenAI GPT-6.1 Terra is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock
OpenAI GPT-6.1 Terra is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock, offering improved visual reasoning and computer use capabilities for enterprise workloads.
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Databricks SQL version 2026.43 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.43 is now available in the Preview channel. This version includes the following changes: Operating system security updates. Miscellaneous bug fixes. This version doesn't include new features or behavioral changes.
Databricks SQL version 2026.42 is rolling out in Current
Databricks SQL version 2026.42 is rolling out to the Current channel. See features in 2026.42 .
Databricks SQL version 2026.42 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.42 is now available in the Preview channel. This version includes the following changes: Operating system security updates. Miscellaneous bug fixes. This version doesn't include new features or behavioral changes.
Metric view window measures are generally available
Window measures in metric views are now generally available. Window measures define rolling window, cumulative, or semiadditive aggregations, such as moving averages, period-over-period changes, and running totals. See Window measures .
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW will soon preserve grants, comments and tags by default
Starting December 2, 2026, CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW will update views in-place, instead of dropping and re-creating the view. Grants, tags, and comments are preserved with two caveats: As views execute with view owner's permissions, grants are not preserved if a non-owner alters the view query via CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW You must first remove governed tags on...
Databricks SQL version 2026.39 is rolling out in Current
Databricks SQL version 2026.39 is rolling out to the Current channel.
Query tags for SQL warehouses are now generally available
Query tags are now generally available. You can apply custom key-value tags to SQL workloads for grouping, filtering, and cost attribution on Databricks SQL warehouses and Lakehouse//RT compute. Tags appear in system.query.history and on the Query History page of the Databricks UI. See Query tags .
Databricks SQL version 2026.39 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.39 is now available in the Preview channel.