Releasesby GlyphNova-3 Pharma: Speech-to-Text for Pharmaceutical Use Cases (English)
We have released nova-3-pharma , a new Nova-3 model purpose-built for pharmaceutical vocabulary, with a focus on accurate drug-name recognition. It is designed for pharmacy and healthcare voice-agent workflows where getting the medication right matters most. Available in English for both batch and streaming.
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You can add unit tests to pipelines to validate your SQL transformation logic against mock datasets
You can add unit tests to pipelines to validate your SQL transformation logic against mock datasets. Unit tests for pipelines are generally available (GA).
Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta
Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog. You can now attach an ABAC policy (row filter, column mask, GRANT, or DENY) at the metastore level, so a single policy applies across every catalog in the metastore, including catalogs created later.
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 is scheduled for retirement
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 will be retired on October 30, 2026. Kimi K3 is the recommended replacement. See Deprecated and retired models for migration guidance.
HTML generation in Snowflake CoWork (Preview)
HTML generation is now available in preview as part of document generation in Snowflake CoWork. You can ask Snowflake CoWork to generate an HTML file from your analysis, the same way you generate a PDF or PowerPoint. Generation requires the Cortex Agent code execution tool on the associated agent.
Base environments are now supported on classic compute (Beta)
You can now use base environments to manage Python dependencies on classic compute. You can use Databricks-provided environments or custom workspace-level environments. See Manage dependencies using environments .
Snowpark Container Services backup instance types (General availability)
Backup instance types for Snowpark Container Services compute pools are now generally available and are no longer in Preview .
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Correction: Browser Agent SDK has no client-side VAD
The Browser Agent SDK never shipped client-side Silero voice activity detection. Documentation published with the SDK described it as an available feature, and that documentation was wrong. The following did not exist in any released package: The vad option on MicrophoneOptions in @deepgram/agents . The speechThreshold and silenceThreshold VAD options.
Correction: token minting uses ttl_seconds
The server-side token-minting example on the Browser Agent SDK overview posted {"ttl": 30} to POST /v1/auth/grant . The field is named ttl_seconds : body: JSON.stringify({ ttl_seconds: 30 }), /v1/auth/grant accepts unrecognized fields, returns 200 , and issues a token with the 30-second default, so a request built from the old example raised no error while...
Container Images (release 260915)
- quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260915 Equivalent image to: quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.192.37 quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260915 Equivalent image to: quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.131.2 Minimum required NVIDIA driver version: >=580 , open kernel module flavor The minimum driver version has increased this release ...
FIPS 140-3 Images
FIPS 140-3 images are available for all four self-hosted services, published under the -fips tag suffix: quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260915-fips Equivalent image to: quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.192.37-fips quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260915-fips Equivalent image to: quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.131.2-fips...
This Release Contains The Following Changes
- NVIDIA Blackwell GPU Support (GA) , Blackwell-generation GPUs are now generally available for self-hosted deployments. See Drivers and Containerization Platforms for driver requirements and Model and GPU Compatibility for which models run on which GPUs.
SDK releases
Deepgram Python SDK v7.9.0 , JavaScript SDK v5.11.0 , and Java SDK v0.10.0 are now available. All three releases add Voice Agent ForceEndTurn support, Flux TTS expressivity controls for Agent providers, and the expanded Flux TTS speed range of 0.5 through 1.5 in 0.05 increments.
Python SDK v7.9.0
Deepgram Python SDK v7.9.0 adds send_force_end_turn() and typed ForceEndTurn messages for Voice Agent sessions using a Deepgram V2 (Flux STT) listen provider. It also adds integer Agent Flux TTS expressivity from -2 through 2 and the expanded Flux TTS speed range.
JavaScript SDK v5.11.0
Deepgram JavaScript SDK v5.11.0 adds socket.sendForceEndTurn() and Agent Flux TTS expressivity from -2 through 2 . The former SpeakV2Speed constants and Aura2PerseoIt model constants remain as deprecated aliases for source compatibility. For release details, see deepgram-js-sdk v5.11.0 .