Releasesby GlyphTry DuckDB v2.0-alpha
DuckDB announced a feature freeze and released preview builds for DuckDB v2.0-alpha Cyanoptera across command-line and Python clients.
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Openflow Connector for Jira Cloud: Core flow (General availability)
The Atlassian Jira Cloud (Core) flow is now generally available. The flow ingests Jira Cloud issues, projects, users, and related data into dedicated Snowflake tables with explicit schemas. It supports optional deletion tracking and parallel ingestion across projects. The Atlassian Jira Cloud (Agile) flow remains in Public Preview .
Git Folder Serverless is in Beta
You can now use Git Folder Serverless to share serverless compute and a pyproject.toml -managed environment across notebooks and files in a Git folder. See Git Folder Serverless .
AlloyDB real-time BigQuery access adds limit pushdown and runtime projects
The preview feature pushes some LIMIT and OFFSET clauses down to BigQuery to cut network transfer, and optional runtime projects let queries run and bill compute separately from the owning project.
OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027
OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027 . Customer-hosted instances must upgrade to OpenJDK 21 .
Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.8 Flash available in Global, US, and EU regions
Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available (GA) in the global , us , and eu regions. For more information, see: Manage features on the web app Data residency for Gemini Enterprise Standard and Plus Editions and Gemini Notebook Enterprise
Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available
Gemini 3.8 Flash is now generally available (GA) and available for production use. For more information on 3.8 Flash, see the model page .
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How DuckDB Runs Recursive CTEs Faster
The upcoming DuckDB v2.0 introduces physical execution changes to run recursive CTEs faster. By explicitly assigning scopes and reusing pipeline executors, the engine avoids repeatedly paying for pipeline scheduling and operator setup across iterations.
Chunked Query Results in the DuckDB Java Driver
Version 1.5.3.0 of the DuckDB Java driver introduces an alternative to the row-by-row JDBC ResultSet API, allowing applications to retrieve query results in columnar chunks. This update avoids the overhead of slicing columnar data into rows and reassembling it.
DuckDB v2.0: Your Database Deserves a Better Parser
DuckDB v2.0 will completely replace its SQL parser. The update aims to improve how the database tokenizes, parses, and transforms SQL queries into internal abstract syntax trees.
DuckDB Skills for Claude Code
DuckDB released `duckdb-skills`, a plugin for Claude Code that allows AI tools to query local files, web URLs, and Iceberg tables directly via the DuckDB CLI.
Reconciling JSON in DuckDB, One Patch at a Time
The upcoming DuckDB v2.0 release will add four new scalar functions to its JSON extension: json_merge_patch_diff, json_deep_merge, json_normalize, and json_strip_nulls. These functions allow data pipelines to reconcile state and handle JSON updates directly in SQL.
DuckDB Now Ships inside dbt v2
dbt v2 now ships with a native DuckDB adapter built on its Rust Fusion engine, enabling users to execute local SQL model transformations against DuckDB out of the box.
DuckDB v1.5.6 Bugfix Release
This is a bug fix release for various issues discovered after we released v1.5.5 - Use relative includes in unity build sources for cache reuse - bump vortex - [variegata] Remove Julia client in favor of duckdb/DuckDB.jl - [variegata] Replace the C API spec and code generation - TopNWindowElimination Fixes - Fix active query race - Fix UNNEST Pushdown -...
Announcing DuckDB 1.5.6
DuckDB version 1.5.6 is now available, featuring bug fixes, performance improvements, and security patches. The release addresses issues with Parquet handling, window functions, and integer literal processing.