Releasesby GlyphDuckDB 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.
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Shopify connector (Beta)
The Shopify connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests e-commerce data such as products, orders, customers, inventory, fulfillments, and discounts from Shopify into Databricks. Authentication uses the Shopify OAuth client credentials grant.
Lakebase backup schedule API (Beta)
You can now manage Lakebase backup schedules programmatically. The snapshot schedule API lets you read and set a root branch's automated snapshot cadences (daily, weekly, or monthly) and how long each cadence's snapshots are retained. This API is in Beta and available to all Lakebase workspaces. See Create a backup schedule .
OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are now generally available on Amazon Bedrock
Today, AWS announces the general availability of GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna from OpenAI on Amazon Bedrock. Expanding the GPT-6 family alongside Astra, these two models give teams more ways to balance intelligence, speed, and cost across every workload. Sol is the daily model for recurring complex tasks and software development.
Claude Opus 5.5 launches with a 1M token context window and 128k output
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 for long-running agentic coding and knowledge work, with a default 1M token context, 128k max output and always-on adaptive thinking. It costs $4 / $20 per MTok, below Claude Opus 5, and is on the Claude API, Bedrock, Google Cloud and Microsoft Foundry.
Fast mode research preview available for Claude Opus 5.5 on the Claude API
Fast mode, in research preview, can now be used with Claude Opus 5.5 on the Claude API.
Claude API beta lets tools be defined inside mid-conversation system messages
With the inline-tools-2026-09-15 beta header, a tool_addition block can carry a full tool definition, so agents can add tools, change schemas or upgrade server tools mid-conversation without invalidating the prompt cache. The same header covers adding and removing tools by reference.
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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.
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.
Agent Mode in the DuckDB CLI
DuckDB introduced Agent Mode in its CLI to optimize query output for LLMs and AI agents. By removing visual borders and column padding, Agent Mode reduces token consumption by around 60% during automated queries.
Try 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.
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.
Announcing DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS “Cinnamon Teal”
DuckDB 2.0.0 is a new long-term support release focused on new features. It includes support until at least October 2027 and introduces various breaking changes.
DuckDB v2.0.0 "Cyanoptera"
This release of DuckDB is named "Cyanoptera" after Spatula Cyanoptera, a species of duck found in western North and South America. Please also refer to the announcement blog post: https://duckdb.org/2026/10/21/announcing-duckdb-200.html - Make Identifier a class instead of using string everywhere - Move to tidy-check diff again - Step 3: Make duplicate...