Releasesby GlyphGemini 3.1 Flash Image and Gemini 3 Pro Image updates
This release introduces feature updates and expanded endpoint availability for Gemini 3.1 Flash Image and Gemini 3 Pro Image: Multi-region endpoint support : Gemini 3.1 Flash Image ( gemini-3.1-flash-image ) is now available on US ( us ) and EU ( eu ) multi-region endpoints for model availability, ML processing, Provisioned Throughput, and PayGo Standard.
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app.yml for Snowflake App Runtime (Preview)
Snowflake App Runtime projects use a single app.yml file to describe both deployment and the remote build. Include version: 2 at the top of the file. snow app setup writes this file for new projects.
Snowflake-provided tags (Public Preview)
With this preview release, Snowflake-provided tags are available in every account. These out of the box tags in the SNOWFLAKE.TAGS schema give you a consistent vocabulary for common governance use cases, including cost center, certification status, sensitivity, environment, and project, without creating and maintaining equivalent tags in each account.
Second generation Openflow (Preview)
Second generation (gen 2) Openflow is now in public preview. Gen 2 makes Openflow deployments, runtimes, and connectors first-class Snowflake SQL objects with standard RBAC, SQL lifecycle management, and versioned connector configuration. Supported connectors at public preview: PostgreSQL CDC, MySQL/MariaDB CDC. Gen 2 Openflow is available on AWS and Azure.
Databricks SQL version 2026.36 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.36 is now available in the Preview channel. See features in 2026.32 .
Pipeline events system table is in Beta
The pipeline_events system table is in Beta . This table records Lakeflow pipelines event log entries for pipelines in your account, capturing lifecycle transitions, flow progress, data quality metrics, errors, and other operational data across all pipelines and workspaces in a region.
ABAC GRANT policies are generally available for models and services
ABAC GRANT policies for models, model services, model provider services, Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, and agent services are now generally available. These policies dynamically grant Unity Catalog privileges to securable objects whose governed tags match a condition, instead of granting privileges on each object individually.
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IAM Unified Access Policies are generally available (GA)
IAM Unified Access Policies (Access policies) for Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform are generally available (GA) . Agent Gateway uses Identity-Aware Proxy and Access policies to govern agentic communication between agent principals and destination resources, such as Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, other agents, and registered or unregistered endpoints.
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 is now available
Claude Fable 5.1 is available in Model Garden.
Embedding SKUs are changing
Memory bank uses the following embedding model SKUs: 6E46-5623-C0B6 C15D-A68F-5C1E 2D07-D52C-A93B For detailed information about individual SKUs, see Google Cloud Platform SKUs .
Pricing updates for agent metering
Session and memory bank compute metering is in effect for the Agent Platform compute SKU. For more information, see Gemini Agent Platform Pricing .
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 .
Provisioned Throughput support for Gemini Omni
Provisioned Throughput supports Gemini Omni. To learn more, see supported models .
Deferred tier for autonomous agent scheduling (Preview)
The deferred tier is available in Preview. The deferred tier automatically queues non-latency-sensitive background agent workloads and schedules them to execute during off-peak hours. Key capabilities and benefits include: 50% token discount : Receive a 50% discount on consumed tokens for deferred workloads.
CodeMender updates (v0.5.0)
This release introduces updates to CodeMender: Model support : Support for Gemini 3.6 Flash ( gemini-3.6-flash ) and Gemini 3.7 Flash ( gemini-3.7-flash , default). Unrestricted verification : Added the --unrestricted flag to cm verify to bypass command policy restrictions during exploit verification in isolated environments.