Releasesby GlyphGemini Enterprise: Semantic search support in Google Cloud Marketplace (Preview)
The agent search in Google Cloud Marketplace now supports semantic search, allowing you to find agents by describing their functionality (for example, "generate reports" or "translate text") without needing exact keyword matches. For more information, see Add and manage A2A agents from Google Cloud Marketplace .
Also shipped Sep 8, 2026Google Cloud in September 2026 →
Add and drop hybrid table constraints online (General availability)
With this release, you can add and drop UNIQUE and FOREIGN KEY constraints on an existing hybrid table by using alter table . Previously, you had to define these constraints when you created the table, so adding a foreign key to a table that was already serving a workload meant recreating and reloading the table.
Shadow traffic for gateways (Preview)
With this preview release, you can use a shadow traffic gateway to send all production requests to a primary service endpoint while mirroring a percentage of those requests to one or more shadow endpoints. Responses from shadow endpoints aren't returned to clients.
The partner-powered AI features setting will be removed
On November 1, 2026, Databricks will remove the account- and workspace-level toggle for partner-powered AI features. Each workspace will keep its current setting value: if the setting is enabled, it stays enabled, and if it's disabled, it stays disabled. Removing the toggle doesn't change any setting values.
Incremental ingestion for Salesforce formula fields in Lakeflow Connect will soon be generally available
Incremental ingestion for Salesforce formula fields in Lakeflow Connect will soon be generally available. Today, Lakeflow Connect ingests formula fields by taking a full snapshot on each pipeline run by default. When incremental formula field ingestion is generally available, full snapshots will no longer be the default.
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog. DENY policies can be used to explicitly deny the MANAGE ACCESS CONTROL privilege to prevent specified principals, including object owners, from performing access-management operations. They always take precedence over any grant. For details, see ABAC DENY policies (Beta) .
See which chunks support each ai_search answer (Beta)
You can now turn on the generate_citations option in the ai_search function to see which retrieved chunks the model used to support each answer it generates. ai_search function
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Gemini Notebook Enterprise: Website URL ingestion blocked by VPC Service Controls
Projects with VPC Service Controls enabled can't add website URLs as notebook sources in Gemini Notebook Enterprise. This is because direct website ingestion performs a live web crawl, generating outbound traffic beyond Google networks, which would violate VPC Service Controls perimeter policies.
Gemini Enterprise: Pay-as-you-go edition and AI developer tools available for all invoiced Cloud Billing accounts
Subscribing to the Gemini Enterprise Pay-as-you-go edition and accessing AI developer tools is available to all projects linked to an invoiced Cloud Billing account . Previously, only customers who received an email with the subject line [Billing Update] New Gemini Enterprise overage billing controls launching Aug 17, 2026 could access AI developer tools.
Gemini Enterprise: Support for channel mentions and multi-turn conversations in the Gemini Enterprise app for Slack
The Gemini Enterprise app for Slack has the following new capabilities: Channel mentions: You can @mention the Gemini Enterprise app directly in Slack channels and conversational threads. The app returns responses privately so you can review them before choosing to share.
Gemini Enterprise: Monday federated data store (GA)
Connecting a Monday data source with Gemini Enterprise using data federation is generally available (GA). You can use the Gemini Enterprise app assistant to search across your Monday boards, items, updates, and docs, and get answers grounded in that content without needing to ingest the data. For more information, see Set up a Monday data store .
Gemini Enterprise: Create and manage projects
You can create and manage projects in the Gemini Enterprise web app to build a dedicated knowledge base for your own work or to collaborate with your team. Within a project, you can upload files and chat privately with the assistant to get answers grounded in your project files and web search. This feature is generally available (GA).
Gemini Enterprise: New data stores and support for new actions (Preview)
The following data stores are available in Public Preview in Gemini Enterprise: CoinDesk Relativity Streak (actions supported) Superhuman Mail You can search and read data from these data stores, and perform actions using natural language.
Gemini Enterprise: Latency and error rate views for agents
To monitor operational telemetry for your agents, use the two new views on the Observability tab: Latency: Shows response times for your agents. This view displays p50 (median) and p95 (95th percentile) metrics for Time to First Token (TTFT), Time to First Answer (TTFA), and Time to Last Token (TTLT).
Gemini Enterprise: General availability of Workflow Builder (formerly Agent Designer)
Workflow Builder (formerly known as Agent Designer) is generally available (GA) in Gemini Enterprise. Workflow Builder enables users across your organization to build multi-step automated workflows to streamline tasks and connect to enterprise data.