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.
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Configurable retention for system tables is in Beta
Account admins can now set an account-wide retention period from 30 to 3,650 days for supported system tables. See Configure system table data retention .
External secrets in Unity Catalog (Beta)
External secrets connect a Unity Catalog schema to AWS Secrets Manager. The secrets appear in Unity Catalog as read-only securable objects that you govern with Unity Catalog privileges. Databricks reads their values from AWS Secrets Manager on demand. See External secrets in Unity Catalog .
Celigo connector (Beta)
The Celigo connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests audit log events, such as create, update, and delete operations on resources, from Celigo (integrator.io) into Databricks. Authentication uses a Celigo integrator.io API token.
Anysphere Organization connector (Beta)
The Anysphere Organization connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector uses the Anysphere (Cursor) Organization Admin API to ingest organization members, groups, and group members into Databricks as daily snapshots.
Anaplan connector (Beta)
The Anaplan connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests audit trail events and user account records from your Anaplan tenant into Databricks. Authentication uses an Anaplan CA certificate and its paired private key. See Anaplan connector .
Openflow gen 1 deployment creation retired
You can no longer create new first generation (gen 1) Openflow deployments (BYOC or Snowflake). All new deployments are second generation (gen 2), created with CREATE OPENFLOW DEPLOYMENT or the Openflow UI. Existing gen 1 deployments continue to work unchanged, and you can still create new gen 1 runtimes on an existing gen 1 deployment.
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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: 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 .
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.