GitLab 19.4 release notes
On September 17, 2026, GitLab 19.4 was released with the following features. We are excited to recognize Jimmy , a Level 4 contributor, as this month’s Notable Contributor !
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You can add unit tests to pipelines to validate your SQL transformation logic against mock datasets
You can add unit tests to pipelines to validate your SQL transformation logic against mock datasets. Unit tests for pipelines are generally available (GA).
Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta
Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog. You can now attach an ABAC policy (row filter, column mask, GRANT, or DENY) at the metastore level, so a single policy applies across every catalog in the metastore, including catalogs created later.
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 is scheduled for retirement
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 will be retired on October 30, 2026. Kimi K3 is the recommended replacement. See Deprecated and retired models for migration guidance.
HTML generation in Snowflake CoWork (Preview)
HTML generation is now available in preview as part of document generation in Snowflake CoWork. You can ask Snowflake CoWork to generate an HTML file from your analysis, the same way you generate a PDF or PowerPoint. Generation requires the Cortex Agent code execution tool on the associated agent.
Base environments are now supported on classic compute (Beta)
You can now use base environments to manage Python dependencies on classic compute. You can use Databricks-provided environments or custom workspace-level environments. See Manage dependencies using environments .
Snowpark Container Services backup instance types (General availability)
Backup instance types for Snowpark Container Services compute pools are now generally available and are no longer in Preview .
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GitLab 19.5 release notes
On October 15, 2026, GitLab 19.5 was released with the following features. We are excited to recognize Dhairya , a Level 3 contributor, as this month’s Notable Contributor ! Dhairya contributed to offline transfer and Organizations support for import, so that groups, projects, and their memberships can move between GitLab instances.
GitLab 19.3 release notes
On August 20, 2026, GitLab 19.3 was released with the following features. We are excited to recognize gkepas as this month’s Notable Contributor ! Giannis has made sustained contributions across the GitLab codebase, the contributor platform, client-go , the Terraform provider, and GitLab Orbit.
GitLab 19.2 release notes
On July 16, 2026, GitLab 19.2 was released with the following features. We are excited to recognize vivekshukl007 as this month’s Notable Contributor ! Vivek is a Senior Data Engineer at Emirates who made a high-impact contribution to add Scala language support to GitLab Orbit.
GitLab 19.1 release notes
On June 18, 2026, GitLab 19.1 was released with the following features. We’d also like to announce this month’s Notable Contributor : Pishel65! We are excited to recognize Pishel65 , a Level 3 contributor with 19 merged MRs and 9 more open since joining in October 2025.
GitLab 19.0 release notes
On May 21, 2026, GitLab 19.0 was released with the following features. We’d also like to announce this month’s Notable Contributor : Norman Debald! We are excited to recognize Norman , a Level 3 contributor with more than 40 merged improvements across GitLab since joining in May 2022.
GitLab 18.11 release notes
On April 16, 2026, GitLab 18.11 was released with the following features. In addition, we want to thank all of our contributors, including this month’s notable contributor. This month’s Notable Contributor: Rinku C We are excited to recognize Rinku C , a Level 4 contributor with over 80 merged improvements across GitLab since joining in September 2025.
GitLab 18.10 release notes
On March 19, 2026, GitLab 18.10 was released with the following features. In addition, we want to thank all of our contributors, including this month’s notable contributor.
GitLab 18.9 release notes
On February 19, 2026, GitLab 18.9 was released with the following features. In addition, we want to thank all of our contributors, including this month’s notable contributor.