Releasesby GlyphChoose your k6 runtime version when you create tests in Grafana Cloud k6
You can now select which k6 major version your script targets when you create a test in the script editor. New tests default to v1.x (default) . Select v2.x when your script uses the k6 v2.x runtime. Grafana Cloud k6 stores the version on the load test and uses it for future runs, including scheduled runs.
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VARIANT data type on Delta Direct tables (General availability)
With this release, Snowflake supports the VARIANT data type on Iceberg tables created from Delta table files in object storage (Delta Direct). When your Delta tables include variant columns, Snowflake maps them to the Snowflake VARIANT data type. You can query semi-structured data using VARIANT functions and dot or bracket notation.
Metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations (Public Preview)
Snowflake is rolling out metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations in Snowsight to help you identify databases that are likely to contain sensitive data and enable classification with one click.
Lakeflow Connect row filtering is now generally available
Row filtering in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. Row filtering allows you to ingest only the rows you need by applying conditions similar to a SQL WHERE clause, improving performance and minimizing data duplication.
Genie One enhancements and bug fixes
- Ontology snippets (Public Preview) : Genie One now supports ontology snippets. This feature is in Public Preview. Contact your Databricks account team to sign up. See Genie Ontology . Document edit timestamps : Documents now show the date and time they were last edited. See Documents in Genie One . Links in documents : Documents now support links.
Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
- Agent mode is generally available : Agent mode in Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) is now generally available. Agent mode uses multi-step reasoning to answer complex, exploratory questions with a report that includes citations, visualizations, and supporting tables. See Genie Agents concepts .
[Launched] Generally available: Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 on Azure Databricks
Azure Databricks now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's most agentic Sonnet model to date, delivering near-Opus-level intelligence with Sonnet's cost efficiency and speed. Designed
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Knowledge Graph Mode in Grafana Assistant
Troubleshoot your entity setup with Knowledge Graph mode Knowledge Graph mode is a new specialist mode in Grafana Assistant that understands how your entity graph is built, end to end, and helps you work with it: ask why it looks the way it does, fix what doesn’t look right, and add what doesn’t ship by default.
Authenticate securely with Workload Identity Federation for BigQuery and GCM data sources
Storing a service account JSON key file to connect Grafana Cloud to Google Cloud is a persistent security liability. Keys get embedded in config files, shared across teams, or quietly forgotten , all while remaining valid for years. When one leaks, there’s no automatic expiry and no limited blast radius.
Remote management of OpenTelemetry Collectors is generally available
Grafana Fleet Management now supports OpenTelemetry Collectors , so you can monitor and remotely configure Grafana Alloy instances and upstream OpenTelemetry Collectors from a single control plane. Manage your collector fleet with real-time health monitoring, centralized configuration, and attribute matchers for targeted rollouts.
Grafana Cloud k6: Starred test runs and updated test result retention
You can now star test runs in Grafana Cloud k6 to mark the results that matter and find them again quickly. Starring gives you one consistent way to flag a test run as a reference point, whether you’re tracking a release, validating a performance optimization, or keeping an important run on hand to compare against.
Create browser tests from plain-language user journeys
Creating browser tests is now faster and easier with the new experimental Agentic testing experience in Grafana Cloud. Describe the user journey you want to test, such as signing in, completing checkout, or submitting a form, and Grafana Cloud helps turn that journey into a runnable browser test you can run, review, and iterate on without manually scripting...
Alerting: Grafana Cloud uses the internal Alertmanager for Grafana-managed alerts by default
In Grafana Cloud, the internal Grafana Alertmanager handles Grafana-managed alerts by default. New stacks use internal routing by default. Sending to an external Alertmanager isn’t enabled by default. Existing stacks move to internal routing by default, plan by plan.
Organize your Synthetic Monitoring checks in folders
Grafana Cloud Synthetic Monitoring now lets you organize your checks into Grafana Folders. As you create more checks or onboard new teams, a single flat list becomes hard to scan. With folders, you can group checks by team, service, or environment so the right checks are always easy to find and act on a whole group at once instead of one check at a time.
Drop rule recommendations for Adaptive Logs
Want more control than our pattern-based recommendations, but not sure where to start? Adaptive Logs now walks you through creating a drop rule tailored to your environment in three guided steps: pick one of your highest-volume services, choose a drop rate, and review a pre-filled rule before any logs are dropped.