Releasesby GlyphDeleted Looker (Google Cloud core) instances go to trash for seven days
Deleted instances now stay in the trash for seven days and can be restored before permanent deletion, protecting against accidental loss. The feature is scheduled for early September.
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Deep Research in Snowflake CoWork (General availability)
Deep Research in Snowflake CoWork is now generally available. Deep Research is an investigation mode for complex, open-ended questions that require multi-step reasoning across your data.
REPLACE WHERE flows are now generally available
REPLACE WHERE flows for pipelines and standalone streaming tables are now generally available. Use them to replace only rows matching a predicate on each refresh, without reprocessing the full table history. See Batch processing with REPLACE WHERE flows .
Managed Iceberg materialized views are in Public Preview
You can now create a materialized view that is compatible with external Iceberg readers. This feature is in Public Preview . To enable it, reach out to your Databricks account team. See Create a materialized view compatible with external Iceberg readers .
[Launched] Generally Available: Network Security Perimeter support for Azure Event Hubs
Azure Event Hubs now supports Network Security Perimeter (NSP), enabling organizations to define a logical network isolation boundary for PaaS resources and control public network access through perimeter-based access rules.With Network Security Perimeter
[Launched] Generally Available: Confidential Computing support for Azure Event Hubs Dedicated
Azure Event Hubs Dedicated now supports Confidential Computing, enabling organizations to protect streaming data while it is being processed in memory. By leveraging hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs), customers can help safeguard sensit
Per-user budgets for cost centers in the billing UI
Enterprise admins can now create cost center user-level budgets directly in the billing UI where you manage cost centers and budgets. This feature is available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. This gives you the same per-user AI credit budget controls that were previously only available through the REST API.
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Looker 26.12
will roll out to Looker (original) instances on the following schedule: Expected deployment start: Sunday, July 12, 2026 Expected final deployment and download available: Sunday, July 26, 2026 Looker 26.12 is expected to include the following changes, features, and fixes.
Looker CI Run Alert emails now include the Run ID in the subject line to prevent email threading
Looker CI Run Alert emails now include the Run ID in the subject line to prevent email threading. The email body now includes the Git branch and commit details. Looker (Google Cloud core) only changes
Looker (Google Cloud core) now supports FIPS 140-3 level 1 compliance
Looker (Google Cloud core) now supports FIPS 140-3 level 1 compliance . Existing FIPS 140-2 compliant instances will be automatically upgraded to the FIPS 140-3 standard when they're upgraded to Looker 26.12. Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes
Looker Table Row Grouping for table charts enters preview
Table charts can display data hierarchically in groups with new Grouping menu options for appearance. The preview feature is enabled by default.
Looker 26.12 begins rolling out to Rapid and No Channel release channels
Looker (Google Cloud core) is deploying Looker 26.12 to the Rapid and No Channel channels and Looker 26.10 to the Regular channel.
Looker 26.10 rolls out to all Google Cloud core release channels
Looker 26.10 is beginning deployment to the Rapid, Regular and No Channel release channels for Looker (Google Cloud core).