Releasesby GlyphLooker 26.12 features auto-enable on all instances, August 3 to 7, 2026
A set of features will be automatically enabled for Looker (original) and Looker (Google Cloud core) instances running Looker 26.12 between August 3 and August 7, 2026.
Also shipped Aug 4, 2026Google Cloud in August 2026 →
Workspace sharing in Declarative Native Apps (Public Preview)
Workspace sharing is now available in public preview for Declarative Native Apps. Providers can share a whole directory of files and folders by declaring a workspace in the application package manifest. Consumers get a read-only workspace when they install the app, and can browse the folder structure and open the files.
Gateway Monitoring & A/B Testing (General availability)
Gateway Monitoring & A/B Testing is now generally available. Use gateway model monitors to track drift and performance for inference services behind a Snowflake Gateway, compare baseline and challenger services during live traffic splits, and evaluate results in Snowsight or with SQL. For more information, see Gateway monitoring & A/B testing .
Multi-party Approval (General availability)
Multi-party Approval (MPA) is now generally available. When a Multi-party Approval policy is attached to your account, MPA enforces a mandatory second-person (“four-eyes”) verification step for critical account operations. A Multi-party Approval policy defines which operations require approval and who can approve them.
Unity Gateway is now generally available
Unity Gateway is now generally available. Unity Gateway is the Databricks governance solution for enterprise AI, part of Unity Catalog. With Unity Gateway you can: Control which AI services teams can use. Route and manage AI traffic across providers. Govern MCP servers to control access and costs. Monitor usage, cost, access, and lineage from one place.
Sharing Delta tables with Iceberg reads enabled is now generally available
Sharing Delta tables with Iceberg reads enabled is now generally available. See Delta Lake feature support matrix .
Sharing Delta tables with deletion vectors and column mapping is now generally available
Sharing Delta tables with deletion vectors or column mapping enabled is now generally available. See Add tables with deletion vectors or column mapping to a share .
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Looker Conversational Analytics engagement and token metrics in preview
Enhanced observability for Conversational Analytics, including engagement and estimated token usage, appears on the System Activity dashboard after an admin turns on the Agent Token usage preview setting.
Looker Conversational Analytics query review and feedback in preview
Admins can review end-user query success rates, rating distributions and written feedback in a Responses & Feedback tab, helping troubleshoot and refine data agents.
Looker 26.12 features auto-enable on Google Cloud core, August 3 to 5, 2026
A set of features will be automatically enabled for Looker (Google Cloud core) instances running Looker 26.12 between August 3 and August 5, 2026.
Looker Continuous Integration (CI) now supports email alerts
Looker Continuous Integration (CI) now supports email alerts. When you create or edit a CI suite, you can enable the Enable email alerts toggle to specify email recipients and select which run statuses will trigger emails ( Failed , Error , Passed , or Cancelled ). For more information, see Set up alerting .
Localization is now supported for the dimension_group parameter
Localization is now supported for the dimension_group parameter. You can localize the timeframes, intervals, or custom timeframes generated by a dimension group by providing translations in your locale strings files. For more details, see Localizing dimension groups .
Looker LookML Projects page gets a tabbed layout
The LookML Projects page now uses a more performant layout with Models and Projects, Pending Projects and Marketplace Projects tabs.