- DuckDB 1.5.2 support: MotherDuck supports DuckDB 1.5.2, a bugfix release
- DuckDB 1.5.2 support: MotherDuck supports DuckDB 1.5.2, a bugfix release. Learn more in the official DuckDB Labs 1.5.2 announcement and changelog . DuckLake 1.0 support: MotherDuck supports DuckLake 1.0. Learn more in the official DuckDB Labs DuckLake 1.0 announcement .
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You can stream messages from Pub/Sub directly to a Bigtable table using Bigtable subscriptions
You can stream messages from Pub/Sub directly to a Bigtable table using Bigtable subscriptions . This feature lets you write streaming messages to Bigtable without needing a separate subscriber such as Dataflow. This feature is available in Preview .
Artifacts now in beta: versioned filesystem with Git access
Artifacts is now in private beta. Artifacts is Git-compatible storage built for scale: create tens of millions of repos, fork from any remote, and hand off a URL to any Git client. It provides a versioned filesystem for storing and exchanging file trees across Workers, the REST API, and any Git client, running locally or within an agent.
Email Service - Email Sending now in public beta
Email Sending is now in public beta. Send transactional emails directly from Workers ( env.EMAIL.send() ) or the REST API, with support for HTML, plain text, attachments, inline images, and custom headers.
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.
Windows node monitoring for Kubernetes is now Generally Available
We're excited to announce that Windows node monitoring for Kubernetes is now Generally Available . What's included Unified Helm chart: Windows and Linux nodes are now monitored using the same newrelic-infrastructure chart, no separate installation needed. A single enableWindows: true flag in your values.yaml is all it takes.
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- Duckling Overview UI: The Duckling Overview page in Settings provides a view of activity across every...
- Duckling Overview UI: The Duckling Overview page in Settings provides a view of activity across every Duckling in the organization over the last 24 hours, including key metrics like status, disk spills, active minutes, and query-level drilldowns.
- Postgres wire protocol endpoint support for PowerBI: The Postgres Endpoint , a Postgres wire...
- Postgres wire protocol endpoint support for PowerBI: The Postgres Endpoint , a Postgres wire protocol-compatible MotherDuck client, now enables connectivity with PowerBI .
- [Preview] Embedded Dives: MotherDuck Dives can now be embedded directly in your customer-facing applications
- [Preview] Embedded Dives: MotherDuck Dives can now be embedded directly in your customer-facing applications. Create a Dive, generate an embed session, and drop an iframe into your app. Your end-users can explore data in real time, powered by MotherDuck. Embedded Dives currently require a Business plan.
- Streamlined Dives sidebar: The Dives list in the Object Explorer is now capped at your 10 most recent...
- Streamlined Dives sidebar: The Dives list in the Object Explorer is now capped at your 10 most recent Dives, with a new View all Dives link that opens the full searchable Dives table.
- Data exports from Dives: Dives can now include export buttons that deliver CSV, JSON, Parquet, or Excel...
- Data exports from Dives: Dives can now include export buttons that deliver CSV, JSON, Parquet, or Excel files, both in the MotherDuck UI and in embedded Dives . Wire up exports from your Dive code with the new exportAs and useExport hooks from @motherduck/react-sql-query .
- Configurable Duckling cooldown periods: The cooldown period for Standard, Jumbo, Mega, and Giga Ducklings...
- Configurable Duckling cooldown periods: The cooldown period for Standard, Jumbo, Mega, and Giga Ducklings can now be configured from 1 minute to 24 hours via the UI, SQL, or REST API. Learn more in the Duckling sizes documentation.
- DuckDB 1.5.1 support: MotherDuck supports DuckDB 1.5.1 ("Variegata")
- DuckDB 1.5.1 support: MotherDuck supports DuckDB 1.5.1 ("Variegata"). This release brings significant performance improvements including bloom filter join pushdown, stats-only min/max evaluation, faster TopN queries with late materialization, and lazy view binding.
- SCIM provisioning : MotherDuck now supports SCIM, so you can manage MotherDuck users from your identity...
- SCIM provisioning : MotherDuck now supports SCIM, so you can manage MotherDuck users from your identity provider. Available on Business and Enterprise plans. Refer to the documentation for more details.