Releasesby GlyphModel Selection, Scheduled Enrichment, and Background SQL Generation Available for Enterprise AI NL2SQL
Enterprise AI NL2SQL now supports model selection, scheduled enrichment, and background processing for SQL-generation requests. Model selection Select the Generative AI model that NL2SQL uses to enrich a semantic store. By using the API, you can also select a model for an individual SQL-generation request.
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You can now view real-time logs for your Python UDFs in Cloud Logging
You can now view real-time logs for your Python UDFs in Cloud Logging. This feature is generally available .
Cortex Extension references in agent skills (General availability)
Referencing a Cortex Extension from an agent skill is now generally available. Set the skill source type to CORTEX_EXTENSION and path to the extension's fully qualified name, and Snowflake expands the reference into the extension's member skills at request time, so you don't list each skill individually.
Cortex Agents Coding Agent (General availability)
The Cortex Agents Coding Agent is now generally available. Add the code_toolset_all tool type to a Cortex Agent, and Snowflake provisions and manages a sandbox backed by the same runtime that powers Snowflake CoCo: bash, file read/write/edit, grep, glob, web search, SQL execution, and skills.
Organization user types (General availability)
With this release, you can specify whether an organization user represents a person or a service. Set the TYPE property to SERVICE for a service or application that interacts with Snowflake without human interaction. If you don't specify a type, the organization user is a PERSON user, which matches the previous behavior.
Semantic Studio (Preview)
Semantic Studio is now available in public preview for all accounts. Semantic Studio is the authoring environment for semantic views in Workspaces, combining conversational authoring with CoCo, direct YAML editing, and deployment to the live Snowflake object in a single surface.
Zerobus Ingest into streaming tables is now generally available
Ingesting into streaming tables with Zerobus Ingest in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. Writing to a streaming table works the same way as writing to a managed Delta table, with the same limits and quotas. See Create or identify the target table .
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Network Firewall as a VTAP Source
Network Firewall can now be selected as a Virtual Test Access Point (VTAP) source. This lets you capture traffic packets from the VNICs attached to a network firewall for monitoring, troubleshooting, and compliance. Captured encrypted traffic remains encrypted.
Add ZPR security attributes for Recovery Service subnets
You can now add Zero Trust Packet Routing (ZPR) security attributes to a Recovery Service subnet to enforce a strict least-privilege model where network-traffic is restricted unless explicitly permitted.
HeatWave: Blue/Green Deployment
You can now use blue/green deployments to perform low-downtime upgrades and infrastructure changes for standalone DB systems. A blue/green deployment prepares and validates a green (target) DB system before switching client connections from the blue (source) DB system to the target DB system. For more information, see Blue/Green Deployment .
Console AI Experience Preview: Expanded OC1 Availability and Support Integration
Console AI is a new conversational experience in the OCI Console that helps you work faster using natural language. It supports a wide range of use cases, including exploring resources, creating and managing supported OCI resources, troubleshooting issues, understanding billing and usage, learning how to complete common OCI tasks, creating Service Requests...
Console Support for Network Firewall Enhancements
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Console now supports several Network Firewall enhancements for creating and managing firewalls and firewall policies. With these enhancements, you can: Select the firewall shape when creating a firewall. The 4 Gbps shape is selected by default, and the 25 Gbps shape is available if your tenancy is enabled for it.
Maintenance Schedule Selection in OCI
You can change the maintenance window of an existing Autonomous AI Database instance using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console. This capability helps pick a maintenance window for your Autonomous AI Database instance that is most convenient for your business needs. See Change the Maintenance Schedule for an Autonomous AI Database for more information.
OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE) support for virtual nodes using persistent volumes backed by File Storage service
You can now use OKE to set up persistent volumes backed by the File Storage service for virtual nodes (in addition to existing support for File Storage service-backed persistent volumes for managed nodes and self-managed nodes). For more information, see Provisioning PVCs on the File Storage Service .