Releasesby GlyphOCI 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 .
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Monitor and cap external provider costs
Unity Gateway can now track and cap spend on external model providers, such as Amazon Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry, not just Databricks-provided models. If your organization already has capacity commitments directly with a provider, Unity Gateway becomes the single point to track that usage and enforce spend limits across teams and use cases.
Unity Catalog Skills (Beta)
You can now publish, govern, and share agent skills with Unity Catalog. A skill is a first-class Unity Catalog securable ( catalog.schema.skill ) that follows the SKILL.md specification , so you register it once and control who can discover, use, and update it with the same permissions, tags, and audit that protect your tables.
Looker visual modeling canvas for BigQuery enters preview
A drag-and-drop canvas builds and edits LookML models on BigQuery sources: join tables, define dimensions and measures, preview results and publish Explores without writing LookML.
Conversational Analytics verified queries , also known as golden queries , are now generally available
Conversational Analytics verified queries , also known as golden queries , are now generally available. You can also now define verified queries in Looker (Google Cloud core) instances.
Now available in preview, model localization is supported for imported projects
Now available in preview, model localization is supported for imported projects. By default, Looker uses the locale definitions from the importing project only, if the importing project has locale definitions.
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Model 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.
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.