Carbon supports Insight analysis and modern object search
Carbon now supports Insight analysis and modern object search with a redesigned search bar and results page. Workspace owners enable each via separate workspace settings.
Also shipped Sep 21, 2026Palantir in September 2026 →
BigQuery Studio query results pane shows recent run history
The Query results pane now shows a short history of recent runs for a query, including multi-statement queries, without switching to the Job history tab. It is generally available.
The query history system table is now generally available
The system.query.history system table is now generally available. Use it to access account-wide records for queries run on SQL warehouses or serverless compute, including execution status, duration metrics, and query source. See Query history system table reference .
Cortex AI Function Evaluation for measuring quality (Public Preview)
Snowflake Cortex AI Function Evaluation is now available in public preview, enabling customers to measure the output quality, cost, and token usage of custom AI Functions and Cortex AI calls against labeled datasets.
Cortex AI Function Optimization for more efficient AI implementations (Public Preview)
Snowflake Cortex AI Function Optimization is now available in public preview, enabling customers to automatically search across prompts and models for improved implementations of custom AI Functions.
Cortex Agents Compact API (Preview)
The Cortex Agents Compact API is now available in preview. Use the agent:compact endpoint to summarize a conversation and pass the compact representation to subsequent agent:run requests. Compacting conversation history reduces token consumption and helps conversations stay within the model context window.
You can now use the AlloyDB Columnar Engine as a read-optimized, in-memory cache for HNSW vector indexes
You can now use the AlloyDB Columnar Engine as a read-optimized, in-memory cache for HNSW vector indexes. This feature is generally available ( GA ). It accelerates vector search performance and increases queries per second (QPS) for vector workloads. For more information, see Accelerate queries with the Columnar Engine .
More from Foundry and AIPEvery Foundry and AIP release →
Foundry transforms upgraded to Apache Spark 4.0.1
The Apache Spark version used in Foundry transforms is being upgraded from 3.5.5 to 4.0.1 for all enrollments. No action is required.
Changes tab for reviewing resources in branching proposals
The Changes tab on the branching proposal page provides a centralized view of all resource changes on a proposal.
Claude Opus 5 via AWS Bedrock on IL2 and IL4 enrollments
Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 is available on IL2 and IL4 enrollments with Claude via AWS Bedrock enabled.
Iceberg tables and Iceberg REST catalog are generally available
Managed Iceberg tables and Palantir's Iceberg REST catalog are GA on standard Foundry enterprise environments on AWS, Azure, and GCP, with Palantir-managed or customer-provided storage.
Product groups in Foundry DevOps
Product groups are available in Foundry DevOps across all enrollments to model products deployed together and validate whether selected versions install as a group.
AIP Analyst updates: organization defaults, group skills, model categories, compact view
AIP Analyst introduces organization-wide defaults, group-assigned skills, and three model categories (Fast, Balanced, and Smart). A new compact view mode is also available to minimize tool activity and focus on agent responses.
Fireworks models available for US georestricted commercial enrollments
New models from Moonshot AI, Z.ai, and DeepSeek are now available in AIP through Fireworks for US georestricted commercial enrollments.
Pipeline Builder Faster pipelines support Iceberg tables
Pipeline Builder now supports reading and writing Foundry Iceberg tables within Faster pipelines. This includes support for encrypted tables, data quality expectations, and overwrite or append operations.