Releasesby GlyphOctober 2026
Decisions API: pplx-decider-v1.2 and pplx-decider-flash-v1.2 pplx-decider-v1.2 replaces pplx-decider-v1.1-27b as the 27B decision model, at $0.02 per million input tokens. pplx-decider-flash-v1.2 is a new 4B decision model at $0.01 per million input tokens. Both accept text and images and use the same request limits. Output tokens stay free.
Also shipped Oct 16, 2026Perplexity in October 2026 →
Neon Realtime in public beta, new AI Gateway models, Stripe real-time sync, CJK search in Lakebase Search, and more release - Oct 16, 2026
Neon Realtime is in public beta. Neon now has realtime, built by the team behind Electric. Neon Realtime turns any SQL query into a live query. Subscribe to it ...
TypeSafe AI Jev 1.14.0 is now available on Unity Gateway
TypeSafe AI Jev 1.14.0 is now available on Unity Gateway. TypeSafe AI hosts it, and an account admin must enable the Externally-hosted TypeSafe AI Models preview. TypeSafe's terms govern its use.
Gemini Enterprise: Configure citations for custom MCP data stores
You can configure the citation_mappings parameter for custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) data stores using the REST API to display source citation chips when Gemini Enterprise answers questions using tools on your custom MCP server. This feature is generally available (GA). For more information, see Configure citations for custom MCP data stores .
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Databricks Private network gateway
Private network gateway for Azure Databricks is now in Public Preview, enabling serverless compute to connect to resources in your virtual network (VNet) and transitively connected networks through a single managed gateway. Customers can use the gateway t
Cloud Agent Canvases and Environment Improvements
Canvases from cloud agents Cloud agents can now build interactive canvases as part of their work. Share a finished canvas with your team by sending its link. Learn more about sharing canvases . Environments API The Environments API is now available in beta. Use it to programmatically create and manage the cloud environments your agents run in.
What's new in Sigma
AI Anthropic as an AI provider (GA) Add an Anthropic API key to use models from Anthropic with Sigma AI features. When you set up Anthropic as your external AI provider, you use Anthropic for the large language model (LLM) and must also configure a second AI provider that has an embeddings model. For more details, see Add Anthropic as an AI provider .
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October 2026
Older models removed from the model docs; GPT-6 Astra and DeepSeek V4 Pro added The following models are no longer listed in the Agent API model docs, pricing calculator, or examples: Anthropic: anthropic/claude-opus-4-8 , anthropic/claude-opus-4-7 , anthropic/claude-opus-4-6 , anthropic/claude-opus-4-5 , anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 ...
October 2026
Gemini 4 Argon The Agent API now supports google/gemini-4-argon . Introductory pricing through November 30, 2026 is $2.00 per million input tokens, $0.10 per million cached input tokens, and $10.00 per million output tokens, including reasoning tokens. See the Agent API Models reference .
October 2026
Tool approvals for MCP and connector calls Set require_approval on an mcp or connector tool to review calls before they run. A call that needs approval returns an mcp_approval_request item and does not run. To approve or deny it, send an mcp_approval_response with previous_response_id .
October 2026
Agent API: preset renamed to effort This is a naming change only. Effort levels keep the same models, prompts, tools, limits, and pricing. Version pinning and frozen configurations continue to work as before. preset is still accepted as a deprecated alias, and responses return both fields. See Effort .
October 2026
Claude Haiku 5.5 The Agent API now supports anthropic/claude-haiku-5-5 . Requests with more than 100k input tokens use higher rates. See the Agent API Models reference .
October 2026
Agent API: effort level updates and the ultra-preview effort level These effort level changes were not listed in earlier changelog entries. Each line names the current version. Earlier versions stay available as pinned versions . fast ( fast@2026-10-16.0 ): falls back to openai/gpt-5.6-luna when openai/gpt-6-luna is unavailable.
September 2026
Fast Search Set search_type: "fast" on the Search API or the Agent API web_search tool to use a lower-latency search path. Fast Search costs $1.00 per 1,000 Search API requests or web_search invocations, with model tokens billed separately for Agent API. Set search_type: "web" for standard web search. See Search API Fast Search or Agent API Web Search .
August 2026
GLM 5.3 The Agent API and Router API now support perplexity/glm-5.3 at $1.40 per million uncached-input tokens, $0.26 per million cached-input tokens, and $4.40 per million output tokens. See the Agent API Models reference or the Router model catalog .