Releasesby GlyphNovember 2026
The Perplexity API now supports automatic output-token limits, allowing users to omit max_output_tokens for generations up to 128,000 tokens. This default is available in the new 2026-11-11.0 model versions.
Also shipped Nov 11, 2026Perplexity in November 2026 →
Web search in apps
Retool added native web search capabilities to the app builder Chat tab and app functions, enabling agent applications to query live web data via a managed Tavily account.
Eval datasets, curated by Bayes from your agents' real conversations
Monte Carlo introduced automated evaluation dataset generation by Bayes, creating Golden and Improvement datasets from an agent's scored conversations across intent and issue clusters.
Pages are generally available
Databricks announced the general availability of Pages in Unity Catalog, providing governed definitions of business concepts organized by domain on the Discover page.
BigQuery project caps are generally available
Project caps, also known as scheduling policies, are now generally available for BigQuery Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions. This feature allows users to limit maximum slots and concurrency per project within a reservation.
BigQuery reservation assignments support principal routing
BigQuery now allows specifying a principal property on reservation assignments to route queries to specific reservations based on the identity of the user or service account. This feature is generally available for Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions.
BigQuery JSON_FLATTEN function is generally available
The JSON_FLATTEN function is now generally available. It extracts non-array values from JSON inputs, including those nested within consecutive arrays.
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November 2026
Decisions API: pplx-decider-v1.3, pplx-decider-flash-v1.3, and locate questions New models. pplx-decider-v1.3 (27B) and pplx-decider-flash-v1.3 (4B) are the new decision models, at the same prices as v1.2: $0.02 and $0.01 per million input tokens. Output tokens stay free.
November 2026
Perplexity added support for `google/gemini-4-carbon` to the Agent API with introductory pricing of $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens.
November 2026
Perplexity added an ultra effort level option to its Agent API, designed for broad research and data-gathering tasks using Claude Opus 5.5, with support for background execution mode.
November 2026
Decisions API: URL fetching and page freshness Pass a page URL as state with mode: "web_grounding" to fetch its text before searching. The fetched text replaces the URL before search. The response returns the page in fetched_results and search evidence in search_results . Set max_staleness to the maximum page age in seconds since its last crawl.
November 2026
Analytics API: credit-usage response update For dataset=credit_usage , responses from /v1/analytics/computer/usage and /v2/analytics/computer/usage currently omit the Credit Source breakdown. Total credit usage and the Model breakdown remain available. If your integration expects a fixed set of breakdowns, update it to read the returned categories list.
October 2026
Perplexity updated effort levels in the Agent API, increasing maximum token limits, expanding search step maximums, and updating backend models.
October 2026
The Agent API has renamed the preset parameter to effort. This is a naming change only, and existing configurations remain functional.
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 .