prefect 3.8.6 - Pause for cancellation
Enhancements ➕➕ Reduce task run recorder INSERT compilation CPU Allow transitioning to cancelling from paused Allow cancelling a blocking paused flow run after its pause timeout elapses Bug Fixes 🐞 Fix Docker work pool editing and block/env serialization in UI v2 Treat ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED as alive in Windows _is_pid_alive Rebuild invalid...
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Metadata for BigQuery Graph is automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog
Metadata for BigQuery Graph is automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog . This feature is available in preview .
BigQuery supports WHERE clauses inside aggregate function calls in preview
Aggregate function calls can now include a WHERE clause that filters their input with a boolean expression, simplifying conditional aggregation in SQL.
Multimodal AI_SUMMARIZE for automatic theme summarization (Public Preview)
Snowflake Cortex AI_SUMMARIZE is now available in public preview, enabling customers to summarize text and multimodal content, including images and documents, directly in Snowflake.
Zero-copy support for all table formats in interactive warehouses (General availability)
Support for all table formats in interactive warehouses is now generally available and is no longer in Preview .
Genie visualizations in Slack replies (Public Preview)
When a Genie response includes a chart, the visualization now appears as an image in the Slack reply. If you installed the Databricks Genie app for Slack previously, reinstall it to enable this. See Visualizations .
Metadata for BigQuery Graph is now automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog
Metadata for BigQuery Graph is now automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog. This feature is available in preview . For more information, see Knowledge Catalog overview .
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Prefect 3.8.5 - A little jitter never hurt anybody
Enhancements ➕➕ Suggest existing deployment tags in the V2 deployments filter Use current settings for resource label validation Add parameter overrides to the deployment schedule dialog Use indexed flow run cleanup with separate orphan reconciliation Add id fields and matching filters to automation count and filter models Reduce event persister INSERT...
Prefect 3.8.7 - There's no place like local
3.8.7 - There's no place like local Released on September 25, 2026 New Features 🎉 Add browser-local pinned deployments to the React UI Enhancements ➕➕ Format deployment Created/Updated timestamps in ui-v2 metadata Show tag names inline and make tag overflow focusable in ui-v2 Set browser tab titles on entity and index pages in ui-v2 Add...
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Integrations & Dependencies 🤝 chore(deps): update click requirement from =8.0 to >=8.0, =21.3 to >=21.3, =0.12.0 to >=0.12.0,!=0.12.2, =1.0.4 to >=1.0.4, =0.12.0 to >=0.12.0,!=0.12.2, =2021.1 to >=2021.1, =1.0.12 to >=1.0.12,<7.0.0 Fix 2.x compatibility with current dependencies Development & Tidiness 🧹 Migrate 2.x PyPI publishing to OIDC Uncategorized...
Prefect 3.8.4 - Seconds of the world, unite!
Enhancements ➕➕ Add time selection to the interval schedule anchor date Add a configurable base directory for included files Add an index on flow_run.deployment_id Open a parameters dialog when a quick run needs required parameters Bug Fixes 🐞 Prevent runners from overwriting handled flow-run outcomes Fix ProcessWorker auto-uv after pull steps Honor a...
Prefect 3.8.8 - I take my wildcards literally
This is the last release that will support Python 3.10 , future releases will require Python 3.11 or later. Bug Fixes 🐞 Fix get_call_parameters to unwrap FieldInfo defaults for flow runs Page through all runs in cancellation cleanup and pause expiration monitors Fix UnboundLocalError in observer _get_k8s_jobs when the Kubernetes client can't be created...
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Prefect 3.8.3 - Insert batching pun here
Enhancements ➕➕ Stop fragmenting task run recorder bulk upserts Engage the auto-uv run launcher for process workers Show elapsed time for running flow runs in the V2 UI flow run header Block submission when a required array parameter is emptied in the V2 UI Bug Fixes 🐞 Preserve a statement cache size of 0 Reject option-like Git branch values Stop leaking...
Prefect 3.9.0 - Pendulum's last swing
3.9.0 - Pendulum's last swing Released on October 21, 2026 Breaking Changes ⚠️ Drop Python 3.10 support Remove deprecated Runner execution paths Deprecate Pendulum datetime behavior on Python 3.11–3.12 New Features 🎉 Add Python 3.15 support Enhancements ➕➕ Add opt-in clearing for empty deployment schedules Cut CPU spent delivering events and API logs Open...