Releasesby IbisCortex Fine-tuning: New model training no longer available in AWS US East 1
Deprecation4 days agoUnverifiedAdded Oct 23, 2026
Starting October 20, 2026, Cortex Fine-tuning will no longer support the creation of new fine-tuned models in AWS US East 1 (N. Virginia).
More Snowflake Cortex AI releases
Every Snowflake Cortex AI releaseCortex Tools for Cortex AI Gateway (Preview)
We are pleased to announce the preview of Cortex Tools, a part of Cortex AI Gateway that connects the AI clients your organization uses to the business tools your work already lives in, using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Supported clients include CoCo Desktop, CoCo CLI, Claude, and Cursor.
Tools for Cortex AI Gateway (Preview)
We are pleased to announce the preview of Tools for Cortex AI Gateway, which connects AI clients to the business tools your organization already uses through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Supported clients include CoCo Desktop, CoCo CLI, Claude, and Cursor.
Retrieve Cortex Search (Public Preview)
Retrieve Cortex Search is now available in Public Preview. The CORTEX_SEARCH_RETRIEVE table function lets you run low-latency Cortex Search queries directly from SQL, either one query at a time or one query per input row with a LATERAL join. Use it for real-time workloads such as retrieval-augmented generation, chatbots, and in-app search.
Responses API for the Cortex REST API (Preview)
You can now call OpenAI models through the OpenAI-compatible Responses API, in preview. Send requests to /api/v2/cortex/v1/responses on the Cortex REST API, or to /v1/responses on the Cortex AI Gateway, with the OpenAI SDK or any other client that uses the Responses API.
Cortex AI Gateway on Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS New Zealand
Cortex AI Gateway is now available to accounts in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) commercial regions, and in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region.
Cortex Agent SDK (Public Preview)
The Cortex Agent SDK is now available in Public Preview for Python and TypeScript. Use the SDK to build applications that run Cortex Agents and Cortex Code, maintain conversations and threads, observe durable turns, and reconnect to long-running work.
Gemini 4 Argon model in AI Functions (Preview)
The gemini-4-argon model is now available in Public Preview in AI Functions with AI_COMPLETE.
Snowflake Decision with AI_COMPLETE (Private Preview)
With this release, we introduce the private preview of Snowflake Decision, a model available through AI_COMPLETE that evaluates text and structured data against user-defined questions.
Also shipped on Oct 20, 2026
Snowflake in October 2026Cloudflare One Client for Windows (version 2026.8.2115.0)
A new GA release for the Windows Cloudflare One Client is now available on the stable releases downloads page . This hotfix addresses an issue building trusted certificate chains.
Cloudflare One Client for macOS (version 2026.8.2115.0)
A new GA release for the macOS Cloudflare One Client is now available on the stable releases downloads page . This hotfix addresses an issue building trusted certificate chains.
Cloudflare One Client for Linux (version 2026.8.2115.0)
A new GA release for the Linux Cloudflare One Client is now available on the stable releases downloads page . This hotfix addresses an issue building trusted certificate chains.
SurveyMonkey connector is available in Beta
The managed SurveyMonkey connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. Use the connector to ingest surveys, survey structure, collectors, survey responses, and contacts from SurveyMonkey into Databricks.
Oracle Eloqua connector is available in Beta
The managed Oracle Eloqua connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. Use the connector to ingest marketing data such as contacts, accounts, campaigns, email and form assets, form submissions, events, and website visitors from Oracle Eloqua into Databricks.
Asana connector is available in Beta
The managed Asana connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. Use the connector to ingest work management data such as workspaces, teams, projects, tasks, portfolios, and goals from Asana into Databricks. The connector uses OAuth user-to-machine (U2M) authentication.