Releasesby GlyphHorizon Catalog Explorer UI (Preview)
With this release, the Horizon Catalog Explorer is the default experience for browsing Snowflake objects in Snowsight, replacing Database Explorer. The Horizon Catalog Explorer provides consistent navigation and object detail pages while preserving the tabs and actions that you already use.
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Webhook-triggered deployments for Databricks Apps will soon be generally available
Starting in October 2026, webhook-triggered deployments for Databricks Apps will be generally available. Automatically deploy your app when changes are pushed to a connected GitHub or Azure DevOps repository, so your deployed app stays in sync with your repository without manual redeployment. See Deploy a Databricks app .
Sharing foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Sharing and reading foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available. Providers can share Delta-format tables federated from OneLake, a Hive metastore, or AWS Glue, without copying data into Databricks. See Add foreign Delta tables to a share .
Lakebase snapshots API (Beta)
You can now manage Lakebase snapshots programmatically. The snapshots API lets you create, get, list, and delete point-in-time snapshots of a project branch, and restore a snapshot by creating a new branch from it. This API is in Beta. See Create a snapshot .
Data Classification now scans Unity Catalog views (Beta)
Data Classification can now scan Unity Catalog views in addition to tables, classifying columns for sensitive data using the same detection engine. This is a Beta feature. See Classify views .
Reinforcement learning fine-tuning in the Google Cloud console (Preview)
You can create, monitor, and test reinforcement learning fine-tuning jobs for Gemini models in the Google Cloud console ( Preview ). From the Models > Tuning page, you can configure Python code or model-based reward functions, test reward logic against sample prompts before launching a job, track training and evaluation metrics in real time, and test tuned...
Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are generally available
Two new audio-to-audio Live API models target real-time voice apps: gemini-3.8-live for low-latency dialogue with asynchronous function calling, and gemini-3.8-live-extended-thinking for high-reasoning voice use cases.
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Iceberg Scan Plan API in Horizon Catalog (Public Preview)
Public Preview release of Iceberg Scan Plan API in Horizon Catalog to enforce data protection policies.
Trust Center, secure by default approach for scanner package enablement
Secure by default is available only for accounts on Business Critical Edition or Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS) with a capacity contract.
Account posture reporting in the Trust Center (Preview)
With this preview release, the Overview tab in the Trust Center includes an Account posture section. This section aggregates Trust Center monitoring activity for your account over a period that you select, showing scanning status, open findings, and at-risk entities.
Programmatic notifications for Trust Center findings (Preview)
You can send Trust Center findings to enterprise ticketing and monitoring systems without waiting in Snowsight or email. Configure a notification integration for a webhook or queue, such as PagerDuty, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Amazon SNS, Azure Event Grid, or Google Pub/Sub, and Snowflake delivers findings that meet your severity threshold to that endpoint.
External lineage (General availability)
External lineage is now generally available and is no longer in Preview .
Data lineage for streams
You can now see streams on Snowflake data lineage graphs.
DCM Projects ATTACH MASKING POLICY (Preview)
With this Public Preview release, you can use ATTACH MASKING POLICY in DCM Projects definition files to declaratively assign a masking policy to one or more columns in tables, Apache Iceberg™ tables, views, or dynamic tables. DCM Projects manages the masking policy attachment throughout its deployment lifecycle.
Snowflake-provided tags (Public Preview)
With this preview release, Snowflake-provided tags are available in every account. These out of the box tags in the SNOWFLAKE.TAGS schema give you a consistent vocabulary for common governance use cases, including cost center, certification status, sensitivity, environment, and project, without creating and maintaining equivalent tags in each account.