Releasesby GlyphOpenflow Connector for Jira Cloud: Core flow (General availability)
The Atlassian Jira Cloud (Core) flow is now generally available. The flow ingests Jira Cloud issues, projects, users, and related data into dedicated Snowflake tables with explicit schemas. It supports optional deletion tracking and parallel ingestion across projects. The Atlassian Jira Cloud (Agile) flow remains in Public Preview .
Also shipped Sep 2, 2026Snowflake in September 2026 →
Git Folder Serverless is in Beta
You can now use Git Folder Serverless to share serverless compute and a pyproject.toml -managed environment across notebooks and files in a Git folder. See Git Folder Serverless .
AlloyDB real-time BigQuery access adds limit pushdown and runtime projects
The preview feature pushes some LIMIT and OFFSET clauses down to BigQuery to cut network transfer, and optional runtime projects let queries run and bill compute separately from the owning project.
OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027
OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027 . Customer-hosted instances must upgrade to OpenJDK 21 .
Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.8 Flash available in Global, US, and EU regions
Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available (GA) in the global , us , and eu regions. For more information, see: Manage features on the web app Data residency for Gemini Enterprise Standard and Plus Editions and Gemini Notebook Enterprise
Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available
Gemini 3.8 Flash is now generally available (GA) and available for production use. For more information on 3.8 Flash, see the model page .
Deferred tier for autonomous agent scheduling (Preview)
The deferred tier is available in Preview. The deferred tier automatically queues non-latency-sensitive background agent workloads and schedules them to execute during off-peak hours. Key capabilities and benefits include: 50% token discount : Receive a 50% discount on consumed tokens for deferred workloads.
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Second generation Openflow (Preview)
Second generation (gen 2) Openflow is now in public preview. Gen 2 makes Openflow deployments, runtimes, and connectors first-class Snowflake SQL objects with standard RBAC, SQL lifecycle management, and versioned connector configuration. Supported connectors at public preview: PostgreSQL CDC, MySQL/MariaDB CDC. Gen 2 Openflow is available on AWS and Azure.
Second generation Openflow deployments and runtimes (General availability)
Second generation (gen 2) Openflow deployment and runtime SQL objects are now generally available on AWS and Azure. Create, modify, and remove gen 2 deployments and runtimes with CREATE , ALTER , DROP , SHOW , and DESCRIBE commands, or through the Openflow UI, with standard Snowflake RBAC on schema-scoped objects.
Openflow gen 1 deployment creation retired
You can no longer create new first generation (gen 1) Openflow deployments (BYOC or Snowflake). All new deployments are second generation (gen 2), created with CREATE OPENFLOW DEPLOYMENT or the Openflow UI. Existing gen 1 deployments continue to work unchanged, and you can still create new gen 1 runtimes on an existing gen 1 deployment.
Second generation Openflow deployments and runtimes now available on GCP
Second generation (gen 2) Openflow deployment and runtime SQL objects are now available on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), in addition to AWS and Azure. Previously, gen 2 deployment and runtime SQL objects were generally available only on AWS and Azure.
Openflow Connector for SQL Server (CDC) (General availability)
The Openflow Connector for SQL Server (CDC) is now generally available. The connector captures every row-level change from Microsoft SQL Server using Change Data Capture (CDC) and replicates selected tables into Snowflake in near real-time or on a schedule. It supports initial snapshot load, incremental sync, and schema evolution.
Migration of gen 1 Openflow deployments and runtimes to gen 2 (General availability)
Migration of gen 1 Openflow deployments and runtimes to gen 2 is now generally available. From the Openflow UI, you can convert an existing gen 1 deployment ( OPENFLOW DATA PLANE INTEGRATION ) and all of its runtimes ( OPENFLOW RUNTIME INTEGRATION ) into gen 2 OPENFLOW DEPLOYMENT and OPENFLOW RUNTIME objects, with standard Snowflake RBAC on the resulting...
Openflow Endpoints (General availability)
With this release, Openflow endpoints are now generally available for Snowflake deployments and Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployments. You can create stable HTTPS URLs that route external HTTP requests to Listen processors in your Openflow runtimes.