Secondary indexes (General availability)
Secondary indexes are now generally available in Snowflake.
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Conversation logging for Conversational analytics in BigQuery is generally available
BigQuery now supports logging data agent conversations directly to a BigQuery table within the agent's project.
Improved Lakeflow Performance Observability will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Databricks is enabling improved Lakeflow performance observability by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile.
Looker (Google Cloud core) data lineage is generally available
Data lineage for Looker (Google Cloud core) is now generally available, providing end-to-end visibility for LookML dashboards and Conversational Analytics agents.
BigQuery Python user-defined functions support volume mounts in preview
Python user-defined functions in BigQuery now support volume mounts, allowing users to access dependency files directly from Cloud Storage.
QuickBooks connector is available in Beta
The managed QuickBooks connector is now available in beta, enabling incremental ingestion of accounting data into Databricks.
Looker-managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) server is generally available
The Looker-managed MCP server is now generally available, allowing AI agents to interact with business data and LookML models without middleware.
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Custom error messages for feature policy rules
Snowflake now allows users to define custom error messages in feature policy rules, providing clearer feedback when a statement is blocked.
Atomic deployments, centralized configuration, and advanced branching for task graphs (Preview)
Snowflake has introduced a preview for task graph management, including centralized configuration, non-suspending pipeline updates, and conditional execution based on upstream outcomes.
Custom runtime images for ML Jobs (General availability)
Custom runtime images for ML Jobs are now generally available in Snowflake. Users can register custom container images to ensure reproducibility and meet specific compliance requirements.
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms updates
New updates are available for Snowflake Data Clean Rooms.
Quiesce a primary failover group (General availability)
Read-only mode for primary failover groups is now generally available in Snowflake.
Ingress policies (Preview)
Snowflake has introduced ingress policies in preview, allowing users to admit or block requests by combining multiple conditions into a single policy.
Pipeline Builder (Preview)
Pipeline Builder is now in public preview. It provides a visual interface for orchestrating Snowflake Notebooks, Python files, ML jobs, and SQL as task graphs within a Git-integrated project structure.
Declarative Feature Store (General availability)
The Declarative Feature Store workflow is now generally available. Define your feature store resources (entities, data sources, feature views, and feature groups) as version-controlled YAML or Python specs, then preview and deploy them with the snow feature CLI using a plan-and-apply workflow.