Polaris catalog supports vended credentials for Amazon S3
Starburst Galaxy added support for authentication using vended credentials to Amazon S3 for the Polaris catalog.
Also shipped Jun 25, 2026Starburst in June 2026 →
Genie One enhancements
- Share chats with account users : You can now share Genie One chats with all users in your account as read-only. See Share a chat . New external source connections (Beta) : Chat in Genie One now supports connecting to Gmail and additional Microsoft 365 apps (Teams, Outlook, and Calendar). See Connect to external tools and sources .
Fast mode for Claude Opus 4.7 deprecated, removal on July 24, 2026
After July 24, 2026, requests to claude-opus-4-7 with speed fast will return an error. Anthropic recommends migrating to fast mode on Claude Opus 4.8.
Copilot code review: Analysis depth and efficiency updates
Copilot code review now uses the built-in file exploration tools available in the Copilot CLI and SDK, significantly improving review cost efficiency with no change to your existing workflow. If you’re in the Medium analysis depth public preview, you’ll also see some new updates centered around configurability and visibility of review depth.
Enterprise-managed settings now support strictKnownMarketplaces in VS Code and GitHub Copilot CLI
Enterprises can now control which plugins their users can install in GitHub Copilot CLI and VS Code. This setting is now available in public preview. Add strictKnownMarketplaces to your enterprise-managed settings.json , and Copilot will only allow plugins to be installed from the marketplaces you’ve explicitly defined.
Saved views for repository issues – Public Preview and adjustable row heights in projects
Saved views for repository issues Repository Issues pages now support saved views, making it easier for teams to create and share filtered views of their issues. With saved views, anyone with triage access or above can create shared views like “Unassigned bugs”, “Needs triage”, or “Customer-reported issues”.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux runner images are now in public preview
GitHub-hosted larger runners now support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 and RHEL 10 images in public preview, introduced in partnership with Red Hat. Organizations can use these RHEL images as the foundation for custom images that include required tools, dependencies, and configurations.
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Smart load balancing for deployment set routing is generally available
Smart load balancing, a routing mechanism available with deployment set routing, is now generally available in Starburst Galaxy.
Polaris catalog supports Google Cloud Storage with vended credentials
The Polaris catalog in Starburst Galaxy now supports Google Cloud Storage, including authentication with vended credentials.
Guardrails for AIDA
Starburst Galaxy added support for guardrails, a set of cluster-wide protections for AIDA.
Token consumption for AI features shown in Usage and Billing tab
Starburst Galaxy added support for viewing token consumption for AI features in the Usage and Billing tab.
Icehouse LakeOps in public preview
Starburst Galaxy added public preview support for Icehouse LakeOps, a Starburst-built service that performs optimization tasks on registered catalogs.
Data product domains in Starburst Galaxy
Starburst Galaxy added support for data product domains. Users can now assign data products to domains, making data products easier to find across an organization.
Agent logs: immutable audit log of AIDA interactions
Starburst Galaxy added support for Agent logs, an immutable audit log of AIDA interactions.