Releasesby GlyphPolaris catalog supports Google Cloud Storage with vended credentials
The Polaris catalog in Starburst Galaxy now supports Google Cloud Storage, including authentication with vended credentials.
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VARIANT data type on Delta Direct tables (General availability)
With this release, Snowflake supports the VARIANT data type on Iceberg tables created from Delta table files in object storage (Delta Direct). When your Delta tables include variant columns, Snowflake maps them to the Snowflake VARIANT data type. You can query semi-structured data using VARIANT functions and dot or bracket notation.
Metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations (Public Preview)
Snowflake is rolling out metadata-based sensitive data classification recommendations in Snowsight to help you identify databases that are likely to contain sensitive data and enable classification with one click.
Lakeflow Connect row filtering is now generally available
Row filtering in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. Row filtering allows you to ingest only the rows you need by applying conditions similar to a SQL WHERE clause, improving performance and minimizing data duplication.
Genie One enhancements and bug fixes
- Ontology snippets (Public Preview) : Genie One now supports ontology snippets. This feature is in Public Preview. Contact your Databricks account team to sign up. See Genie Ontology . Document edit timestamps : Documents now show the date and time they were last edited. See Documents in Genie One . Links in documents : Documents now support links.
Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
- Agent mode is generally available : Agent mode in Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) is now generally available. Agent mode uses multi-step reasoning to answer complex, exploratory questions with a report that includes citations, visualizations, and supporting tables. See Genie Agents concepts .
[Launched] Generally available: Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 on Azure Databricks
Azure Databricks now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 through Azure Databricks AI Model Serving. Claude Sonnet 5 is Anthropic's most agentic Sonnet model to date, delivering near-Opus-level intelligence with Sonnet's cost efficiency and speed. Designed
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Polaris catalog supports vended credentials for Amazon S3
Starburst Galaxy added support for authentication using vended credentials to Amazon S3 for the Polaris catalog.
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.
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.