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Starburst Galaxy added support for guardrails, a set of cluster-wide protections for AIDA.
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BigQuery Apache Iceberg managed tables get partitioning and transactions GA
Table partitioning, multi-statement transactions and advanced runtime are now generally available for Apache Iceberg managed tables in BigQuery.
Cross-cloud Lakehouse now supports Snowflake as a remote catalog provider (Preview)
Cross-cloud Lakehouse now supports Snowflake as a remote catalog provider (Preview). You can configure federated catalogs to query data stored in Snowflake directly from Google Cloud using BigQuery or Apache Spark without migrating data or building complex ETL pipelines. For more information, see Set up cross-cloud Lakehouse for Snowflake .
BigQuery project caps limit slots and concurrency per project in preview
Project caps, also called scheduling policies, limit maximum slots and concurrency for each project within a BigQuery reservation, helping control shared capacity.
BigQuery Overview page is generally available
The BigQuery Overview page is a hub for tutorials, features and resources, with guided paths for users of all skill levels.
BigQuery Migration Service MCP server for SQL translation is GA
The MCP server translates SQL queries into GoogleSQL, generates DDL from input queries and explains SQL translations, letting AI tools drive warehouse migrations.
BigQuery Data Transfer Service incremental Salesforce transfers are GA
Incremental data transfers from Salesforce in the BigQuery Data Transfer Service are now generally available.
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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.
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.
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.