Releasesby GlyphIcehouse LakeOps in public preview
Starburst Galaxy added public preview support for Icehouse LakeOps, a Starburst-built service that performs optimization tasks on registered catalogs.
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BigQuery supports gemini-3.1-flash-lite and gemini-3.5-flash GA models
Both models work in all BigQuery generative AI functions and are available on the us, eu and global multi-regional endpoints.
AI_MULTI_EMBED support for large video files in semantic video search (General availability)
Snowflake Cortex AI_MULTI_EMBED is now generally available for semantic video search with support for large video files up to 6 GB using the TwelveLabs Marengo Embed 3.0 model, enabling organizations to index and search production-grade video content directly in Snowflake.
Amazon S3 Tables Iceberg REST catalog integration (General availability)
Snowflake can now connect directly to the Amazon S3 Tables Iceberg REST endpoint, so you don’t need to create an AWS Glue integration. This capability is now generally available.
Request Access in Workspaces (Preview)
With this preview release, you can resolve access-related SQL errors in Workspaces by submitting access requests directly from Snowsight. When a query fails because of missing privileges and the user can’t self-resolve the issue by switching roles, the user can submit a request with a reason.
READ METADATA privilege is GA
The READ METADATA privilege is now generally available in Unity Catalog. READ METADATA provides read-only visibility into the same metadata available to the object's owner or a user with MANAGE , including security-sensitive information that BROWSE doesn't expose, such as privilege grants, row filters and column masks, and ABAC policies.
Notion connector (Beta)
The managed Notion connector in Lakeflow Connect is now available in Beta. The connector ingests pages, data sources, databases, blocks, comments, and users from Notion into Databricks. See Notion connector .
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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.
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.
Agent logs: immutable audit log of AIDA interactions
Starburst Galaxy added support for Agent logs, an immutable audit log of AIDA interactions.
Guardrails for AIDA
Starburst Galaxy added support for guardrails, a set of cluster-wide protections for AIDA.
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.