Releasesby GlyphBigQuery Graph and GQL queries are available with on-demand pricing
BigQuery Graph and Graph Query Language (GQL) are now supported for users on on-demand pricing models.
Friday, November 6, 20263 releases
ClickHouse release 26.10
ClickHouse 26.10 adds function composition, improved join flexibility, faster GROUP BY queries, and disk spilling for IN subqueries. It also includes an experimental columns cache and support for Freeform and SQLite formats.
Amazon Redshift expands SUPER data type to store strings up to 16 million bytes
Amazon Redshift now supports strings up to 16 million bytes within SUPER data types. This allows for direct ingestion and SQL querying of large documents without requiring pre-loading transformations.
Thursday, November 5, 20268 releases
SQL Monitoring Reports in SQL Insights
OCI Ops Insights added direct access to SQL Monitoring reports from Fleet, Database, and SQL analysis views, including downloadable HTML Active Reports.
Metric view listings are generally available in Databricks Marketplace
Databricks Marketplace now generally supports publishing governed metric views, allowing Databricks recipients to consume shared business metrics.
Upcoming removal of AI Functions support on older runtimes
Starting January 2027, AI Functions in SQL queries will require Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS or higher. This change does not affect ai_similarity or the AI Functions REST API.
BigQuery query text heatmap adds hierarchical context reference navigation
BigQuery query text heatmap now allows users to view and navigate through a hierarchical list of context references, such as nested function calls or view references, for stage steps in general availability.
Regular expression functions in Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse (Preview)
Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse now supports scalar regular expression functions, including REGEXP_LIKE, REGEXP_REPLACE, and REGEXP_SUBSTR. These functions allow engineers to extract, validate, and transform text data directly within T-SQL.
Wednesday, November 4, 20268 releases
Microsoft SQL integration versions 1.0 and 2.0 removed
Retool removed versions 1.0 and 2.0 of its Microsoft SQL integration across cloud and self-hosted instances, requiring migration to version 3.0.
AI Functions require Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS or above
Databricks announced that starting January 2027, AI Functions requiring Databricks Runtime 15.4 LTS or higher (excluding ai_similarity) will mandate Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS or above.
Direct Iceberg access in AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is available for PostgreSQL 18 and later ( in Preview )
Direct Iceberg access in AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is available for PostgreSQL 18 and later ( in Preview ). This feature lets you query Apache Iceberg tables in Cloud Storage or Lakehouse runtime catalog and accelerate analytical queries using the AlloyDB columnar engine. For more information, see Access Iceberg data from AlloyDB .
Cloud SQL for SQL Server supports additional metrics within the system insights dashboard ( GA ) related to...
Cloud SQL for SQL Server supports additional metrics within the system insights dashboard ( GA ) related to engine memory, performance, and replication. For a detailed list of metrics and their descriptions, see Cloud SQL for SQL Server default metrics and Cloud SQL metrics .
Find expensive queries from Capacity Metrics (Generally Available)
The Monitor in warehouse feature is now generally available in the Microsoft Fabric Capacity Metrics app. It allows users to navigate directly from capacity usage spikes to specific warehouse query history.
November 2026
The same branded and unbranded filters on every endpoint GET /projects/{projectId}/visibility/prompts ignored unbranded=true and returned branded prompts too, although the API reference listed the parameter. It now honors unbranded=true and branded=true like every other endpoint. branded=false still returns non-branded prompts only there, as before.
Tuesday, November 3, 20267 releases
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names. The Classic Explorer tab has been renamed to the Data tab, and the Repository tab has been renamed to the Source control tab. The Data tab now includes the Add data button and focuses on data hierarchies. These changes are generally available (GA).
The rollout of the following Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL minor version and extension upgrades is complete: Minor...
The rollout of the following Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL minor version and extension upgrades is complete: Minor versions 14.23 is upgraded to 14.24. 15.18 is upgraded to 15.19. 16.14 is upgraded to 16.15. 17.10 is upgraded to 17.11. 18.4 is upgraded to 18.6.
Snowflake CoCo for Excel and Snowflake CoCo for Google Sheets (Preview)
Snowflake CoCo for Excel and Snowflake CoCo for Google Sheets are now available in preview. Each one adds CoCo as a chat pane inside your spreadsheet, connected to your live Snowflake data. From the pane, you can query data with natural language or SQL; build pivot tables, charts, and formulas; and use the semantic views your role can access.
[In preview] Public Preview: Extend immutability for PITR backups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
With this enhancement, you have the ability to lock your retention to the configured PITR retention, beyond the default 7 days of immutable backups that are already available. This is especially useful for financial customers who typically have 35 days of
Databricks SQL version 2026.44 is rolling out in Current
Databricks SQL version 2026.44 is rolling out to the Current channel. See features in 2026.44 .
What's new in ClickStack - September and October '26
The September and October ClickStack updates add ad hoc dashboard filters, PromQL support across all chart types, query tracing, a Trace logs tab, and chart explorer alerts.
Monday, November 2, 202613 releases
You can now tune SQL queries using AI
You can now tune SQL queries using AI. Available starting with version 1.6.2 of the google_ml_integration extension, the ai.tune_sql function uses an LLM along with query execution plans, schemas, and runtime stats to recommend query optimizations.
Lakehouse supports the following remote catalog providers for cross-cloud data access
Lakehouse supports the following remote catalog providers for cross-cloud data access. This feature is generally available (GA). Databricks Unity Catalog on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud AWS Glue Data Catalog on AWS Snowflake Horizon Catalog on AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Workday Data Lake on AWS or Google Cloud This...
Knowledge Studio in Knowledge Catalog is available in Preview
Knowledge Studio in Knowledge Catalog is available in Preview . Knowledge Studio lets you explore data assets and semantic relationships using natural language and an interactive context graph, run automated enrichment tasks to generate and curate metadata from schemas, query logs, and enterprise knowledge signals, and package curated domain knowledge into...
Level of detail (LOD) expressions in semantic views (Preview)
Level of detail (LOD) expressions are now in preview for semantic views. An LOD expression calculates a value at a grain that's different from the query grain. You can use LOD expressions to:
[Launched] Generally Available: Restart databases in Azure SQL DB via the Azure portal
You can now restart or fail over databases directly from the Azure portal, including single databases, Hyperscale databases, and databases in elastic pools, without writing scripts against the Rest API or contacting support. Learn more.
Managed warehouse for MLflow (Beta)
Managed warehouse for MLflow is available in Beta, enabling users to view Unity Catalog traces in the MLflow UI without manually choosing a SQL warehouse.
Realtime entity redaction
Speech to Text can now redact entities in realtime transcripts. Pass entity_redaction and entity_redaction_mode as query parameters on the realtime WebSocket, in the same format as batch transcription, and each committed transcript is followed by a redacted_transcript event carrying the original text and the redacted_text.
Cloudflare One, Access - Organize and authorize Access service tokens with tags
You can now assign key-value tags to Access service tokens and use those tags to organize credentials or control application access. Each token supports up to five tags, such as environment: production or team: payments . Add or edit tags when you create or update a token in the dashboard or service token API.
Friday, October 30, 20267 releases
Spanner Graph supports the following enhancements: - You can create property graphs from SQL views that call...
Spanner Graph supports the following enhancements: You can create property graphs from SQL views that call remote functions ( Preview ) to compute node and edge properties. For more information, see Compute properties with remote functions . You can write simplified queries on schemaless dynamic properties without explicit conversions to SQL data types.
Monitor data freshness in Lakeflow Connect database connector pipelines (Public Preview)
You can now see how current each destination table is in Lakeflow Connect database connector pipelines, in Public Preview . The new Data freshness column in the pipeline's tables list shows the time since the latest source commit that the pipeline ingested for each change data capture (CDC) table.
Relationships between metric views (Beta)
Unity Catalog now supports defining relationships between metric views using SQL constraints. This helps AI assistants and BI tools identify correct join paths.
UUID data type in hybrid tables (General availability)
The UUID data type is now generally available for use in Snowflake hybrid tables, supporting primary keys, foreign keys, and secondary indexes.
D1 - D1 will enforce a maximum query result size of 50 MB
Starting November 4, 2026, Cloudflare D1 will enforce a 50 MB maximum query result size limit.
October 2026
Braintrust now supports MCP tracing for tool calls and prompt requests in its SDKs. Additionally, SQL queries can now be executed asynchronously to handle large exports and long-running operations.
Thursday, October 29, 20263 releases
Native XML file format support is now generally available
Native XML file format support is generally available in Databricks SQL, enabling XML parsing and querying across batch and streaming workloads.
Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) 2.8.6 is available
Databricks released Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) 2.8.6 to prevent pending Cloud Fetch downloads from delaying connection closure and to update dependencies.
Amazon Redshift announces hands-off automated cross-region backups
Amazon Redshift introduced automated cross-region snapshot copy for provisioned clusters and serverless workgroups to continuously replicate snapshots for disaster recovery.
Wednesday, October 28, 20265 releases
Databricks SQL version 2026.44 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.44 is now available in the Preview channel. This version includes the following changes: Operating system security updates. Miscellaneous bug fixes. This version doesn't include new features or behavioral changes.
AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT introduces AGENTIC mode for intelligent document processing (Public Preview)
Snowflake Cortex AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT now includes an AGENTIC mode in public preview. This feature allows users to extract information from complex documents, including charts and diagrams, using a single SQL call.
More ways to use scalar UDFs in Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse (Preview)
Microsoft Fabric updated scalar user-defined functions (UDFs) in the Data Warehouse, adding support for procedural logic like loops and conditional branches. These functions can now be inlined for better performance across analytical workloads.
The new cost-based join optimizer with reordering support for non-inner joins
ClickHouse released a cost-based join optimizer that automatically reorders inner, outer, semi, and anti joins to determine the most efficient execution plan.
AWS Backup adds restore testing support for Amazon Redshift
AWS Backup now supports automated restore testing for Amazon Redshift, allowing users to verify backups and measure recovery time objectives.
Tuesday, October 27, 20268 releases
Revamped query editor, now generally available
The revamped query editor is now generally available and is the default experience when you edit a panel. It brings your whole data pipeline into a single view (queries, expressions, transformations, and the alert rules that depend on them), so complex and multi-source panels are faster to build, review, and troubleshoot.
AI.COUNT_TOKENS function is generally available
The AI.COUNT_TOKENS function, which estimates the token count of a text string, is now generally available in BigQuery.
Spanner supports ON DELETE SET NULL foreign key action
Spanner now supports the ON DELETE SET NULL foreign key action for both GoogleSQL and PostgreSQL dialects. This allows referencing columns to be set to NULL when a referenced row is deleted.
Cortex Code skills for interactive analytics
Snowflake has introduced two new Cortex Code skills designed to assist with interactive analytics workflows.
AI Functions Unity Catalog permissions is now generally available
Unity Catalog permissions for AI Functions are now generally available. Metastore admins can now control access to specific AI functions within the system.ai schema.
Analytics - SQL API introspection: `include_attributes` parameter
The SQL API introspection endpoint now supports an include_attributes parameter to discover keys and types within a dataset's attributes JSON column. This replaces the deprecated include_custom_attributes parameter.
Monday, October 26, 20269 releases
Announcing workspace monitoring integration for Fabric Data Warehouse (Preview)
Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse now integrates with workspace monitoring, allowing administrators to track query activity, performance, and failures across an entire workspace from a single location.
BigQuery REGEXP_EXTRACT_GROUPS function is in preview
The new REGEXP_EXTRACT_GROUPS function allows users to extract substrings matching multiple capturing groups in a regular expression.
Workbook
- Workbook and dashboard menus are reorganized: tab menus are now named for the tab type you're working in (Query, Spreadsheet, Source, dbt, Topic, Query view) instead of a generic Tab menu, and the Model menu is renamed Develop . Related actions like saving a query as a topic, view, or dbt model also moved into these menus.
Databricks SQL version 2026.43 is rolling out in Current
Databricks launched Databricks SQL version 2026.43 on the Current release channel.
Friday, October 23, 20261 release
Retrieve Cortex Search (Public Preview)
The CORTEX_SEARCH_RETRIEVE table function is now in public preview, allowing users to execute low-latency search queries directly from SQL for RAG and chatbot applications.
Thursday, October 22, 20261 release
The AI.TRANSLATE function is generally available
The AI.TRANSLATE function is now generally available in BigQuery. It supports both standard Neural Machine Translation and Translation LLM capabilities for text string translation.
Wednesday, October 21, 20266 releases
Genie Ontology snippets will soon be generally available and enabled by default
In early November 2026, Genie Ontology snippets will be generally available and enabled by default. Genie Ontology automatically extracts and maintains business context from your existing assets and usage, including metric views, dashboards, SQL queries, and Genie Agents.
Simplify Teradata migrations with Fabric Migration Assistant (Preview)
Fabric Migration Assistant now supports Teradata, automating the conversion of metadata and code to Fabric-compatible T-SQL and flagging scripts for review.
Private Data Source Connect over Tailscale now in public preview
Private Data Source Connect (PDC) over Tailscale is now available in public preview . Securely query private data sources on your Tailscale network from Grafana Cloud, without needing to deploy and manage a PDC agent or expose endpoints to the public internet. To learn more, refer to the Private data source connect over Tailscale documentation .
BigQuery AI.CHUNK_DOCUMENT function is generally available
Google Cloud announced the general availability of AI.CHUNK_DOCUMENT in BigQuery, a table-valued function that splits unstructured documents into semantically coherent text chunks optimized for vector embeddings and RAG workflows.
Terraform 1.17.0
1.17.0 (October 21, 2026) NEW FEATURES: - Terraform now supports variables and locals in provider requirements - A new -minimal-refresh planning option has been added, which will only refresh resources that have proposed changes. - policy: Terraform Policy is now generally available.
Expanded insights for Snowflake Postgres
Snowflake Postgres now offers expanded insights through the insights extension. After you create the extension in a database, it continuously collects performance and health metrics from your instance and stores them in the insights schema.