MotherDuck new features in July 2026

Everything MotherDuck shipped in July 2026: 16 releases, grouped by product, each linked to MotherDuck's release notes.

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MotherDuckJul 29, 2026

Guides for AI agent context in preview

Guides are markdown documents in MotherDuck holding metric definitions, join rules, and conventions that AI agents read automatically through the MCP server. Guides can be shared org-wide or kept private.

PreviewAI agentsMCPDeveloper toolsSource

MotherDuckJul 23, 2026

Configurable maximum runtime for Flights

The Flights UI now includes a max runtime field so runs stop automatically if they exceed the set limit.

UpdateSource

MotherDuckJul 23, 2026

Read and write to Cloudflare R2 Data Catalog

MotherDuck can now read from and write to Cloudflare R2 as a persisted Iceberg catalog.

UpdateGovernanceApache IcebergObservabilitySource

MotherDuckJul 23, 2026

Role-based access control (RBAC) on Business and Enterprise

Admins can assign roles and grant scoped privileges on databases, shares, and platform resources from the Members and Roles page. RBAC is on Business and Enterprise plans; custom roles are also available for Enterprise.

UpdatePricingSource

MotherDuckJul 16, 2026

MotherDuck on AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney and Tokyo)

MotherDuck is now available on AWS in ap-southeast-2 (Sydney) and ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo) for lower latency and regional data residency. Flights were not yet available in these regions at launch.

UpdateRegionsPerformanceSource

MotherDuckJul 16, 2026

Rename views with ALTER TABLE ... RENAME TO

Views in a MotherDuck catalog can now be renamed using ALTER TABLE <view> RENAME TO <new_name>.

UpdateGovernanceObservabilitySource

MotherDuckJul 16, 2026

Run a Flight with a custom config override

In the Flights UI, the Run now menu lets users override config values for a single run without editing the Flight itself.

UpdateDeveloper toolsSource

MotherDuckJul 16, 2026

Scheduled Flights available on the Lite plan

Lite plan customers can now schedule Flight runs without per-user Flight or concurrency limits.

PricingPricingSource

MotherDuckJul 9, 2026

Dive statuses: draft, ready, endorsed, archived

Dives now carry a status (draft, ready, endorsed, or archived) that shows in the Dives list and in the MCP/SQL tools for filtering and sorting.

UpdateMCPSQLSource

MotherDuckJul 9, 2026

Flight secrets exposed as non-namespaced environment variables

Flight secrets are now injected under both the namespaced <secret_name>_<KEY> name and the bare <KEY> name, so code can read them without the prefix.

UpdateSecuritySource

MotherDuckJul 9, 2026

Flights available on Free and Lite plans

Flights are now available on Free and Lite plans, in addition to Business.

PricingPricingSource

MotherDuckJul 9, 2026

Integrations added to the MotherDuck Home page

Integrations have been added to the Home page for easy access in the UI.

UpdateSource

MotherDuckJul 9, 2026

Status page subscriptions for MotherDuck service health

Users can now subscribe to updates on the MotherDuck status page to be notified about system health and scheduled maintenance.

UpdateSource

MotherDuckJul 9, 2026

Write to Databricks-managed Iceberg tables

MotherDuck can now write to Databricks-managed Iceberg tables.

UpdateApache IcebergSource

MotherDuckJul 2, 2026

Server-side Apache Iceberg REST catalog attach in preview

Users can attach an external Apache Iceberg REST catalog to MotherDuck and query Iceberg tables server-side alongside MotherDuck and DuckLake data. Available in Preview.

PreviewSQLGovernanceApache IcebergSource

MotherDuckJul 2, 2026

dbt Cloud connects to MotherDuck via the Postgres endpoint

dbt Cloud can now connect to MotherDuck directly through the Postgres endpoint, without a self-hosted pg_duckdb proxy.

UpdatePostgresSource