Context Store stays on while agents use a connector

UpdateAug 5, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

A connector's Context Store stays on as long as agents use the connector for anything, not only searching.

AI agents Data integration

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AirbyteAug 5, 2026

Source editor and Destination editor workspace roles

Two new workspace roles, Source editor and Destination editor, limit editing to sources or destinations respectively. Both are on Pro and Enterprise Flex plans.

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AirbyteAug 6, 2026

Connector list flags failed data updates with Action Required

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AirbyteAug 4, 2026

Pin chats in Airbyte Agents

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AirbyteAug 7, 2026

Syncs open parallel data channels based on allotted capacity

Airbyte reads the processing capacity allotted to a sync and opens as many parallel data channels as it allows instead of falling back to a single channel.

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AirbyteAug 7, 2026

Gmail connector for Airbyte Agents

Gmail is available to connect. Agents can read and organize messages, threads, drafts, and labels, with Google sign-in during setup.

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AirbyteAug 10, 2026

Airbyte Self-Managed 2.2 released, one-way database upgrade

Airbyte 2.2 migrations drop tables that 2.1.x depends on, so the upgrade is one-way and rolling back to 2.1.x is not supported. Take a database backup before upgrading.

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AirbyteAug 10, 2026

Airbyte 2.2 community deployments drop HTTP Basic API credentials

Community deployments no longer accept HTTP Basic credentials on the API. Callers must switch to an access token from /api/v1/applications/token.

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AirbyteAug 10, 2026

Airbyte 2.2 Helm charts accept namespaceOverride

Both the main chart and the data plane chart accept a top-level namespaceOverride value that controls the namespace written onto chart resources.

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Also shipped on Aug 5, 2026

Snowflake Snowflake OpenflowAug 5, 2026

Openflow Connector for SQL Server (CDC) (General availability)

The Openflow Connector for SQL Server (CDC) is now generally available. The connector captures every row-level change from Microsoft SQL Server using Change Data Capture (CDC) and replicates selected tables into Snowflake in near real-time or on a schedule. It supports initial snapshot load, incremental sync, and schema evolution.

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Databricks LakeflowAug 5, 2026

REPLACE USING flows for pipelines (Beta)

REPLACE USING flows are now available in Lakeflow pipelines in Beta . Use a REPLACE USING flow when your source is a series of partial snapshots keyed by column. On each update, the flow replaces all rows that match the specified key columns and leaves all other rows unchanged.

BetaData integrationSource

Google Cloud LookerAug 5, 2026

The custom calendar feature is now generally available

The custom calendar feature is now generally available.

GASource

Google Cloud LookerAug 5, 2026

The Expression Assistant is now generally available

The Expression Assistant is now generally available.

GASource

Google Cloud LookerAug 5, 2026

The Table Visualization Improvements feature is now generally available

The Table Visualization Improvements feature is now generally available. You can now use the following features for table visualizations : Pagination Show/Hide Table Headers Table Borders Cell Highlighting Conditional formatting for string fields

GABIDeveloper toolsSource

Google Cloud LookerAug 5, 2026

The Enhanced search feature is now generally available

The Enhanced search feature is now generally available.

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