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 .

https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/release-notes#July_13_2026

SnowflakeSnowflake·Jul 13, 2026

Clone dynamic Iceberg tables (General availability)

You can now clone a dynamic Iceberg table to a new dynamic Iceberg table or to a Snowflake-managed Iceberg table. In addition, cloning a database or schema now includes any dynamic Iceberg tables it contains. Previously, dynamic Iceberg tables were silently skipped during database and schema clones. For more information, see Clone a dynamic Iceberg table .

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SnowflakeSnowflake·Jul 13, 2026

Snowflake CoWork mobile app for iOS (General availability)

The Snowflake CoWork mobile app for iOS is now generally available on the App Store. Use the mobile app to ask questions about your data, continue conversations, and review results from anywhere.

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SnowflakeSnowflake Native Apps and Marketplace·Jul 13, 2026

Snowpark Container Services backup instance types (Public preview)

Cloud capacity isn’t always guaranteed. When a compute pool’s instance type is unavailable, provisioning fails with an insufficient capacity error (ICE), leaving the pool unable to scale. Previously, resolving an ICE required manually switching the pool to a different instance type.

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DatabricksDatabricks Data Intelligence Platform·Jul 13, 2026

View warehouse activity details (General Availability)

The Activity details toggle in the SQL warehouse monitoring UI is now generally available. View color-coded annotations on the Running clusters chart that explain why a warehouse remains active, including query activity, fetching queries, open sessions, and idle states.

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MicrosoftAzure databases and analytics·Jul 13, 2026

[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Databricks SQL Serverless in UK West

Starting July 13th, 2026, customers can use Azure Databricks SQL Serverless in the UK West region to simplify analytics workloads while benefiting from instant compute, automated scaling, and reduced infrastructure management. Eligible UK West workspaces

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GitHubGitHub Advanced Security·Jul 13, 2026

Manage secret scanning custom patterns via REST API

Starting today, security teams can create, edit, and manage secret scanning custom patterns with the REST API. What’s new The following endpoints are generally available: GET .../secret-scanning/custom-patterns list patterns POST .../secret-scanning/custom-patterns create patterns PATCH .../secret-scanning/custom-patterns/{id} update patterns DELETE...

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