BigQuery data agent monitoring with Google Cloud Observability in preview

PreviewAug 24, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Teams can monitor the performance, adoption, latency and costs of BigQuery data agents and their conversations using Google Cloud Observability.

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BigQueryAug 27, 2026

The Data Engineering Agent is now HIPAA compliant

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BigQueryAug 27, 2026

Core graph processing for BigQuery Graph requires an Enterprise or Enterprise Plus edition reservation

Core graph processing for BigQuery Graph requires an Enterprise or Enterprise Plus edition reservation. Existing allowlisted users can continue to use Standard edition or on-demand billing until April 26, 2027, after which these billing models will no longer be supported for core graph processing.

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BigQueryAug 27, 2026

You can now train models using XGBoost version 2.1 by using the XGBOOST_VERSION option

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BigQueryAug 20, 2026

BigQuery adds ML.TREND, ML.SEASONALITY and ML.DETECT_CHANGE_POINTS in preview

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BigQueryAug 20, 2026

BigQuery Graph core processing limited to Enterprise editions from April 26, 2027

Standard edition and on-demand billing support for BigQuery Graph core graph processing is deprecated, with processing restricted to Enterprise and Enterprise Plus from April 26, 2027. Graph measures remain available except in Standard edition.

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BigQueryAug 20, 2026

The run_bq_command tool exposes the bq command-line tool within the Cloud CLI remote MCP server

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Databricks LakeflowAug 24, 2026

Verkada connector (Beta)

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Databricks Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformAug 24, 2026

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Databricks AI/BI and GenieAug 24, 2026

Connect to the Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams with your workspace URL (Public Preview)

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Databricks Unity CatalogAug 24, 2026

The INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE privileges are in Beta

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Vercel Vercel platformAug 24, 2026

Environment variables now use Config and Secret types

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Bun runtime now supports large functions and extended max duration

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