BigQuery data governance tags are supported in Terraform

PreviewAug 25, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

BigQuery data governance tags are supported in Terraform. This feature is in Preview .

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BigQueryAug 24, 2026

BigQuery data agent monitoring with Google Cloud Observability in preview

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BigQueryAug 27, 2026

The Data Engineering Agent is now HIPAA compliant

The Data Engineering Agent is now HIPAA compliant . For more information, see HIPAA compliance on Google Cloud .

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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

You can now train models using XGBoost version 2.1 by using the XGBOOST_VERSION option. BigQuery uses the XGBoost 3.1.0 library to load and make predictions on XGBoost models. This feature is generally available .

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BigQueryAug 20, 2026

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

New table-valued functions in the query editor and conversational analytics identify trends, repeating seasonal patterns and structural change points in time series data.

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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

The run_bq_command tool exposes the bq command-line tool within the Cloud CLI remote MCP server. AI agents can now execute advanced BigQuery operations, such as job scheduling, job management, and reservation management, through a managed MCP endpoint. For more information, see Use the Cloud CLI remote MCP server . This feature is in Preview .

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Snowflake Snowflake Horizon CatalogAug 25, 2026

Multi-value tags (General availability)

With this release, multi-value tags are generally available. You can assign more than one string value to the same tag.

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Snowflake Snowflake Native Apps and MarketplaceAug 25, 2026

Remote app operations for Snowflake Native Apps (Preview)

Remote app operations are now available in public preview for Snowflake Native Apps. Providers can perform on-demand operations on consumer apps, including running SQL statements ( run_sql ), retrying a failed upgrade ( retry_upgrade ), and disabling/enabling the app ( disable / enable ), all through a new system function SYSTEM$REMOTE_APP_OPERATION .

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Snowflake SnowflakeAug 25, 2026

Remote Development with the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code (Preview)

Remote Development with the Snowflake Extension for Visual Studio Code is now available in public preview.

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Snowflake SnowflakeAug 25, 2026

Stable egress IP addresses on Azure (Preview)

Stable egress IP addresses are now available in preview on Azure. You can generate Snowflake egress IP address ranges (as CIDR addresses) and add them to an external server's allowlist so that Snowflake can make requests to that server.

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Databricks LakebaseAug 25, 2026

LTAP Direct Writes accelerates synced table loads (Beta)

LTAP Direct Writes speeds up how synced tables load into Lakebase. When you create a synced table, Lakebase loads a full copy of your Unity Catalog data into your Postgres branch.

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Databricks AI/BI and GenieAug 25, 2026

The Genie One desktop app for macOS is in Beta

The Genie One desktop app is now in Beta . The native macOS app opens Genie One on your desktop instead of in a browser tab, so business users can chat with data in natural language, work with their threads and documents, and use Genie Agents without a browser. See Use Genie One on desktop .

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