Sandboxes for the Hugging Face MCP Server

UpdateJul 22, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Sandboxes give an assistant secure execution environments attached to buckets and repositories for dataset analysis, model training, and Space creation.

MCP

Read Hugging Face's release notes

https://huggingface.co/changelog/mcp-improvements-jul-26

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More Hugging Face Hub releases

Hugging Face HubJul 22, 2026

Hugging Face MCP Server adds hf_fs tool

The Hugging Face MCP Server's new hf_fs tool provides a single interface to repositories, storage, documentation, papers and more, with search, in just over 1,000 tokens.

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Hugging Face HubJul 21, 2026

Egress metrics for users and organizations

Users see egress usage in the dashboard and organizations get a per-user egress breakdown. It currently covers only traffic routed through the Hugging Face CDN.

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Hugging Face HubJul 16, 2026

Build Spaces with AI agents

The new Space creation page has an option to build with an AI agent: copy the generated command into your agent to build and iterate on a Space for a model, paper, or local folder.

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Hugging Face HubJul 14, 2026

Fine-grained access token presets

Fine-grained tokens can be created from presets (Read-Only, Inference, Write, CI/CD, Full Access), and preset URLs link straight to a pre-configured token.

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Hugging Face HubAug 3, 2026

Filter HF Jobs by label

Jobs can be filtered by label, with most-used labels shown as chips with job counts and a free-form key=value input, on user and organization jobs pages.

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Hugging Face HubAug 12, 2026

Granular feature access per resource group

Feature access can be controlled per resource group instead of only by organization role, for example leaving Jobs open, restricting Inference Endpoints to admins, and limiting blog publishing.

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Hugging Face HubJun 30, 2026

Filter Models page by hardware

A Hardware filter on the Models page shows models that fit a specific GPU, CPU, or Apple Silicon chip, set from Hardware settings and shareable via URL.

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Hugging Face HubJun 26, 2026

Send Hub feedback from the user menu

Users can share feedback on the Hub, including bug reports and feature suggestions, directly with the Hugging Face team from the user menu.

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Also shipped on Jul 22, 2026

Snowflake SnowflakeJul 22, 2026

External OAuth and configurable scopes for MCP servers (General availability)

Two new hierarchical parameters let you bind MCP servers to your organization’s existing identity provider (IdP) and control which OAuth scopes MCP clients discover. This enables MCP clients such as Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT to authenticate against your corporate IdP instead of Snowflake OAuth.

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Databricks Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformJul 22, 2026

Variant and Variant shredding are now generally available

Variant is now generally available . Variant is a flexible data type for semi-structured data that delivers structured-like query performance through Variant shredding, which is also generally available.

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Databricks Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformJul 22, 2026

Transactions are now generally available

Transactions that write to Unity Catalog managed Delta tables are now generally available. Group multiple SQL statements across one or more tables into a single atomic transaction using BEGIN ATOMIC ... END; or BEGIN TRANSACTION; ... COMMIT; syntax. All changes succeed together or roll back together, ensuring data consistency across your operations.

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Databricks Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformJul 22, 2026

Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens are now generally available

Databricks now automatically sends an email notification when a service principal token is set to expire within seven days. Because service principals don't have their own mailboxes, Databricks sends these notifications to workspace admins.

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Databricks Unity CatalogJul 22, 2026

Role-based access control (RBAC) is in Public Preview

Role-based access control (RBAC) is now in Public Preview. RBAC lets users assume a role in Databricks using only that role's permissions for the duration of the session instead of their own accumulated permissions. This enables exclusive access.

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Databricks Unity CatalogJul 22, 2026

Governance Hub is in Beta

Governance Hub is in Beta . Governance Hub is a centralized, account-level UI in the account console for monitoring governance across your Databricks account. It provides a unified view of data health and coverage, AI usage and spend, and cost drivers, with prioritized insights and recommendations. All views respect existing permissions.

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