Custom roles available on the Business plan

UpdateAug 21, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Business plan customers can now create custom roles, which inherit a preset role's platform permissions and can receive data grants directly.

Security Pricing

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MotherDuckAug 21, 2026

Table-level security for shares via INCLUDE_PATTERN

Shares can now include specific tables, views, or schemas instead of an entire database, set with INCLUDE_PATTERN on CREATE SHARE, ALTER SHARE, or the share dialog. Available on Business and Enterprise plans.

UpdateSecurityPricingObservabilitySource

MotherDuckAug 14, 2026

MotherDuck CLI in preview

The motherduck CLI lets users authenticate, run SQL queries, and build Dives and Flights from the terminal, with table, JSON, or CSV output for scripting and automation.

PreviewSQLDeveloper toolsSource

MotherDuckAug 14, 2026

Windows install script for the MotherDuck-supported DuckDB CLI

Windows users can install a MotherDuck-supported DuckDB CLI version with a single PowerShell command. The script installs the motherduck extension and can save the MotherDuck token.

UpdateDeveloper toolsSource

MotherDuckAug 14, 2026

CREATE DATABASE FROM a remote DuckDB file in cloud storage

CREATE DATABASE ... FROM now accepts a remote DuckDB database file in cloud storage, for example an s3:// path.

UpdateSource

MotherDuckAug 14, 2026

Favorites in the Object Explorer sidebar

Users can star Dives, Notebooks, Flights, Guides, databases, and shares to keep them at the top of the Object Explorer sidebar, organize them into folders, and reorder them.

UpdateNotebooksSource

MotherDuckSep 3, 2026

Flights generally available with HIPAA workload support

Flights have graduated from Preview and support HIPAA workloads. Processing protected health information requires a signed HIPAA BAA with MotherDuck; existing BAAs cover Flights.

GASource

MotherDuckSep 3, 2026

Guide commands in the MotherDuck CLI

The motherduck guide command lets users create, edit, and version Guides from the terminal and keep them in version control alongside other source files.

UpdateDeveloper toolsSource

MotherDuckAug 5, 2026

DuckDB 1.5.5 support

MotherDuck supports DuckDB 1.5.5.

UpdateSource

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Snowflake Snowflake Cortex AIAug 21, 2026

Version targeting for Cortex Agent and Cortex Analyst evaluations (General availability)

Cortex Agent and Cortex Analyst evaluations now let you control the versioned configuration used for scoring: Version targeting pins the configuration under evaluation, not the agent behavior that gets evaluated: each run invokes the agent again and scores a newly generated trace.

GAAI agentsObservabilitySource

Snowflake Cortex CodeAug 21, 2026

CoCo automations in CLI and Snowsight (Preview)

CoCo automations in the CoCo CLI and CoCo in Snowsight are now available in public preview. Automations let you schedule recurring, unattended CoCo runs that execute in a Snowflake-managed sandbox. Each run creates a Cortex thread that you can inspect and continue in CoCo. Automations created from one surface can be monitored and managed from the other.

PreviewPricingObservabilityDeveloper toolsSource

Databricks Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformAug 21, 2026

Upcoming end of life for the Supervisor API

The Supervisor API (Beta) reaches end of life on September 30, 2026. After that date, the API is no longer available. Databricks recommends migrating to custom agents on Databricks Apps . See Supervisor API (Beta) (deprecated) .

DeprecationAI agentsDeveloper toolsSource

Databricks Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIAug 21, 2026

Consumer access to query Unity Gateway services will become generally available

Querying Unity Gateway model services and model provider services with Consumer access is currently opt-in through the Consumer access to Unity Gateway Public Preview . When this capability becomes generally available, consumer access users will be able to query these services without the preview enabled.

GAMCPSQLSource

Databricks Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIAug 21, 2026

Monitor all AI activity with the unified trace table (Beta)

The unified trace table is in Beta . It captures every request and response across your Unity Gateway services into one Unity Catalog table in OpenTelemetry format, giving you a single place to monitor, debug, secure, and audit all AI activity. See Monitor all AI activity using the unified trace table .

BetaGovernanceObservabilitySource

Databricks LakeflowAug 21, 2026

Default Python package repositories are GA for Lakeflow pipelines and classic compute

Configuring default Python package repositories is now generally available for Lakeflow pipelines and for classic compute created via the UI and API. Workspace admins can set private or authenticated registries as the workspace default for these workloads. See Configure default package repositories .

GAData integrationDeveloper toolsSource