Flights generally available with HIPAA workload support

GASep 3, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

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

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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.

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MotherDuckSep 10, 2026

Official MotherDuck Terraform provider

MotherDuck's official Terraform provider supports Terraform 1.5 and later, for managing databases, shares, roles, secrets, and service accounts as code.

UpdateSecurityDeveloper toolsSource

MotherDuckSep 10, 2026

MotherDuck available on AWS Marketplace via Private Offer

MotherDuck is now available on AWS Marketplace via Private Offer, letting customers consolidate billing and transact directly through AWS.

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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 21, 2026

Custom roles available on the Business plan

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

UpdateSecurityPricingSource

MotherDuckSep 17, 2026

User Agent column in the Duckling Overview UI

The Duckling Overview UI now includes a User Agent column showing Admins the client that issued each query, including custom user agents, for sorting, filtering, and search.

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MotherDuckSep 21, 2026

prompt_jev SQL function for text classification with TypeSafe AI Jev model

prompt_jev calls Jev, a model from TypeSafe AI, to classify text into categories directly in SQL, answering one closed question per call or several at once. It is unavailable in eu-central-1 and eu-west-1, and organization admins can turn it off.

UpdateSQLGovernanceSource

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.

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Also shipped on Sep 3, 2026

Google Cloud BigQuerySep 3, 2026

Conversational analytics now supports questions about market basket analysis

Conversational analytics now supports questions about market basket analysis . This feature is generally available (GA).

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Snowflake Snowflake Horizon CatalogSep 3, 2026

External lineage (General availability)

External lineage is now generally available and is no longer in Preview .

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Snowflake Snowflake Cortex AISep 3, 2026

Restricted Session Scope for agents (General availability)

With this release, Restricted Session Scope (RSS) is generally available. An RSS is a privilege ceiling that limits what an agent can do on behalf of a user. It intersects with RBAC and never grants privileges the user doesn't already have through their roles.

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Databricks Databricks SQLSep 3, 2026

Share metric views with OpenSharing (Beta)

You can now share metric views with Databricks users in other metastores or accounts using OpenSharing. See Add metric views to a share and Read shared metric views .

BetaSource

Databricks AI/BI and GenieSep 3, 2026

Genie One enhancements

- Ask Genie button hidden when unsupported : In embedded dashboards, the Ask Genie button is now hidden when it isn't supported. See Ask Genie in embedded dashboards . Push notifications for scheduled tasks (Public Preview) : The Genie mobile app can now send push notifications for scheduled tasks to iOS devices. See Push notifications .

PreviewBISource

Databricks AI/BI and GenieSep 3, 2026

Web search in Genie One (Beta)

Genie One can now search the public web to answer questions that need current information, such as recent releases, third-party documentation, or news. Genie One decides when to search and cites the sources it uses, showing each as a link you can open. See Search the web .

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