Data lineage for streams

UpdateSep 2, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

You can now see streams on Snowflake data lineage graphs.

Streaming Governance

Read Snowflake's release notes

https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/2026/other/2026-09-02-lineage-streams

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More Snowflake Horizon Catalog releases

Snowflake Horizon CatalogSep 3, 2026

External lineage (General availability)

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

GAGovernanceSource

Snowflake Horizon CatalogAug 31, 2026

Snowflake-provided tags (Public Preview)

With this preview release, Snowflake-provided tags are available in every account. These out of the box tags in the SNOWFLAKE.TAGS schema give you a consistent vocabulary for common governance use cases, including cost center, certification status, sensitivity, environment, and project, without creating and maintaining equivalent tags in each account.

PreviewGovernancePricingSource

Snowflake Horizon CatalogSep 8, 2026

Trust Center, secure by default approach for scanner package enablement

Secure by default is available only for accounts on Business Critical Edition or Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS) with a capacity contract.

UpdateSource

Snowflake Horizon CatalogSep 10, 2026

Iceberg Scan Plan API in Horizon Catalog (Public Preview)

Public Preview release of Iceberg Scan Plan API in Horizon Catalog to enforce data protection policies.

PreviewGovernancePricingApache IcebergSource

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.

GAGovernanceSource

Snowflake Horizon CatalogSep 15, 2026

Horizon Catalog Explorer UI (Preview)

With this release, the Horizon Catalog Explorer is the default experience for browsing Snowflake objects in Snowsight, replacing Database Explorer. The Horizon Catalog Explorer provides consistent navigation and object detail pages while preserving the tabs and actions that you already use.

PreviewGovernanceObservabilitySource

Snowflake Horizon CatalogAug 18, 2026

Access externally managed Apache Iceberg™ tables through Snowflake Horizon Catalog (Preview)

You can now use the Horizon Iceberg REST Catalog (IRC) API to access externally managed Apache Iceberg™ tables in a catalog-linked database from external engines such as Apache Spark™, Trino, DuckDB, or PyIceberg.

PreviewGovernanceApache IcebergObservabilitySource

Snowflake Horizon CatalogAug 17, 2026

AI mode for sensitive data classification (Public Preview)

Sensitive data classification now supports AI mode in public preview. When you enable AI mode on a classification profile, Snowflake uses the OpenAI GPT-5 Mini model to identify additional semantic categories beyond those detected by standard classification, which can improve accuracy.

PreviewLLMsSQLGovernanceSource

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Databricks Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformSep 2, 2026

Git Folder Serverless is in Beta

You can now use Git Folder Serverless to share serverless compute and a pyproject.toml -managed environment across notebooks and files in a Git folder. See Git Folder Serverless .

BetaNotebooksSource

Google Cloud AlloyDBSep 2, 2026

AlloyDB real-time BigQuery access adds limit pushdown and runtime projects

The preview feature pushes some LIMIT and OFFSET clauses down to BigQuery to cut network transfer, and optional runtime projects let queries run and bill compute separately from the owning project.

PreviewSQLStreamingSecuritySource

Google Cloud LookerSep 2, 2026

OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027

OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027 . Customer-hosted instances must upgrade to OpenJDK 21 .

DeprecationSource

Google Cloud Gemini EnterpriseSep 2, 2026

Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.8 Flash available in Global, US, and EU regions

Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available (GA) in the global , us , and eu regions. For more information, see: Manage features on the web app Data residency for Gemini Enterprise Standard and Plus Editions and Gemini Notebook Enterprise

GALLMsNotebooksRegionsSource

Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformSep 2, 2026

Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available

Gemini 3.8 Flash is now generally available (GA) and available for production use. For more information on 3.8 Flash, see the model page .

GALLMsSource

Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformSep 2, 2026

Deferred tier for autonomous agent scheduling (Preview)

The deferred tier is available in Preview. The deferred tier automatically queues non-latency-sensitive background agent workloads and schedules them to execute during off-peak hours. Key capabilities and benefits include: 50% token discount : Receive a 50% discount on consumed tokens for deferred workloads.

PreviewAI agentsDeveloper toolsPerformanceSource