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DateRelease
Sep 23Scala UDFs can access Unity Catalog secretsunverified
DatabricksUnity CatalogUpdate
Sep 23Scalar and Batch Unity Catalog Python UDFs are now generally availableunverified
DatabricksUnity CatalogGA
Sep 23dbt Core 2.0.0-dev.41-test-pypiunverified
dbt Labsdbt CoreUpdate
Sep 22Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS generally available (GA) : Released our next-generationunverified
Google CloudGemini APIGA
Sep 22Variant shredding will soon be enabled by default on new Variant tablesunverified
DatabricksLakeflowUpdate
Sep 22You can now publish a BigQuery data agent in Gemini Enterprise by registering the agent with Agent Registry...unverified
Google CloudBigQueryPreview
Sep 22Amazon EMR introduces Long Term Support with Apache Spark 4.1unverified
AWSAmazon Athena and EMRUpdate
Sep 22On-Demand Compute now in private preview
ClickHouseClickHouse CloudPreview
Sep 22PromQL support in private preview
ClickHouseClickHouse CloudPreview
Sep 21prompt_jev SQL function for text classification with TypeSafe AI Jev model
MotherDuckMotherDuckUpdate
Sep 21Cortex AI Function Evaluation for measuring quality (Public Preview)
SnowflakeSnowflake Cortex AIPreview
Sep 21Back model provider service credentials with a Unity Catalog secret
DatabricksAgent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 21Databricks Runtime 19: September 21, 2026
DatabricksDatabricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 21The query history system table is now generally available
DatabricksDatabricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Sep 21BigQuery Studio query results pane shows recent run history
Google CloudBigQueryGA
Sep 21BigQuery generative AI functions now support the gemini-3.8-flash Gemini model
Google CloudBigQueryUpdate
Sep 18Spanner adds automatic parameterization of SQL query literals
Google CloudSpannerUpdate
Sep 18Lakebase Search is generally available
DatabricksLakebaseGA
Sep 18dbt Core 2.0.5
dbt Labsdbt CoreUpdate
Sep 17User Agent column in the Duckling Overview UI
MotherDuckMotherDuckUpdate
Sep 17The official ClickHouse provider for Apache Airflow is now available
ClickHouseClickHouseUpdate
Sep 17Antigravity Agent 09-2026
Google CloudGemini APIPreview
Sep 17Mirroring for Google BigQuery in Microsoft Fabric (Generally Available)
MicrosoftMicrosoft FabricGA
Sep 17Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
DatabricksAI/BI and GenieUpdate
Sep 17You can add unit tests to pipelines to validate your SQL transformation logic against mock datasets
Google CloudBigQueryGA
Sep 16Elastic announces GA of cross-project search on Serverless, enabling teams to query across all linked projects without moving a byte
ElasticElasticGA
Sep 16[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-September 2026
MicrosoftAzure databases and analyticsPreview
Sep 16dbt Core dbt v2.0.0
dbt Labsdbt CoreUpdate
Sep 16BigQuery migration lineage service enters preview
Google CloudBigQueryPreview
Sep 15Introducing ClickHouse's new TimeSeries Engine: Your drop-In Prometheus replacement
ClickHouseClickHouseUpdate
Sep 15Replica-aware routing public beta
ClickHouseClickHouseBeta
Sep 15Analyze your CloudTrail events using natural language in Amazon Q Console
AWSKiro and Amazon QUpdate
Sep 15Moving off ODBC , A self-serve scanner for your ADBC migration
MicrosoftMicrosoft FabricUpdate
Sep 15Automatic change data feed will soon be available in all supported regions
DatabricksDatabricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 14Diagnose Fabric Data Warehouse workloads with the SQL DW operations skill (Generally Available)
MicrosoftMicrosoft FabricGA
Sep 14Metadata for BigQuery Graph is now automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog
Google CloudDataplex Universal CatalogPreview
Sep 14The counter_diff SQL window function is now available
DatabricksDatabricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 14Multimodal AI_SUMMARIZE for automatic theme summarization (Public Preview)
SnowflakeSnowflake Cortex AIPreview
Sep 14Zero-copy support for all table formats in interactive warehouses (General availability)
SnowflakeSnowflakeGA
Sep 14Metadata for BigQuery Graph is automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog
Google CloudBigQueryPreview
Sep 14An updated version of the Simba ODBC driver for BigQuery is now available
Google CloudBigQueryUpdate
Sep 13query_logs MCP tool for structured log access across Supabase services
SupabaseSupabaseUpdate
Sep 11Spanner Graph adds semantic options and key uniqueness validation
Google CloudSpannerUpdate
Sep 11Second generation Openflow deployments and runtimes now available on GCP
SnowflakeSnowflake OpenflowGA
Sep 10ClickHouse release 26.8
ClickHouseClickHouseUpdate
Sep 10Transformers Release 5.17.0
Hugging FaceTransformersPreview
Sep 10Accelerate JSON workloads with the Native Execution Engine in Microsoft Fabric
MicrosoftMicrosoft FabricUpdate
Sep 10Dashboard enhancements
DatabricksAI/BI and GeniePreview
Sep 10The Databricks Excel Add-in is now generally available
DatabricksDatabricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Sep 10External secret providers (Preview)
SnowflakeSnowflakePreview
Sep 10BigQuery Data Engineering Agent integrates with BigQuery Graph
Google CloudBigQueryGA
Sep 10BigQuery ML.METRICS evaluates predictions without a stored model
Google CloudBigQueryPreview
Sep 10BigQuery conversational analytics adds ML.CORRELATION in preview
Google CloudBigQueryPreview
Sep 9ksqlDB v8.1.0-41 bounds pull-query concurrency per cluster
ConfluentConfluent CloudUpdate
Sep 9Announcing ClickHouse Managed Postgres on Google Cloud
ClickHouseClickHouseUpdate
Sep 9CodeQL 2.27.0 adds support for Linux ARM64
GitHubGitHub Advanced SecurityUpdate
Sep 9BigQuery generative AI functions add gemini-3.5-flash-lite, 3.6-flash and 3.7-flash
Google CloudBigQueryUpdate
Sep 9dbt Core 2.0.0-dev.38-test-pypi
dbt Labsdbt CoreUpdate
Sep 9dbt Core 2.0.0-dev.39-test-pypi
dbt Labsdbt CoreUpdate
Sep 8Advancing the Microsoft Fabric SQL Query Editor
MicrosoftMicrosoft FabricUpdate

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