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Cloud SQL MySQL update on October 6, 2026 docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysq… #googlecloud Cloud SQL for MySQL now supports up to 100,000 concurrent connections for Private Service Connect enabled instances created on or after September

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updates. For more information, see Enable the integration of Knowledge Catalog on an existing Cloud SQL instance.

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feature is available for instances running MySQL version 8.0 or later on the new network architecture. If Knowledge Catalog integration is already enabled on the instance with once-a-day updates, you can deactivate and re-enable the integration to switch to near real-time

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April 18, 2026 where the integration is currently turned off, the instance now syncs schema and metadata updates to Knowledge Catalog in near real-time instead of once a day (instances created on or after April 18, 2026 have near real-time sync enabled by default). This

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Cloud SQL MySQL update on October 9, 2026 docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysq… #googlecloud When you enable Knowledge Catalog (formerly Dataplex Universal Catalog) integration on an eligible Cloud SQL for MySQL instance created before

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For more information about minor version support in Cloud SQL for MySQL, see MySQL 8.0.

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Cloud SQL MySQL update on October 10, 2026 docs.cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysq… #googlecloud MySQL 8.0.46 is now the default minor version for Cloud SQL for MySQL 8.0

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The BigQuery Data Engineering Agent is now available in the asia-northeast1 (Tokyo) regional endpoint and supports the gemini-3.5-flash model. For more information, see Where Gemini in BigQuery processes your data. This feature is Generally Available (GA).

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For more information, see Migrate Delta Lake CDC data into Lakehouse using Dataflow and Migrate Apache Iceberg CDC data into Lakehouse using Dataflow

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You can now synchronize CDC transaction logs (inserts, updates, deletes) from Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg tables into Lakehouse Apache Iceberg tables using Dataflow batch jobs (for Delta Lake) or batch and streaming jobs (for Apache Iceberg)

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BigQuery update on October 9, 2026 docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs… #googlecloud Lakehouse now supports change data capture (CDC) ingestion from Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg tables ( Preview )

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Dataproc update on October 5, 2026 docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc/docs… #googlecloud Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark): Users may now specify short template names when creating a serverless session.

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Dataproc Serverless update on October 5, 2026 docs.cloud.google.com/dataproc-serv… #googlecloud Managed Service for Apache Spark (formerly Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark): Users may now specify short template names

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When issues are found, Looker can automatically perform repairs (such as removing stale lock files, fixing file permissions, or repairing corrupted object indexes) or rebuild damaged repositories while safeguarding uncommitted changes on a dedicated recovery branch.

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The new Diagnose & Repair tool evaluates your LookML project repository across eight diagnostic test checks in either your personal development environment or the shared production environment

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You can run the Style Validator with the default built-in ruleset or customize rule severities, file exclusions, path overrides, and custom rules by adding an lkmlstyle.yaml configuration file to your project repository

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Looker Continuous Integration (CI) now includes the Style Validator, which enforces LookML coding standards, naming conventions, and structural best practices across your LookML project

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Workflows that were created in versions earlier than Looker 26.14 appear on the Legacy Workflows tab and must be recreated

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Users and admins can manage workflows on the updated Manage Workflows user page and Manage Workflows admin page, respectively, and Looker admins can monitor scheduled workflow runs and troubleshoot errors on the new Workflow Executions admin page

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Recipients can select Investigate in a workflow notification to open a private, persistent conversation with the data agent

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You can use scheduled agentic workflows to schedule recurring deliveries of AI-generated insights summaries, data tables, visualizations, and PDF reports to email or Slack by using natural language

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Now available in preview, Conversational Analytics agentic workflows support scheduled agentic workflows in addition to triggered agentic workflows

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Data Apps give you complete visual layout control (including absolute positioning, overlapping elements, and custom web components) while remaining bound to Looker's governed LookML semantic layer and user permissions

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Now available in preview, Looker Data Apps are freeform canvas dashboards that are built by local AI coding agents, such as Gemini CLI, Claude Code, or Cursor, from natural-language prompts

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You can still select Thinking mode from the question mode drop-down menu when asking complex, multi-step analytical questions about Explores or dashboards

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Fast mode is intended for answering quickly, and it directly maps your query to underlying LookML definitions without generating reasoning steps

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These additions expand the range of visualization options that are available with the modern theme. The Modern User Interface preview feature toggle now defaults to ON. In Conversational Analytics, the default question mode is now Fast rather than Thinking

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The Modern visualization theme now supports map charts (static map points and regions), word cloud charts, and donut multiples. While support for donut multiples was previously documented, it is now officially available with this release

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The Dremio 26.0+ (Arrow Flight SQL) uses the bundled Apache Arrow Flight SQL JDBC driver, so that you don't have to install unpackaged custom JDBC driver JAR files. See the Dremio documentation page for more information

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ClickHouse 26+ uses modernized JDBC drivers and introduces support for symmetric aggregates. See the ClickHouse documentation page for more information. Looker now includes built-in support for the Dremio 26.0+ (Arrow Flight SQL) dialect

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Beginning October 5, 2026, the following features will be automatically enabled for Looker (original) instances running Looker 26.18. Feature enablement for Looker (Google Cloud core) will be announced separately. Looker now supports connections to the ClickHouse 26+ dialect

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Looker update on October 9, 2026 docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/r… #googlecloud The AI-Assisted Quick Starts feature, called Starter questions in the new Explore experience, is now generally available

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Cloud Architecture Center update on October 9, 2026 docs.cloud.google.com/architecture/… #googlecloud Multi-agent AI system in Google Cloud and Single-agent AI system using ADK and Cloud Run: Added production security guidance for

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export to receive notifications when findings are deleted from Security Command Center due to data retention policies. For more information, see the following: Enable finding notifications for Pub/Sub Stream findings to BigQuery for analysis Enable real-time notifications

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Security Command Center update on October 9, 2026 docs.cloud.google.com/security-comm… #googlecloud Using gcloud CLI, the securitycenter REST API, or client libraries, you can configure Pub/Sub and BigQuery continuous

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For more information, see the following: Map SQL Server data types to Datastream unified types Data type mappings in BigQuery

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Datastream update on October 9, 2026 docs.cloud.google.com/datastream/do… #googlecloud Datastream now supports replicating SQL Server GEOMETRY and GEOGRAPHY spatial data types

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The remediation engine can automatically propose ingress rules, egress rules, VPC accessible services updates, and existing or new context-aware access levels. For more information, see Resolve access denials with remediation suggestions.

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Controls violation analyzer. Remediation suggestions analyze access denial events and generate actionable, narrowly scoped configuration changes to resolve perimeter denials and adhere to the principle of least privilege

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