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Now available in preview, <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/data-apps">Looker Data Apps</a> are freeform canvas dashboards that are built by local AI coding agents, such as Gemini…

Looker now supports connections to the ClickHouse 26+ dialect. ClickHouse 26+ uses modernized JDBC drivers and introduces support for <a…

In Conversational Analytics, the default <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/conversational-analytics-looker-data#ca-question-mode">question mode</a> is now Fast rather than Thinking.…

The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/admin-panel-general-preview-features#modern_user_interface">Modern User Interface preview feature</a> toggle now defaults to ON.

The new <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/diagnosing-and-repairing-git-projects">Diagnose &amp; Repair tool</a> evaluates your LookML project repository across eight diagnostic test…

Now available in <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages">preview</a>, <a…

<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/continuous-integration">Looker Continuous Integration (CI)</a> now includes the <a…

The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/modern-ui#modern_visualizations">Modern visualization theme</a> now supports map charts (static map points and regions), word cloud charts, and…

The AI-Assisted Quick Starts feature, called <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/gemini-quick-starts">Starter questions</a> in the new Explore experience, is now generally available.

Table visualizations now proportionally scale left-pinned columns during automatic sizing, which prevents unnecessary horizontal scrollbars. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where table cell visualizations that included both positive and negative values could display unwanted scrollbars and hide value labels. This feature now performs as expected.

You can now apply <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/themes-for-internal-dashboards">themes</a> to Looks in addition to internal dashboards.

An issue has been fixed where enabling subtotals on table visualizations did not automatically disable the Cell Visualizations option. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where the color palette popover in visualization settings failed to dynamically reposition when it expanded, causing controls to overlap or truncate. This feature now performs…

The System Activity query_metrics Explore has been updated to ensure that phase timings (such as connection acquisitions, execution runtimes, and optimistic pivot fallback retry loops) are…

The opacity for the comparison bar in short KPI visualizations has been reduced to increase legibility.

The System Activity Dashboard Diagnostics dashboard has been updated to fully support statistics, tile run counts, and performance recommendations for LookML dashboards. This feature now performs as…

An issue has been fixed where the BigQuery JDBC driver could fail to properly parse certain data types, such as BYTES, STRUCT/RECORD, and nested ARRAY structures. This feature now performs as…

An issue has been fixed where previews for Looker charts in Slack integrations could fail to be displayed. This feature now performs as expected.

When you set up a connection, self-service modeling will now be available only if a role that grants create_self_service_from_table also selects it through that role's model set.

Custom TopoJSON URL validation is updated to improve security. This change is isolated to Google Maps rendering in preview. Existing dashboards and Looks with the <a…

An issue has been fixed where editing and saving a dashboard could cause the dashboard to reload indefinitely, forcing users to refresh the page. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where duplicating a scheduled plan could fail to retain the custom message value. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where linked filters on a dashboard could fail to display autocomplete suggestions even when a parent filter is selected. This feature now performs as expected.

The latest versions in the Looker (Google Cloud core) <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/looker-core-release-process#release_channels">release channels</a> are beginning deployment as…

The latest versions in the Looker (Google Cloud core) <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/looker-core-release-process#release_channels">release channels</a> are beginning deployment as…

Looker now includes a <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/filters-user-defined-dashboards#filters-on-visualization-tiles">Filters on Visualization Tiles preview feature</a> that lets…

Looker now includes a long polling concurrency guard. This prevents issues where queries cause long poll requests that oversaturate Looker and cause Looker to freeze. If a query causes a long poll…

Donut Multiples visualizations now automatically hide overlapping value labels.

An issue has been fixed in Explores where you couldn't scroll within the Chart Config Editor dialog when editing JSON visualization configurations. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where analytic models that referenced cross-database, schema-qualified, or dot-delimited table names failed to compile in BigQuery and Snowflake DDL generation. This feature…

An issue has been fixed where scheduled PDF deliveries to Cloud Storage could produce corrupted files and unexpectedly replace spaces in filenames with underscores. This feature now performs as…

An issue has been fixed where custom content theme fonts were improperly applied to the Look edit mode bar. This feature now performs as expected.

API requests that target a LookML project whose files or directories aren't found on the instance now return a 404 Not Found error instead of a 500 Internal Server Error.

In Conversational Analytics, the Open in Explore button and sidebar exploration links are now hidden or disabled with explanatory tooltips when you lack explore permissions for the underlying model.

An issue has been fixed where links created using the LookML link parameter could return a 500 error if no label was specified. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where dragging series between Y-axes on pivoted Cartesian charts could cause the Explore page to crash or prevent visualization configurations from being saved. This feature…

An issue has been fixed where the Git connection test could fail to recognize Git credentials as sufficient if a branch protection rule on the Git provider restricted temporary branches. This feature…

An issue has been fixed in self-service analytics where CSV and Excel uploads to BigQuery and Snowflake could fail or corrupt data when files contained multiline headers, leading numeric characters,…

An issue has been fixed where downloading a dashboard as a CSV or ZIP file could result in a 500 error if any dashboard elements lacked an explicit title. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where dashboard filter token chips didn't display an active highlighted background when a filter value was selected. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where attempting to visualize pivoted query results in SQL Runner resulted in a TypeError configuration error. This feature now performs as expected.

The embed preload page now supports custom theming using the theme URL query parameter.

An issue has been fixed where creating a shared branch based on the production branch in a bare repository project could initialize from stale remote commits, causing the Looker IDE to immediately…

The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/getting-started-vscode-extension">Looker extension for VS Code</a> is now generally available, enabling local LookML development and <a…

The deprecation of the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/mobile-app-legacy">Looker Mobile (Legacy) application</a> has been postponed to January 31, 2027. Starting on January 31,…

An issue has been fixed where visualization-level filters could not be edited or deleted because of missing popover menus. This feature now performs as expected.

Now available in preview, the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/gemini-admin-asst">Admin Assistant</a> helps you use natural language to manage Looker roles.

An issue has been fixed where resizing an Explore that contained a Word Cloud visualization could cause the Explore to crash. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where selecting a suggestion could reset the dropdown to a loading spinner. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where multi-line prompt text in dashboard chat views caused action buttons (such as the Thinking toggle and Send button) and vertical scrollbars to be misaligned. This feature…

An issue has been fixed where filter context banners and timezone settings were not preserved when generating PNG downloads from drill menus. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where custom themes configured as the instance default were not applied to dashboards in view-only mode or during dashboard navigation. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where pinned Looks on boards generated broken URLs that redirected to the home page and failed to dynamically reflect title updates. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where Single Value visualizations and KPI visualizations would not allow creating a comparison against a non-measure table calculation. This feature now performs as expected.

The BigQuery High Throughput API has been disabled by default to prevent connection errors for environments without bigquery.readsessions.create permissions. Additionally, required JVM flags for JDK…

An issue has been fixed where LookML dashboard URLs that were opened from the search page contained encoded colons (%3A%3A), which prevented filter interactions from updating URL query parameters.…

The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/finding-content#searching_for_saved_content">Semantic Search</a> feature is now generally available.

An issue has been fixed where standalone tile exports from embedded dashboards with filter context could render off-screen or with clipped visualizations in PDF and PNG formats. This feature now…

An issue has been fixed where IAM administrators on Looker (Google Cloud core) instances failed authentication when the auth_requires_role and strict Group Role Mapping were enabled. This feature now…

Boxplot visualizations now render transparent median dividers and borders properly in inverted and dark theme layouts.

When you duplicate a user-defined dashboard, associated Looker data agent instructions, configurations, and sources are now preserved on the copied dashboard.

An issue has been fixed where generating LookML for analytic models without selecting any database tables could cause Looker to create views for all database tables and to drop certain properties…

Self-service models have been restricted to only their assigned user database connections, preventing unintended instance-wide database connection access.

An issue has been fixed where applying pivots to merge queries could cause visualization errors and blank column headers in the results table. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where typed search strings persisted after you selected an autocomplete suggestion in multi-select filters. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where clearing all text from a dashboard note tile failed to persist upon page refresh. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where the alert creation and edit modal displayed Method instead of defaulting to Email as the notification method. This feature now performs as expected.

An issue has been fixed where collapsible navigation items in the Admin panel and the main navigation pane rendered rectangular focus outlines rather than rounded focus indicators during keyboard…

An issue has been fixed where embedded dashboards with numerous filters caused horizontal container overflow, prevented filters from wrapping across rows, and resulted in clipped tiles during PDF and…

An issue has been fixed where logging in with a Google Cloud Workforce Identity within an embedded iframe could fail as a result of frame restrictions or because the authentication popup closed…

An issue has been fixed where switching to a histogram visualization in an Explore could fail or revert unexpectedly. Additionally, stack resolution on pivoted histograms has been improved. This…

OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027. Customer-hosted instances must <a…

The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/mobile-app-legacy">Looker Mobile (Legacy) application</a> is no longer available for download from the App Store or Play Store and support for…

<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/conversational-analytics-overview#eu-ca-compliance">Localized data processing</a> for European Union (EU)-based customers now applies to all…

The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/system-activity-dashboards#ca-sa-token-usage">Conversational Analytics System Activity dashboard Token usage tab</a> now includes observability…

You can now configure Continuous Integration to automatically <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/ci-create-suite#dbt-trigger">run CI suites when a dbt Cloud CI job finishes</a>. The…

Conversational Analytics <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/conversational-analytics-looker-data-agents#define-verified-queries">verified queries</a>, also known as golden queries,…

Now available in preview, you can define and chat with <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/conversational-analytics-looker-data-agents-lookml-dashboards">data agents on a LookML…

When connecting Looker to your database, you can specify <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/connecting-to-your-db#additional_jdbc_parameters">additional Java Database Connectivity…

The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/manage-unused-content">Advanced Unused Content Cleanup</a> feature is now generally available.

Tiles that are on <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/tabbed-dashboards">dashboard tabs</a> will now run only when the dashboard tab that they are saved on is opened.

Looker now supports connections to <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/db-config-mongosql">MongoSQL</a>. Although existing connections to the legacy <a…

Dashboard parameter filters now correctly respect manually restricted option lists when determining default values. This prevents filters from reverting to base LookML defaults that were…

The latest versions in the Looker (Google Cloud core) <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/looker-core-release-process#release_channels">release channels</a> are beginning deployment as…

Looker's <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/continuous-integration">Continuous Integration</a> is based on the legacy standalone Spectacles service. Looker will continue to integrate…