Improvements

• Platform: Enhanced search index performance and reduced memory footprint during reindex operations to minimize runtime impact #27153
• Platform: Improved reliability of bulk indexing with better handling of large payloads and batching #27127
• Governance: Refactored certification storage to improve consistency and auditability across entities #26448
• Platform: Added support for SAML metadata XML upload to simplify SSO configuration #26862
• Ingestion: Improved Looker ingestion error handling with safer logging and better diagnostics #27236
• AI/Platform: Introduced safeguards for large payload handling in vector embedding workflows to prevent system overload #26943

Fixes

• Security: Addressed multiple vulnerabilities by upgrading dependencies including MCP Java SDK and netty-bom (CVE-2026-34237, CVE-2026-33870, CVE-2026-33871) #26886, #26938
• Security: Enforced stricter validation on token generation APIs to prevent unauthorized access #27078
• Platform: Fixed authentication token refresh issues causing session drops (notably in Safari environments) #27214
• Platform: Resolved failures in bulk indexing leading to 413 Request Too Large errors #27127
• Platform: Fixed issues with search index template creation and serialization impacting Data Quality indexing #27202
• Platform: Improved OAuth callback handling fallback logic for better stability #26770
• Discovery: Fixed inconsistencies in Tier filtering and tag aggregation logic #26826
• Discovery: Resolved UI access issues where restricted users could view tier/certification popovers #26880
• Governance: Fixed handling of non-boolean rule results and certification propagation issues #26850, #26958
• Data Observability: Fixed permission checks when creating Data Quality test cases #27069
• Ingestion: Fixed Airflow REST client connectivity issues impacting workflow execution #26895
• Ingestion: Resolved multiple connector issues including:
  • ClickHouse datatype parsing #26858
  • Teradata column description ingestion #26695
  • Pinot double datatype handling #26680
  • S3 ingestion failure due to Pydantic validation (BucketArn field) #27180
• Ingestion: Improved handling of case sensitivity for table constraints during ingestion #27244