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Announcement From July 27 through July 30, 2026, the following features will be automatica

Announcement From July 27 through July 30, 2026, the following features will be automatically enabled for Looker (original) instances running Looker 26.12. Looker (original) only changes Announcement Complimentary Data Studio Pro licenses aren't available for Looker instances that are affiliated with Looker contracts that are signed after August 1, 2026. Feature Looker admins now have the ability…

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Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Feature Now available in preview

Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Feature Now available in preview (Preview), verified queries (also referred to as golden queries) are predefined pairs of natural language questions and their exact, corresponding Looker Explore queries that act as verified standards of truth to teach your Explore data agent how to handle complex business requests without guessing. To enable…

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Looker Data & Analytics

Security A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Looker. An attacker

Security A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Looker. An attacker could craft a malicious URL that, when opened by a Looker administrator, would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary scripts on their behalf and potentially compromise the administrator account. Both Looker-hosted and self-hosted instances were found to be vulnerable. This issue has already been mitigated f…

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Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Deprecated As of July 13, 2026, L

Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Deprecated As of July 13, 2026, Looker reports have been deprecated. If you had previously enabled the preview for Looker reports, be aware of the following: You will no longer have the option to create new reports. You will lose the ability to view or edit reports that were created during the preview period. Access to the rest of your Looke…

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Looker Data & Analytics v26.8

Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Feature Starting in Looker 26.8,

Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Feature Starting in Looker 26.8, Looker supports Java OpenJDK version 21. Looker-hosted instances have been upgraded to OpenJDK 21. Customer-hosted instances should upgrade to OpenJDK 21. If you run Looker directly using the java -jar command (instead of using the startup script), you must include these three specific settings: --add-opens=j…

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Looker Data & Analytics v26.12

Announcement Looker 26.12 will roll out to Looker (original) instances on the following sc

Announcement Looker 26.12 will roll out to Looker (original) instances on the following schedule: Expected deployment start: Sunday, July 12, 2026 Expected final deployment and download available: Sunday, July 26, 2026 Looker 26.12 is expected to include the following changes, features, and fixes. Looker (Google Cloud core) only changes Feature Looker (Google Cloud core) now supports FIPS 140-3 le…

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Looker (Google Cloud core) only changes Feature Looker (Google Cloud core) has introduced

Looker (Google Cloud core) only changes Feature Looker (Google Cloud core) has introduced release channels in preview, allowing users to choose between Rapid, Regular, and "No channel" options to manage the cadence of version updates. The Rapid channel provides early access to new capabilities but is excluded from the Service Level Agreement (SLA), while the Regular channel offers balanced stabili…

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Looker Data & Analytics

Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part

Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.10. Looker (original) only changes Feature Now available in preview, enhanced observability metrics, including engagement and token usage data, are available for Conversational Analytics on the Conversational Analytics System Activity dashboard. To enable this feature, a Looker admin must turn o…

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Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part

Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.10. Looker (original) only changes Feature Now available in preview, enhanced observability metrics, including engagement and token usage data, are available for Conversational Analytics on the Conversational Analytics System Activity dashboard. To enable this feature, a Looker admin must turn o…

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Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part

Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.10. Looker (original) only changes Feature Now available in preview, enhanced observability metrics, including engagement and token usage data, are available for Conversational Analytics on the Conversational Analytics System Activity dashboard. To enable this feature, a Looker admin must turn o…

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Looker Data & Analytics

Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part

Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.10. Looker (original) only changes Feature Now available in preview, enhanced observability metrics, including engagement and token usage data, are available for Conversational Analytics on the Conversational Analytics System Activity dashboard. To enable this feature, a Looker admin must turn o…

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Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part

Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.10. Looker (original) only changes Feature Now available in preview, enhanced observability metrics, including engagement and token usage data, are available for Conversational Analytics on the Conversational Analytics System Activity dashboard. To enable this feature, a Looker admin must turn o…

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Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part

Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.10. Looker (original) only changes Feature Now available in preview, enhanced observability metrics, including engagement and token usage data, are available for Conversational Analytics on the Conversational Analytics System Activity dashboard. To enable this feature, a Looker admin must turn o…

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Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part

Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.10. Looker (original) only changes Feature Now available in preview, enhanced observability metrics, including engagement and token usage data, are available for Conversational Analytics on the Conversational Analytics System Activity dashboard. To enable this feature, a Looker admin must turn o…

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Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part

Announcement Starting June 22, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.10. Looker (original) only changes Feature Now available in preview, enhanced observability metrics, including engagement and token usage data, are available for Conversational Analytics on the Conversational Analytics System Activity dashboard. To enable this feature, a Looker admin must turn o…

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Looker Data & Analytics v26.10

Announcement Looker 26.10 is expected to include the following changes, features, and fixe

Announcement Looker 26.10 is expected to include the following changes, features, and fixes: Expected Looker (original) deployment start: Sunday, June 7, 2026 Expected Looker (original) final deployment and download available: Sunday, June 21, 2026 Expected Looker (Google Cloud core) deployment start: Sunday, June 7, 2026 Expected Looker (Google Cloud core) final deployment: Sunday, June 21, 2026…

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Looker Data & Analytics v26.8

Announcement The following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.8. Looker

Announcement The following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.8. Looker (original) only changes Feature Looker admins can no longer create or manage API credentials for individual standard users in Looker (original) instances. Users must now manage their own keys from their Account page. Admins can enable or disable self-service API key management for users and continue to manage…

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Looker Data & Analytics v26.8

Announcement The following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.8. Looker

Announcement The following features will begin rolling out as part of Looker 26.8. Looker (original) only changes Feature Looker admins can no longer create or manage API credentials for individual standard users in Looker (original) instances. Users must now manage their own keys from their Account page. Admins can enable or disable self-service API key management for users and continue to manage…

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Looker Data & Analytics v26.8

Announcement Looker 26.8 is expected to include the following changes, features, and fixes

Announcement Looker 26.8 is expected to include the following changes, features, and fixes: Expected Looker (original) deployment start: Sunday, May 10, 2026 Expected Looker (original) final deployment and download available: Monday, May 25, 2026 Expected Looker (Google Cloud core) deployment start: Monday, May 11, 2026 Expected Looker (Google Cloud core) final deployment: Monday, May 25, 2026 Loo…

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Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Feature Now available in preview,

Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Feature Now available in preview, the Looker VS Code Extension brings LookML development to local desktop IDEs like Visual Studio Code, Claude Code, and Cursor. The extension supports syntax highlighting, autocomplete, real-time file synchronization with your Looker instance, and LookML validation. With the Looker MCP server, it enables AI-a…

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Breaking Migrate your Teams webhook to "Workflows" Microsoft is retiring the legacy Office

Breaking Migrate your Teams webhook to "Workflows" Microsoft is retiring the legacy Office 365 Connectors in favor of Power Automate Workflows. Connectors will stop working by the end of April 2026. To ensure that your Looker alerts continue to deliver to Teams, you must replace your current webhook URL with a new "Workflow" URL. For more information, see the Migrate your Teams webhook to "Workflo…

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Looker Data & Analytics v26.8

Looker (original) only changes Announcement Starting with the Looker 26.8 release, which w

Looker (original) only changes Announcement Starting with the Looker 26.8 release, which will release in May 2026, the following changes will occur: Looker (original) admins will no longer be able to access or manage the API credentials of their standard users. Looker (original) admins will be able to manage which users have access to individually owned API credentials. Users with access to API cr…

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Looker Data & Analytics

Feature The Table Visualization Improvements preview feature is now available and is disab

Feature The Table Visualization Improvements preview feature is now available and is disabled by default. When this preview feature is enabled, you can use the following features for table visualizations: Pagination Show/Hide Table Headers Table Borders Cell Highlighting Conditional formatting for string fields Note: When Cell Highlighting is enabled, conditional formatting is not available.

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Announcement Starting March 30, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out. Looke

Announcement Starting March 30, 2026, the following features will begin rolling out. Looker (original) only changes Feature For customer-hosted Looker instances, Looker 26.6 supports MySQL 8.4.X for the Looker backend database. For customer-hosted instances that use MySQL 8.0.X for the Looker backend database, it is recommended that you update to MySQL 8.4.X as soon as you update your Looker insta…

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Looker Data & Analytics v26.6

Feature As part of Looker 26.6, Conversational Analytics now offers new modes for asking q

Feature As part of Looker 26.6, Conversational Analytics now offers new modes for asking questions. Fast mode allows you to get answers more quickly. Thinking mode allows you to ask more complex questions and test your agent's capabilities. Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Feature As part of Looker 26.6, Conversational Analytics will now ask you questions to clarify any amb…

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Looker Data & Analytics v26.6

Announcement Looker 26.6 is expected to include the following changes, features, and fixes

Announcement Looker 26.6 is expected to include the following changes, features, and fixes: Expected Looker (original) deployment start: Sunday, March 22, 2026 Expected Looker (original) final deployment and download available: Sunday, April 5, 2026 Expected Looker (Google Cloud core) deployment start: Monday, March 23, 2026 Expected Looker (Google Cloud core) final deployment: Friday, April 3, 20…

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Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Announcement To enhance security,

Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes Announcement To enhance security, the Looker language SDKs and the Looker API /login endpoint are being modified. They will exclusively accept passing credentials in the HTTP request body and will no longer support using URL query parameters. Release date: This update is expected to take effect with the Looker 26.18 release in October 2026.…