V2 Node Types: SQL-First Authoring

You can now build transformations by writing SQL directly in Coalesce. Node Type V2 lets you paste existing queries, author CTE-heavy logic, or drop in AI-generated SQL and get everything Coalesce offers in return: automatic column extraction, full DAG and column-level lineage, template-driven deployment, and governance. Configuration moves into the file itself via inline annotations like @insertStrategy("MERGE") or @isBusinessKey, keeping your transformation and its metadata in one place. V2 nodes work alongside your existing V1 nodes in the same pipeline, so you can migrate at your own pace, one node type at a time.

Learn more about V2 Node Types.

COA CLI: Local-First Pipeline Development

You can now build and run Coalesce pipelines entirely from your terminal. The COA CLI brings local-first development to Coalesce, letting you author .sql transformation nodes in your editor of choice, run them directly against your warehouse, and deploy to your environment without touching the UI. Install it via npm, point it at your warehouse credentials, and you have the full pipeline workflow at your fingertips: coa create generates your DDL, coa run populates your tables, and coa plan and coa deploy push changes to your Coalesce environment. COA works with your existing Git workflow and supports the same V2 SQL nodes, node types, and ref() dependency graph you already know. Whether you prefer coding locally, integrating with CI/CD, or just want faster iteration cycles, the COA CLI is how you bring that workflow to Coalesce.

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Updates

• Copilot Downstream Column Descriptions: Copilot now carries column descriptions into downstream columns it creates.

Packages

BigQuery

BigQuery Base Node Types 1.1.0: Added a Last Modified Comparison option to MERGE logic for Persistent Stage, Dimension, and Fact Nodes; UUID visibility moved into the Node definition for column visibility; package tags for marketplace visibility; documentation updates including a config matrix.

Databricks

Databricks Base Node Types 1.1.0: Zero-key Dimension support, a last-modified toggle on Dimension, Persistent Stage, and Fact, soft delete and hard delete on Dimension, documentation updates, and an updated get_clause() macro.

Snowflake

• Streams and Tasks 2.6.1: Replaces ALLOW_OVERLAPPING_EXECUTION with OVERLAP_POLICY, small UI fixes, and Git documentation updates with impact analysis for task-enabled Node types.

• Iceberg Tables 3.2.1: Error and success notification integrations, execute as user, suspend after failures, task auto-retry, overlapping task runs, expanded task configuration and schedule fields, serverless warehouse size limits for tasks, and related documentation for Iceberg external tables.

• Functional Node Types 4.3.2: Node Type switch support and documentation updates.

• Deferred Merge 2.0.3: Task notification integrations, execute as user, suspend after failures, auto-retry, overlapping runs, richer schedule and configuration fields, serverless task size bounds, and schedule unit expansion.

• Create or Alter package 1.6.1: Same task-focused improvements as Deferred Merge 2.0.3 for supported Node types.

• Cortex 4.0.0: Replaces deprecated !PREDICT with AI_EXTRACT, renames Document AI to AI EXTRACT, and updates configuration to match the new function.

Bug Fixes

• Databricks Token Authentication: Databricks token authentication now shows clearer errors to help with troubleshooting.

• setNode With Duplicate Table Names: setNode now resolves the correct table when two tables share a name but live in different storage locations.

• Presync Errors: Presync deploy errors show clearer messaging to help with troubleshooting.

• Workspace Wizard and Git Permissions: When Git credentials lack permission, the Workspace creation wizard keeps your entries and shows a specific error instead of a generic failure.

• Re-sync Columns and Descriptions: Re-syncing columns now picks up description changes from your data platform so your Node metadata stays current.

• Run Details Sorting: Sorting ascending or descending in run details works when some values are missing instead of mis-ordering rows.

Updates

• Pause and Resume for Scheduled Jobs: You can pause and resume scheduled jobs from the action menu instead of deleting them. When a Job is paused the next run shows Paused.

• Create Job Schedules Without an Immediate Run: When you create or edit a schedule, you can turn off the automatic run on save so the first execution waits for the next scheduled run.

• Faster Clones for Large Git Repositories: We’ve enhanced the Git cloning process during Workspace creation, significantly improving speed for large repositories.

• Add Sources Modal and Data Preview: The Add Sources flow now updates the Data Preview layout to match the Build tab, with tighter header spacing, rounded borders, improved background color, and consistent padding across the Builder.

• Copilot Data Quality Tests on Columns: When asked, Copilot can create data quality tests on single columns (for example, not null or unique checks) using the same test types you configure on Nodes.

• Copilot Context for Large Graphs: Copilot can now handle large graphs improving Copilots context window.

• SQL Node Support on Databricks: You can create, edit, validate, and deploy SQL Nodes in Databricks projects.

Packages

BigQuery

• BigQuery Base Node Types - Advanced Deploy 1.1.0: UUID visibility is driven from Node definition. Deploy metadata handles SET NOT NULL on BigQuery. Cluster keys compare by internal ID on redeploy so matches stay stable. Join metadata resolves correctly when macros use {% %} Jinja blocks.

Snowflake

• Base Node Types 1.6.0 : Adds the SQL Stage Node type.

• External Data Package 2.1.3: Copy Into, Snowpipe, and Inferschema parse input correctly when ESCAPE_UNENCLOSED_FIELD = NONE.

• Streams and Tasks 2.6.0: Supports task notification integrations, execute as user, suspend after failures, auto-retry, overlapping task runs, richer schedule and config fields, task comments, and serverless warehouse size limits for tasks.

Bug Fixes

• Consistent Graph Layout After Reload: Reloading the graph from the menu keeps the same layout as the initial load, with source Nodes aligned on the left as expected.

• System Columns After Node Type Switch: When you switch Node types through re-initialization, the mapping grid drops the old type’s system columns and only shows columns for the new type.

• SQL Node Columns Grid : Selected expressions, including aggregates, appear in the Columns grid even when you omit an AS alias. The grid fills in default column names where the database would.

• SQL Editor When Switching Nodes: Fixed intermittent Model is disposed errors from Monaco when switching between Nodes in the SQL editor.

• Presync Plan Scrolling: The presync deploy plan panel scrolls when the diff list is long, so rows at the bottom stay visible.

• Copilot and Object Descriptions: Copilot can read table, view, and column descriptions from the environment, including descriptions that come from attachments or that propagate between Nodes.

This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements.

Updates

• SkipParsing Query Parameter for Nodes API: The Nodes GET endpoints now accept optional skipParsing=true, which skips parsing Node transforms for a faster response. You can use skipParsing=true on its own or together with detail=true. Both combinations are supported. When you pass detail=true, responses include full Node detail but omit parsed transform data, which helps integrations and dashboards that do not need that payload.

  • List Environment Nodes

  • List Workspace Nodes

  • Get Environment Node

  • Get Workspace Node

Updates

• SkipParsing Query Parameter for Nodes API: The Nodes GET endpoints now accept optional skipParsing=true, which skips parsing Node transforms for a faster response. You can use skipParsing=true on its own or together with detail=true. Both combinations are supported. When you pass detail=true, responses include full Node detail but omit parsed transform data, which helps integrations and dashboards that do not need that payload.

  • List Environment Nodes

  • List Workspace Nodes

  • Get Environment Node

  • Get Workspace Node

Bug Fixes

• CLI Refresh Performance Regression: Fixed an issue where running refresh jobs with coa CLI would run for too long. CLI refresh jobs now complete in expected time.

This release includes BigQuery OAuth, Copilot enhancements, Job Scheduler and Deploy updates, and bug fixes across the platform.

Updates

• Auto-Preview Control: You can now control whether Coalesce automatically fetches and displays data in the Data Viewer after a successful Node run. Set the default in Project Settings under the Preview Control tab, or override it for individual Nodes during your session. When disabled, Coalesce skips the preview query to reduce compute costs. Use Load Preview when you want to manually load data. Single-node runs respect your setting; multi-node runs never auto-fetch regardless of settings.

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• Custom Instructions for Copilot: Organization administrators and project administrators can set custom instructions in Project Settings so Copilot generates code matching your team's naming and structural conventions.

• Copilot Node Config and Validation: Copilot now injects top Node configurations into AI context and validates generated configurations for better alignment with your Node definitions.

• OAuth Display of Authenticated User: BigQuery OAuth now displays who is authenticated after connection setup. The authenticated user's email appears next to the Authenticated badge in the onboarding wizard and Workspace and Environment Settings.

• Job Scheduler Test Failures on Deploy: The Deploy screen now shows whether refreshes contain any failed table tests.

• Update Credentials for Saved Jobs: You can now update credentials for the environment and the change will apply to every job.

Packages

Snowflake

• Semantic View Node 1.0.0: Initial release with Semantic View and Semantic Query node types for a business-friendly semantic layer on Snowflake

• Functional Node Types 4.3.1: Simplified Pivot mode addition,`get_clause()` macro changes to support keyword columns, and package tags updated.

• Incremental Loading 2.1.1: Node Type switching support.

• Create or Alter 1.6.0: Node Type Switch support and `get_clause()` macro support for keyword columns.

• Streams and Tasks 2.4.3: Node Type Switch support and package tags.

• Dynamic Tables 2.1.7: Node Type Switch support and package tags.

• Iceberg Tables 3.1.0: Node Type switch support and package tags.

• Base Node Types Advanced Deploy 2.5.0: `get_clause()` macro supports column names with keywords in the join tab for Dim, Pstage, and Fact, and handles single and block comments.

• Base Node Types 1.5.0: `get_clause()` macro supports column names with keywords in the join tab for Dim, Pstage, and Fact, and handles single and block comments.

Bug Fixes

• Nodes with Forward Slash in Name: Fixed an issue where nodes named with a`/` character were not visible in the browser, subgraphs, or jobs.

• Self-Service Password Reset Window: Fixed an issue where people provisioned with "set user password" unchecked were blocked from self-service password reset if they missed the 24-hour window.

• Stage Node Multisource Toggle: Fixed an issue where turning Multisource OFF on a Stage Node did not reset the Insert Strategy from UNION back to Insert. It now resets correctly.

• Refresh Triggered Twice: Fixed an issue where pressing the refresh button in the Workspace once could cause the query to run twice in Snowflake.

• Databricks Authentication: Fixed an issue where Databricks authentication could fail after a while when using Token and U2M.

• Git Merge Cancellation: Fixed an issue where merging specific branches in the Git modal failed with a "Merge from remotes/origin cancelled" error.

This release includes bug fixes and performance improvements.

This release includes performance improvements and stability fixes across the platform.

If you have questions or ongoing issues, you can check status.coalesce.io for updates or reach out to our support team.

This release includes performance improvements and stability fixes across the platform.

If you have questions or ongoing issues, you can check status.coalesce.io for updates or reach out to our support team.