Real-time pre-release intelligence and changelog for Google BigQuery. Tracked from Google Discovery Service. https://google-cloud-radar.com/services/bigquery/atom.xml 2026-11-10T00:00:00Z Google Cloud Radar https://github.com/max-ostapenko/google-cloud-radar https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-11-10-bigquery-v2 2026-11-10T00:00:00Z 2026-11-10T00:00:00Z

BigQuery now provides detailed information about installed packages within routine build statuses and introduces a new schema for IAM policy members on tables. Be aware of breaking changes as several properties across `InstalledPackage`, `ResourcePolicyMember`, `RoutineBuildStatus`, and `Table` schemas have been made read-only.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-11-06-bigquery-v2 2026-11-06T00:00:00Z 2026-11-06T00:00:00Z

BigQuery introduces cross-region dataset replication and disaster recovery capabilities, along with significant enhancements for Python UDFs. Be aware of breaking changes where several job and replica statistics properties are now read-only.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-10-17-bigquery-v2 2026-10-17T00:00:00Z 2026-10-17T00:00:00Z

BigQuery's `secureContext` feature, previously available for queries, now extends to extract jobs. This allows passing sensitive, context-specific information to modify extract job behavior.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-09-26-bigquery-v2 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z 2026-09-26T00:00:00Z

BigQuery introduces a new `secureContext` for passing sensitive, context-specific information to queries, accessible via a new SQL function. Additionally, you can now export Parquet data with native Geography types. Heads up: `JobStatistics2.referencedLogicalViews` is now read-only, which may break existing integrations.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-09-13-bigquery-v2 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z 2026-09-13T00:00:00Z

BigQuery now supports mounting GCS buckets as volumes for Python UDFs and introduces a native UUID data type for SQL schemas.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-07-26-bigquery-v2 2026-07-26T00:00:00Z 2026-07-26T00:00:00Z

BigQuery now explicitly identifies the SQL statement type in query responses and provides new percentile-based metrics for detecting data skew in query stages.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-07-09-bigquery-v2 2026-07-09T00:00:00Z 2026-07-09T00:00:00Z

BigQuery now supports table-valued arguments for routines and provides granular object storage statistics for multi-cloud queries. Developers can also now force on-demand billing by setting reservations to 'none'.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-06-26-bigquery-v2 2026-06-26T00:00:00Z 2026-06-26T00:00:00Z

BigQuery is introducing native Apache Arrow support for query results, enabling high-performance columnar data transfer directly from the query API.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-06-23-bigquery-v2 2026-06-23T00:00:00Z 2026-06-23T00:00:00Z

Updated documentation for Python UDF concurrency settings in ExternalRuntimeOptions, adding links to configuration guides.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-06-22-bigquery-v2 2026-06-22T00:00:00Z 2026-06-22T00:00:00Z

The description for transferredBytes in query statistics has been updated to specifically define its role in BigQuery Omni data movement.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-06-21-bigquery-v2 2026-06-21T00:00:00Z 2026-06-21T00:00:00Z

The BigQuery v2 discovery document has been updated to explicitly document the IAM permissions required for nearly every API method, simplifying least-privilege configuration.

https://google-cloud-radar.com/changes/2026-05-28-bigquery-v2 2026-05-28T00:00:00Z 2026-05-28T00:00:00Z

BigQuery has expanded timestamp precision autodetection to Iceberg External Tables and clarified concurrency settings for Python UDFs.