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> New Release from Looker Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original) changes
February 09, 2026

Feature

The [Customer Engineer Advanced Editor](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/admin-panel-users-roles#customer_engineer_advanced_editor) default role now includes the gemini_in_looker, chat_with_agent, chat_with_explore, and save_agents permissions, which grant access to Gemini features and Conversational Analytics functionality.

Breaking

When you use [Elite System Activity](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/elite-system-activity), all System Activity fields of the longtext type that have a size greater than 2 MB will be truncated. If a table has only one column with a longtext type, that column will be set to a maximum of 1.9 MB in size. If a table has multiple columns of the longtext type, the total maximum size across all such columns is 2 MB, and this limit is distributed uniformly among those columns. For example, if a table has x longtext columns, each column will have a maximum length of 2 MB divided by x.

Announcement

Looker 26.2 is expected to include the following changes, features, and fixes:

Expected Looker (original) deployment start: Monday, February 9, 2026
Expected Looker (original) final deployment and download available: Monday, February 16, 2026
Expected Looker (Google Cloud core) deployment start: Monday, February 9, 2026
Expected Looker (Google Cloud core) final deployment: Monday, February 16, 2026

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where some drill links could fail to work when cookieless embed was enabled. This feature now performs as expected.

Feature

When you use [Elite System Activity](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/elite-system-activity), the merge_query table now refreshes every 10 minutes.

Feature

When you are [delivering content to an SFTP server](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/delivering-looks-explores#delivery_options_for_sftp_servers), additional key exchange algorithms and host key algorithms are now supported.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where the pagination option was not being displayed in the LookML Dashboards folder for some users. This feature now performs as expected.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where custom dimensions that were based on numeric fields could be converted to strings, which caused incorrect sorting. This feature now performs as expected.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where choosing a non-default color collection and then choosing a custom color in a conditional formatting rule could cause the rule to revert to the default color collection. This feature now performs as expected.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where a modification to the color palette for the "Along a scale..." conditional formatting feature could fail to be saved. This feature now performs as expected.

Feature

Now available in preview, Looker has full support for connections with [AlloyDB for PostgreSQL](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/db-config-alloydb). When you [create a connection](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/connecting-to-your-db) in Looker, you can now select "Google Cloud AlloyDB for PostgreSQL" from the Dialect drop-down menu. This update does not affect existing AlloyDB connections that were created using the PostgreSQL 9.5+ option in the Dialect menu.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where non-admin users could not favorite LookML dashboards. This feature now performs as expected.

Feature

The user attribute pairing user interface for [SAML](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/admin-panel-authentication-saml), [LDAP](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/admin-panel-authentication-ldap), and [OpenID Connect](https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/admin-panel-authentication-openid-connect) authentication has been updated. A new "Manage Pairings" side panel provides a robust interface for adding, removing, and viewing attribute pairings. This new interface also includes filtering and pagination and allows for a single claim to be associated with multiple Looker user attributes.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where Looker could return a 500 error if a user with one or more single quotes in their name attempted to commit LookML. This feature now performs as expected.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where switching a visualization type from Table to Single Value could carry over unwanted conditional formatting. This feature now performs as expected.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where conditional formatting no longer appeared on certain dashboard tiles. This feature now performs as expected.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where changing the collection in a conditional formatting rule could reset styles for the rule. This feature now performs as expected.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where the filter bar would automatically expand on dashboard load when the filter location was set to "Right". This feature now performs as expected.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where switching filter types from Matches (Advanced) to another filter type could populate that filter with an incorrect filter configuration. This feature now performs as expected.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where adding a new field to a conditionally formatted result set could fail to apply the conditional formatting to the new field. This feature now performs as expected.

Fixed

An issue has been fixed where dashboard tiles with titles that included the % symbol could not be downloaded in the Safari 26.0 browser. This feature now performs as expected.