In Beta, an external service policy on Unity Gateway forwards request and response content to a third-party guardrail vendor and blocks the call if the vendor denies it. Applications need no changes.
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Unity Gateway external service policies send traffic to a partner guardrail (Beta)
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Unity Gateway model provider services can reach Amazon Bedrock Mantle models
Amazon Bedrock Mantle models can now be called through Unity Gateway model provider services. The calls are governed by Unity Catalog permissions, rate limits and budgets, and are recorded in inference tables.
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Claude Haiku 5.5 is available on Unity Gateway through Foundation Model APIs
Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 can now be used on Unity Gateway via Foundation Model APIs. The note reminds customers that they are responsible for complying with the applicable terms.
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Friday 9 October
- Unity Gateway model provider services can reach Amazon Bedrock Mantle modelsAmazon Bedrock Mantle models can now be called through Unity Gateway model provider services. The calls are governed by Unity Catalog permissions, rate limits and budgets, and are recorded in inference tables.
- OpenJev can be the evaluator model for LLM-as-a-judge service policies (Beta)In Beta, a custom LLM-as-a-judge service policy on Unity Gateway can use OpenJev (Qwen3.5 4B) as its evaluator model service. The page says OpenJev classifies content without generating output tokens, so it typically responds faster than a chat evaluator.
- Unity Gateway service policies can require caller-supplied request tags (Beta)In Beta, a custom service policy on Unity Gateway can check tags that the caller attaches to a request, for example requiring a given tag before a model request or an MCP tool call goes through. This lets a policy decide on caller context rather than only on content.
Wednesday 7 October
- Unity Gateway external service policies send traffic to a partner guardrail (Beta)In Beta, an external service policy on Unity Gateway forwards request and response content to a third-party guardrail vendor and blocks the call if the vendor denies it. Applications need no changes.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 is available on Unity Gateway through Foundation Model APIsAnthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 can now be used on Unity Gateway via Foundation Model APIs. The note reminds customers that they are responsible for complying with the applicable terms.
Friday 2 October
- Gemini 2.5 Pro and 2.5 Flash retired; Gemini 3.1 Pro or 3.5 Flash replace them
- OpenJev (Qwen3.5 4B) is available on Unity GatewayOpenJev (Qwen3.5 4B) is now offered on Unity Gateway as a pay-per-token model service. The release notes say it is meant for yes/no, choice and scoring questions that return structured answers with probabilities, and that customers must check compliance with the applicable model terms.
Tuesday 22 September
- Unified tracing includes coding-agent activityUnity Gateway adds coding-agent activity to unified tracing through the Unity Gateway CLI. Traces can show the tools and skills used alongside model requests in Govern > Traces or with Genie.
- ug CLI connects coding agents to Unity GatewayThe Unity Gateway CLI (ug) can connect Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and other coding agents to Unity Gateway with one command. It handles authentication and configuration, adds approved MCP servers and skills, and shows spend in the terminal.
- OpenAI GPT-6 Luna is available on Unity GatewayOpenAI GPT-6 Luna is now available on Unity Gateway. It can be accessed through Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token, and customers are responsible for complying with applicable terms.
- OpenAI GPT-6 Sol is available on Unity GatewayOpenAI GPT-6 Sol is now available on Unity Gateway. It can be accessed through Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token, and customers are responsible for meeting the applicable terms.
Monday 21 September
Tuesday 1 September
- Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 is available as a Databricks-hosted modelUnity Gateway now supports Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 as a Databricks-hosted model. Users can access it through Foundation Model APIs, and customers are responsible for meeting the applicable terms.
- Unity AI Gateway is now Unity Gateway
Friday 28 August
- Unity Gateway budgets can include external model provider spendUnity Gateway can now track and cap spend for external model providers, including Amazon Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry. To use it, an account admin enables External Model Spend in Budgets (Beta) on the account console Previews page and includes external model usage when creating a budget for the Unity Gateway resource type.
- Unity Gateway can cap what an external provider is allowed to spendSpend against external providers such as Amazon Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry is tracked and can be capped at the gateway. Beta. It is the answer to the agent that quietly costs a fortune over a weekend.
Tuesday 4 August
Nothing of that kind yet.