September 25, 2026

Run scheduled Copy Pipes on on-demand compute

Paid Workspaces can now run scheduled Copy Pipes on isolated on-demand compute. Add ON_DEMAND_COMPUTE true to the Copy node in your datafile:

NODE copy_sales
SQL >
    SELECT * FROM sales

TYPE COPY
TARGET_DATASOURCE sales_copy
COPY_MODE append
COPY_SCHEDULE 0 * * * *
ON_DEMAND_COMPUTE true

Scheduled executions then use on-demand workers instead of your Workspace compute.

Manual runs still require tb copy run <copy_pipe_name> --on-demand-compute in Forward or tb pipe copy run <copy_pipe_name> --on-demand-compute in Classic. Update to Forward CLI 4.6.20 or Classic CLI 6.5.7 to configure scheduled runs from a datafile. Read On-demand compute for scheduled Copy Pipes for use cases, tradeoffs, and a complete example. See on-demand compute for Copy Pipes and on-demand CPU pricing for reference.

Tinybird MCP uses one tool for all Pipe Endpoints

Tinybird MCP now exposes a single call_endpoint tool instead of generating one tool for every published Pipe Endpoint. Agents can use list_endpoints to discover an Endpoint, then pass its name and parameters to call_endpoint. This keeps the MCP tool list small even when a Workspace publishes hundreds of Endpoints.

This replaces the generated per-Endpoint tools. Update prompts or clients that call those tools by name to use call_endpoint. The deprecated explore_data tool now returns migration guidance instead of running its previous multi-step agent. Use list_datasources, list_service_datasources, and execute_query for data exploration.

Remote file imports use the v1 jobs API

Appending or replacing Data Source rows from a remote CSV, NDJSON, or Parquet URL now uses the v1 import jobs API by default in the UI and CLI. Existing tb datasource append and tb datasource replace commands keep the same interface. Forward CLI 4.6.19 and Classic CLI 6.5.7 include the change.

More metrics for dedicated clusters

The /v0/metrics API and organization.metrics_logs Service Data Source now expose additional metrics for replication health, queues and lag, MergeTree storage and part counts, background work, connections, caches, and disk space. The Service Data Source description now explains how to filter and aggregate the metrics, and includes organization_id in its schema.

Improvements and bug fixes

  • [Forward]: Deployments can skip unnecessary backfills when changes to Null engine landing Data Sources don't require rebuilding downstream data.
  • [Forward]: Re-running a failed Pipe query now clears the previous error and shows a loading state while the new query runs.
  • [Forward]: Selecting text in a time-series legend no longer toggles the series when you release the mouse.
  • [All]: Import jobs now run on a worker pool that scales automatically with demand, so imports queue less and finish faster during load spikes. No configuration changes are required.
  • [All]: Missing-resource errors now name the Pipe that references the missing Data Source or table.
  • [All]: SQL template parameters named type or dir no longer fail validation.
  • [API]: Deployments containing an unsupported file type now return an HTTP 422 validation error instead of HTTP 500.