Release Notes for v26.1-v26.1.0-beta.2

src/current/_data/releases.yml

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     docker_arm_experimental: false
     docker_arm_limited_access: false
   source: true
-  previous_release: v26.1.0-alpha.2
+  previous_release: v26.1.0-alpha.2
+
+- release_name: v26.1.0-beta.2
+  major_version: v26.1
+  release_date: '2026-01-07'
+  release_type: Testing
+  go_version: go1.25.5
+  sha: 81333ed32949ad7f7599c1ad1b77078d9e07ccb9
+  has_sql_only: true
+  has_sha256sum: true
+  mac:
+    mac_arm: true
+    mac_arm_experimental: true
+    mac_arm_limited_access: false
+  windows: true
+  linux:
+    linux_arm: true
+    linux_arm_experimental: false
+    linux_arm_limited_access: false
+    linux_intel_fips: true
+    linux_arm_fips: false
+  docker:
+    docker_image: cockroachdb/cockroach-unstable
+    docker_arm: true
+    docker_arm_experimental: false
+    docker_arm_limited_access: false
+  source: true
+  previous_release: v26.1.0-beta.1

src/current/_includes/releases/v26.1/v26.1.0-beta.2.md

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+## v26.1.0-beta.2
+
+Release Date: January 7, 2026
+
+{% include releases/new-release-downloads-docker-image.md release=include.release %}
+
+<h3 id="v26-1-0-beta-2-sql-language-changes">SQL language changes</h3>
+
+- Removed a `database_name` column from the output of `SHOW CHANGEFEED JOBS` that was added in v26.1 development, but will not be needed for v26.1 features. [#158995][#158995]
+- Fixed a bug where creating a routine could create unnecessary column dependencies when the routine references columns through CHECK constraints (including those for RLS policies and hash-sharded indexes) or partial index predicates. These unnecessary dependencies prevented dropping the column without first dropping the routine. The fix is gated behind the session setting `use_improved_routine_deps_triggers_and_computed_cols`, which is off by default before v26.1. [#159439][#159439]
+- `INSPECT` is now implemented as a generally available (GA) feature with the release of v26.1.0. The `enable_inspect_command` session variable has been deprecated, and is now effectively always set to `true`. [#159750][#159750]
+
+<h3 id="v26-1-0-beta-2-bug-fixes">Bug fixes</h3>
+
+- Fixed a bug that could cause prepared statements to fail with the error
+  message "non-const expression" when they contained filters with stable
+  functions. This bug has been present since v25.4.0. [#159203][#159203]
+- Fixed a bug where comments associated with constraints were left behind after the column and constraint were dropped. [#159288][#159288]
+- Fixed a race condition where queries run after revoking `BYPASSRLS` could return wrong results because cached plans failed to notice the change immediately. [#159380][#159380]
+- Fixed a bug where `TRUNCATE` did not behave correctly with respect to the `schema_locked` storage parameter, and was not being blocked when Logical Data Replication (LDR) was in use. This behavior was incorrect and has been fixed. [#159405][#159405]
+- Fixed a race condition that could occur during context cancellation of an incoming snapshot. [#159435][#159435]
+- Fixed a bug that could cause a panic during changefeed startup if an error occurred while initializing the metrics controller. [#159542][#159542]
+- Fixed a memory accounting issue that could occur when a lease expired due to a SQL liveness session-based timeout. [#159625][#159625]
+
+<h3 id="v26-1-0-beta-2-performance-improvements">Performance improvements</h3>
+
+- Various background tasks and jobs now more actively yield to foreground work when that work is waiting to run. [#159258][#159258]
+
+
+[#159625]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/159625
+[#158995]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/158995
+[#159439]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/159439
+[#159203]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/159203
+[#159288]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/159288
+[#159542]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/159542
+[#159258]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/159258
+[#159750]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/159750
+[#159380]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/159380
+[#159405]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/159405
+[#159435]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/159435