SQL Prompt 11.5 release notes
Published 11 August 2026
11.5.3.27255 - Released on 01 September 2026 (Standalone installer)
Features
- Added Support for
Select in Object Explorerfeature for Tables, Stored Procedures, Functions and Views in Microsoft Fabric databases. The
Check AI Availabilitybutton is now available at all times (previously required an open query editor window). An associated popup, where you can launch Prompt AI and Redgate Assistant, is added to improve usability.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where SQL Prompt options could fail to save if the options file was temporarily locked.
- Fixed an issue where aggregate functions like
MaxandMinshowed the return type as Numeric instead of generic. - Fixed an issue where the SQL Prompt was crashing when using Table Design in SSMS.
- All Redgate Assistant tools now provide richer detail if something goes wrong -- similarly to what was done for the query execution plan in version
11.5.2.27061-- which can save time and lead to better diagnosis. - Fixed an issue where SQL Prompt did not add square brackets to identifiers in the WINDOW clause.
- Fixed an issue where SQL query tab retained its text color after being disconnected from the server.
- Fixed an issue where
open new queryin SSMS 20 would prompt for repeated authentication when connected to Azure database using MFA. Fixed an issue in SQL Prompt bulk actions where the text color was not applied correctly in dark mode.
11.5.2.27061 - Released on 21 August 2026 (Standalone installer)
Fixes
- Unsupported query execution plan T-SQL statements (e.g.
CREATE TABLE) or scripts with multipleGObatches will now issue an explicit error when being processed in Redgate Assistant. - Fixed an issue where background coloring was not applied correctly for SQL History 'DeleteConfirmation' and 'Rename Query' window.
- Redgate Assistant UI will now provide several suggestions if Redgate licensing authentication failed or if the backend could not connect within the allowed time window (e.g. confirm all prerequisites are met).
- Fixed a bug where talking to Prompt AI might cause SSMS to freeze.
11.5.1.26824 - Released on 14 August 2026 (Standalone installer)
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the
Open In Exceloption from the result grid was throwing an error.
11.5.0.26718 - Released on 11 August 2026 (Standalone installer)
Features
- Added a button to open the Redgate Assistant window in SSMS toolbar.
- Added an option to open the Redgate Assistant window in SSMS query editor window context menu.
- Changed the model for AI autocompletion from Alibaba Cloud's Qwen3-Coder to Mistral AI's Devstral 2.
- The Redgate Assistant chat window will now automatically detect state changes without requiring to be closed and reopened.
- Turning on Prompt AI now also turns on Redgate Assistant if it is not already enabled.
Added information on all the new AI features in SQL Prompt. Check it out in
SQL Prompt > Help > What's new in SQL Prompt?menu option.Fixes
- Fixed an issue where
SELECTstatements in views containing Common Table Expressions (CTEs) were formatted incorrectly. - Fixed an issue where users authenticated with Microsoft Entra MFA were repeatedly prompted for re-authentication on Visual Studio 2026
- Fixed an issue where Redgate Assistant chat shows up as a blank window if the user is logged out when opening SSMS.
- Fixed an issue that could incorrectly throw an
ObjectDisposedExceptionwhen Redgate Assistant's MCP server was stopped. - Fixed an issue that caused an execution timeout when viewing the script of a database object in Azure Synapse.
- Fixed an issue where function call formatting was not getting applied to JSON_OBJECT and JSON_OBJECTAGG.
- Fixed an issue where JSON_OBJECT did not suggest the ABSENT ON NULL or NULL ON NULL clauses.
- Fixed an issue where renaming an alias in a CTE could result in mismatched references and invalid SQL.
Redgate Assistant will now provide better and faster guidance if there are any issues retrieving the query execution plan (e.g. malformed T-SQL, database mismatches, etc.) for the current active query.
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