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Introducing our brand new UI, smarter testing, and faster data connections

Published August 21, 20254 min read

This month marks one of our most significant releases yet.

From a completely refreshed UI to new integrations and smarter tests, August’s update makes Openlayer faster and safer.

Whether you’re evaluating LLMs, monitoring production ML models, or safeguarding GenAI systems, these updates are designed to make your work smoother, and your AI more trustworthy.

A Fresh, Faster UI in Light and Dark Mode

We’ve rebuilt our design system from the ground up, with a focus on clarity, speed, and modern UI.

  • Light and dark modes: Choose the environment that works best for you.
  • Streamlined navigation: Faster access to the projects, tests, and results you need most.
  • Enhanced data visualizations: More ways to spot patterns, diagnose issues, and act quickly.

This isn’t just a coat of paint, it’s a foundation for the next wave of product improvements.

Direct Snowflake Integration

Connecting your Snowflake tables to Openlayer now takes just a few clicks.

No more multi-step workflows or exporting data first, simply connect, choose your tables, and start running tests.

This integration streamlines:

  • Continuous data quality monitoring
  • Automated evaluation runs on fresh datasets
  • Faster onboarding for new projects

Smarter Testing and Security

AI systems face new threats every day. Our latest testing features help you catch them before they cause harm.

  • Prompt Injection Detection: Identify malicious or unexpected instructions in model inputs.
  • Priority Levels for Tests: Mark critical tests so your team knows exactly what to fix first.
  • Per-row Metric Scoring: Pinpoint exactly where and why a test failed.

Security and precision are now built into the evaluation process.

More Power for Advanced Users

We’ve made dozens of improvements to make advanced workflows more efficient:

  • Pydantic AI + LangGraph tracing notebooks for deeper system debugging
  • Custom LLM cost overrides for more accurate usage reporting
  • Faster API endpoints for large-scale data operations
  • Improved BigQuery table connections with project, dataset, and table dropdowns

Continuous Momentum

August might be one of our biggest releases this year, but it’s just one step in a long line of improvements.

You can explore everything we’ve shipped in 2025, from anomaly detection to project-level secrets, in our full changelog here.

We’d love to hear what you think. Log in, explore the new features, and share your feedback!

Work on the future.

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