DocumentationExperience Platform Federated Audience Composition

Release notes

Last update: May 8, 2026

Federated Audience Composition continuously delivers new features, enhancements to existing features, and bug fixes. All changes are consolidated in these release notes. Federated Audience Composition is built natively on Adobe Experience Platform and inherits from its latest innovations and improvements. Learn more about these changes in Adobe Experience Platform Release Notes.

May '26 release fac-26-05

The May release for Federated Audience Composition supports the following capability:

Workload Identity Federation (WIF) Authentication for Google Big Query
You can now connect to Google Big Query using WIF authentication. For more details about connecting using WIF authentication, please read the connections overview.

Improvements fac-26-05-improvements

This release comes with the following improvement.

  • Multi-entity targeting with Federated Audience Composition audiences in Adobe Journey Optimizer Read Audience journeys

    You can now leverage FAC audience attributes as supplemental identifiers in Journey Optimizer Read Audience journeys. This lets you activate the audiences at multiple entities such as accounts or subscriptions level.

    For more information, please read the using supplemental identifiers in journeys guide.

April '26 release fac-26-04

The April release for Federated Audience Composition supports the following capabilities and improvements:

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New connector - Teradata
The Teradata connector is now available for use with Federated Audience Composition. You can use the Teradata connector for audience creation and audience enrichment use cases. For more information about the Teradata connector, please read the connections overview.

Improvements fac-26-04-improvements

This release comes with the following improvement.

  • Unencrypted key support for Snowflake

    You can now use unencrypted keys when using key-pair authentication to connect with Snowflake data warehouses.

    To learn more about using unencrypted keys with Snowflake, please read the connections overview.

March '26 release fac-26-03

The March release for Federated Audience Composition supports the following capabilities:

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AI-powered Segmentation
You can now create federated audience compositions autonomously within AI Assistant. When using AI Assistant to create the audience, AI Assistant generates a plan that, after you approve, will be executed within your browser. For more information about using AI Assistant to create audiences, read the AI Assistant overview.
AI Assistant for Operational Insights
You can now ask questions to AI Assistant about operational insights within Federated Audience Composition. Supported areas include connections, schemas, and data models. Federated compositions are not supported with this release. For more information about AI Assistant in Federated Audience Composition, read the AI Assistant overview.

February '26 release fac-26-02

The February release for Federated Audience Composition supports the following capabilities:

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Field enrichment support
You can now use the Save field activity within your compositions. The save field activity lets you enrich Experience Platform schemas by federating data from external warehouses, letting you enhance Experience Platform schemas with additional attributes. The save field activity supports both B2B and B2C schemas. For more information about using this activity, please read the activities overview.
Advanced authentication support for Databricks
You can now connect to Federated Audience Composition with Databricks using service principal authentication or using OAuth 2.0. For more information about creating a connection, please read the connections overview.

January '26 release fac-26-01

The January release for Federated Audience Composition supports the following new capabilities and improvements:

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Azure Synapse Service Principal Authentication support
You can now connect to Federated Audience Composition with Azure Synapse using a Service Principal. For more information about creating a connection, please read the connections overview.
Availability for Adobe Experience Platform customers on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
You can now use Federated Audience Composition if your Experience Platform instance is on AWS. For more information about Experience Platform on AWS, please read the multi-cloud overview.

Improvements fac-26-01-improvements

This release comes with the following improvement.

  • Data expiration configuration for audiences

    You can now set a data expiration when using the Save audience activity in a composition.

    To learn more about data expirations in Federated Audience Composition, please read the activities guide.

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