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1183 releases that have landed on AWS, newest first.

  1. Databricks Runtime 18: May 29, 2026

    Treats NaN values as duplicates, preserves Unity Catalog foreign table permissions during metadata refresh.

  2. Lakeflow Designer updates for May 29, 2026

    Operators now display AI-generated descriptions and accept custom join conditions.

  3. Query-based connectors for Lakeflow Connect are now generally available

    Ingests data from databases like Oracle and PostgreSQL without CDC configuration.

  4. Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.

  5. Cross-engine attribute-based access controls (Beta)

    Enforces row filters and column masks server-side for external engines reading Unity Catalog tables.

  6. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Tables support banded rows and default sorting. Median and percentile expressions are added to metric views.

  7. Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
  8. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes

    Agent mode thinking traces now cite definitions, respects default sharing settings.

  9. Genie One enhancements

    Adds natural-language query support across Genie Agents and Unity Catalog data.

  10. Google Drive managed ingestion connector (Beta)

    Ingests files from Google Drive into Databricks, supporting unstructured and structured data.

  11. Real-time mode in Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow, and the update_flow API are now available (Public Preview)

    Achieves end-to-end latency as low as 5ms, uses update output mode.

  12. Refresh policies and EXPLAIN CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW for materialized views are now generally available

    Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3 and above. Available in Databricks SQL.

  13. Workspace admin setting for serverless notebook execution timeout

    Replaces manual override process, defaults to 2.5 hours.

  14. Automatic identity management with Microsoft Entra ID is now GA

    Replaces SCIM provisioning, syncs users and groups from Microsoft Entra ID.

  15. Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (05/26)

    Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.2.

  16. Databricks SQL version 2026.15 is now available in Preview

    XPath no longer fetches external DTDs, fixing failures from malformed URLs.

  17. Removed legacy Assistant slash commands

    /settings and /rename are replaced by notebook UI settings and rename options.

  18. Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow parameters are now in Beta

    Define key-value pairs at pipeline level, referenced in SQL using named parameter syntax.

  19. Genie Code Agent mode is now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

    Requires HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and FedRAMP Moderate controls. Automates code generation and error fixing.

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  21. Account access denylist for automatic identity management (Public Preview)

    Blocks access for specified users, groups, or service principals. Applies to AWS and GCP accounts with automatic identity management.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  22. Databricks Runtime 18 and Databricks Runtime 18 for Machine Learning are in Beta

    Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0, replacing separate release notes for feature versions.

  23. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Adds Tableau and Power BI import, open-source fonts, and parameter values in text widgets. Supports non-table Genie Code outputs.

  24. Databricks CLI is now GA

    Stores U2M tokens in OS-native secure storage.

  25. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes

    Genie Agents now use Fields instead of Dimensions in metric views and SQL expressions.

  26. Genie One enhancements

    Adds direct link to dashboard and Ask Genie to workspace homepage.

  27. Instance events and instance pools system tables are now available (Public Preview)

    Track instance state transitions and instance pool configurations via system.compute.instance_events and system.compute.instance_pools tables.

  28. Postgres password authentication is now disabled by default for new Lakebase projects

    Existing projects are unaffected, enable in project settings to allow.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  29. Unity Catalog managed Apache Iceberg tables, foreign Apache Iceberg tables, and Apache Iceberg v3 features are generally available

    Supports liquid clustering, predictive optimization, and materialized views. Requires Databricks Runtime or external Iceberg-compatible engines.

  30. Workspace sidebar navigation updates

    Groups Dashboards, Genie Agents, and Alerts under Analytics, renames SQL to Lakehouse.

  31. Authenticate as a service principal using OAuth U2M (Beta)

    Requires Service Principal Manager role.

  32. Configure Microsoft Entra ID SSO for Power BI (Public Preview)

    Uses account-level federation policy, replacing manual config.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  33. Customer-managed keys for Lakebase available in all AWS and Azure regions

    Encrypts project data at rest using a custom cloud KMS key. Available for new projects.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  34. Fixed LOD expression syntax update for metric views

    Uses SQL window functions, replacing two-step pre-computation approach.

  35. Lakebase now supports compute sizes up to 64 CU (128 GB)

    Replaces 32 CU (64 GB RAM) limit, enables dynamic scaling for larger workloads.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  36. Serve custom LLMs with Custom Model Serving (Beta)

    Supports multimodal models and PEFT recipes, unlike Foundation Model APIs.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  37. Vector Search storage-optimized endpoints are GA

    Supports over 1 billion vectors at dimension 768, 10-20x faster indexing.

  38. Agent Bricks Supervisor Agent now supports nesting supervisor agents as subagent tools

    Enables nested multi-agent orchestration by adding Supervisor Agents as subagent tools.

  39. Customer-managed keys now support MLflow managed evaluation features

    Supports MLflow 3 scorers and requires non-CMK encrypted catalog.

  40. Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards

    Supports all Databricks compliance security profiles. Requires Public Preview.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  41. Databricks Container Services for standard compute is now available (Beta)

    Requires Databricks Runtime 18.3 or later, allows custom Docker images in shared compute.

  42. Edits to resources in the UI now automatically update YAML

    Applies to jobs and pipeline settings, see Edit bundle resources.

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