Databricks on AWS
1191 releases that have landed on AWS, newest first.
- Genie One app search
Searches Databricks Apps from Genie One search bar.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Workspace object permissions will soon be inherited from all account groups Coming soon
Inherited permissions include inactive grants from removed groups, potentially giving unexpected access. Users still need workspace assignment.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakeflow Designer is now in Public Preview
Offers drag-and-drop canvas and natural language for building data workflows.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Language selector for AI-generated comments in Catalog Explorer
Saves selection in browser's local storage, applying to all entity types.
- AI Runtime 1xH100 accelerator (Beta)
Supports 1xH100 accelerator, see Hardware options for details.
- CPU_MEDIUM and CPU_LARGE workload types for Model Serving (Beta)
Trade concurrency for more memory per worker on same CPU hardware, for models needing more memory than standard CPU workload.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Databricks Data Classification is now GA
Automatically classifies and tags sensitive data in Unity Catalog using AI.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks Runtime 18: April 20, 2026
Replaces EPSG:102100 with ESRI:102100 for GEOMETRY type. Includes OS security updates.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/20)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.1.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase OpenTelemetry export (Beta)
Exports Lakebase metrics and logs to OTLP-compatible backends like Grafana Cloud or Datadog. Configured from the Lakebase App.
- Supervisor API for building agents (Beta)
Replaces multiple API calls with a single call to build agents.
- Version 18.1
Supports DATETIMEOFFSET for Azure Synapse and adds schema evolution with INSERT statements.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Altering a catalog or schema's managed storage location is now GA
Modifies default cloud storage location for new managed tables and volumes.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - BI compatibility mode removed from Power BI connector
Removes option to query Unity Catalog metric views. Reports using this connector no longer function.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - ai_parse_document is now generally available
Parses structured content from unstructured documents, limited to 500 pages and 100 MB.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, supports pay-per-token queries.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Compute log delivery to volumes is now GA
Delivers Spark driver, worker, and event logs to Unity Catalog volumes, recommended for log storage.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Customer-managed keys now support model serving
Encrypts model serving container images and model artifacts in Databricks managed registry. Applies to endpoint artifacts created after April 16, 2026.
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- Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
Delays due to warehouse overload now display a message. Fixes widget query batch failures.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks Connector for Google Sheets is now generally available
Imports and queries Unity Catalog data, including metric views.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
Adds API access to reasoning traces and message comments, increases token limit for Agent mode.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Metric view enhancements
Replaces SQL mode as default for editing measures and dimensions.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Visualization enhancements
Adds dashed and dotted line styles to the Pattern section.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - AI Gateway now governs MCP servers (Beta)
Enforces access control and monitors usage across MCP interactions, replacing prior governance methods.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Query-based connectors for Lakeflow Connect (Public Preview)
Ingests data from databases using a cursor column, supporting Oracle, Teradata, and others.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Sample Data Explorer is generally available
Lets you ask questions about Unity Catalog tables using natural language, returning SQL queries.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Updated AWS tag character restrictions
Tag keys and values now cannot contain spaces or /. Tag keys also cannot be just . , .. , or _index.
- Updated UI navigation for Databricks Apps
Streamlines app editing and deployment workflows, accessible from the app switcher.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Create and write to Unity Catalog tables from external Delta clients (Beta)
Requires catalog-managed commits to be enabled, supports Apache Spark clients.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase: Customer-managed keys
Uses a cloud KMS customer-managed key for encryption.
- Column-level SAP governance tags sync into Unity Catalog
Includes fieldSemantics, isPotentiallyPersonal, and isPotentiallySensitive tags for ABAC policies.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Connect Lovable apps to Databricks
Uses REST API and OAuth machine-to-machine authentication.
- SQL reference documentation for managing governed tags
Adds 5 SQL statements: CREATE, ALTER, DROP, DESCRIBE, SHOW.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Vector Search retrieval quality (Beta)
measures relevance of search strategies, see Evaluate AI Search retrieval quality.
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Creates metric views without Unity Catalog, edits hex colors inline.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
Embeds as an iframe, adds space thumbnails and table visualizations with conditional formatting.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie One enhancements
Includes Databricks Apps and Domains. Updates workspace navigation.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - New cascade field for deleting Unity Catalog pipelines (Beta)
Deletes associated materialized views and tables by default, set cascade=false to retain them.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Share foreign Iceberg tables with Delta Sharing (Public Preview)
Adds read-only access to federated foreign Iceberg tables. Requires Delta Sharing.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Upcoming breaking change: default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline Coming soon
Deletes now retain associated tables by default, set cascade=true to remove them.
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