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1149 releases that have landed on Azure, newest first.

  1. Lakebase Change Data Feed (CDF) is now in Public Preview

    Captures row-level changes from Postgres tables as Delta tables, requiring no external CDC stack.

    #Lakebase
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  2. App telemetry for Databricks Apps is now in Public Preview

    Collects traces, logs, and metrics via OpenTelemetry protocol to Unity Catalog tables.

    #Databricks Apps
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  3. HIPAA support for the Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel

    Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions. Requires a workspace with HIPAA compliance enabled.

    #Integrations#Security
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  4. HubSpot connector (GA)

    Ingests data from HubSpot Marketing Hub into Databricks.

    #Lakeflow
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  5. Catalog commits are now generally available

    Enables multi-statement transactions on Unity Catalog managed Delta tables, supported by products like MLflow and Delta Sharing.

    #Delta Lake#Unity Catalog
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  6. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Improved error messages can be copied, and dashboards support undo and redo on the data page. Y-axis now starts at 0.

    #AI/BI#Dashboards
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  7. Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
  8. Faster package installs with %uv pip in serverless notebooks

    Requires environment version 5 or above. Replaces %pip for faster installs.

    #Notebooks#Serverless
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  9. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Exports context as metric views and logs iframe messages.

    #AI/BI#Genie Agents
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  10. Genie One enhancements

    Adds custom instruction files and Atlassian/Glean MCP connections. Supports server-sent events.

    #AI/BI#Genie
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  11. Standalone pipelines on serverless general compute (Beta)

    Requires serverless general compute, created via SQL or Python.

    #Lakeflow
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  12. Block identities from your Azure Databricks account with the account access denylist

    Prevents access when automatic identity management is enabled, blocking specific users, groups, or service principals.

    #Security
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  13. Alibaba Cloud Qwen3.5 122B A10B now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, available in Public Preview.

    #Databricks AI#Model Serving
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  14. GitHub managed ingestion connector (Beta)

    ingests GitHub data into Databricks, available in Lakeflow Connect.

    #Lakeflow
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  15. Outlook managed ingestion connector (Beta)

    Ingests email data from Microsoft Outlook into Databricks.

    #Lakeflow
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  16. Smartsheet managed ingestion connector (Beta)

    Ingests Smartsheet data into Databricks, available in Lakeflow Connect.

    #Lakeflow
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  17. Databricks Runtime 18: May 4, 2026

    Clusters using XPath no longer load external DTDs, and NULL structs are stored as NULL.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  18. Databricks Runtime 18.2 is now GA

    Replaces 7.3 and 7.3 ML.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  19. Databricks Runtime 19 will use a unified release model Coming soon

    Replaces multiple feature versions with a single page, updated weekly.

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  21. Lakeflow Pipelines Editor is now generally available

    Offers agent-first experience with Genie Code for creating production pipelines.

    #Lakeflow
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  22. Azure UK South now has a dedicated regional control plane

    New workspaces require firewall allowlist entries for SCC relay tunnel and other IPs. Existing workspaces use UK West control plane unless migrated.

    #Networking#Security
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  23. Community connectors (Beta)

    Extends Lakeflow Connect to unsupported sources, built by the community.

    #Lakeflow
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  24. Native data profiling for notebook results tables

    View column statistics by selecting headers and clicking Open selection details. Available in notebooks and new SQL editor.

    #Notebooks
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  25. Native data profiling for results tables in the SQL editor

    Select column headers and click Open selection details to view statistics.

    #Databricks SQL
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  26. Upcoming change: Upgrade to Lakebase Autoscaling Coming soon

    Upgrades start in June 2026, replacing Provisioned instances with autoscaling, requiring updated connection strings for some Private Link setups.

    #Lakebase
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  27. Agent Bricks Supervisor Agent now supports custom MCP servers and custom agents on Databricks Apps

    Adds support for custom MCP servers and custom agents hosted in Databricks Apps as subagents.

    #Databricks AI
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  28. agg SQL function as a synonym for measure

    Replaces measure, used as agg(measure_column) in metric views.

    #Databricks SQL
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  29. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Publishing dashboards now uses service principal credentials. Line numbers are added to the SQL query editor.

    #AI/BI#Dashboards
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  30. Disabling tasks in Lakeflow Jobs is now GA

    Disabled tasks retain config and run history, can be re-enabled later.

    #Lakeflow
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  31. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Adds weekly digest and PDF upload to monitoring tab. Supports natural language analysis of PDFs.

    #AI/BI#Genie Agents
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  32. Genie One scheduled tasks (Public Preview)

    Sends email with results when tasks run, automating weekly digests or daily insights.

    #AI/BI#Genie
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  33. MLflow trace storage in Unity Catalog is now in Public Preview

    Stores OpenTelemetry traces, governed by Unity Catalog permissions, queryable from Databricks SQL or MLflow Python SDK.

    #MLflow#Unity Catalog
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  34. Power BI connections will transition to ADBC Coming soon

    Replaces ODBC, requires manual update for existing connections.

    #Partner Connect
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  35. Chat in Genie One is now in Public Preview

    Uses natural language to answer questions with existing Genie Agents and data. Enabled from Previews page.

    #AI/BI#Databricksone
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  36. Configure private endpoints for serverless compute in Azure China

    Requires China North 3 region and network connectivity configuration.

    #Security
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  37. Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/29)

    Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for LTS versions 13.3 to 16.4.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  38. 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Public Preview)

    Provides 512 workers, available in all regions, controlled from Previews page.

    #Databricks SQL
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  39. Attribute-based access control (ABAC) is now generally available

    Uses governed tags to enforce row filter and column mask policies. Replaces per-table configuration with automatic application at catalog, schema, or table level.

    #Unity Catalog
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  40. Cloud token access for open Delta Sharing sharing (GA)

    Supports directory-based access mode, includes cloud storage location and temporary credentials.

    #Delta Sharing
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  41. Connect Azure Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel

    Replaces inbound firewall access, works with classic and serverless compute.

    #Networking#Security
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  42. Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow updates are retained for 60 days

    Retention period increased from 30 to 60 days, applying to UI and REST API updates.

    #Data Engineering
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