Databricks on GCP
1072 releases that have landed on GCP, newest first.
- Genie One is now available in Google Sheets
Queries governed data in natural language, importing results as native rows and columns.
- Genie One is now available in Microsoft Excel
Queries governed data in natural language, importing results as native rows and columns.
- REPLACE USING flows for pipelines (Beta)
Replaces rows matching specified key columns, doesn't require change data capture feed or primary key.
- Search and replace text across files
Works in Databricks Git folders or Declarative Automation Bundles projects from the Search pane.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (08/04)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.2.
- Format AI/BI dashboard widget titles and descriptions with rich text
Supports text styling, links, and tables via toolbar or markdown.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Full page Genie Code is now generally available
Runs multiple chats in parallel, with notebooks and files as tabs.
- Google Drive connector (GA)
Supports fully managed and custom ingestion pipelines with Spark and SQL APIs.
- NetSuite connector (GA)
Ingests ERP and financial data from Oracle NetSuite into Databricks.
- PagerDuty connector (Beta)
Ingests incident, on-call, service, and audit data from PagerDuty into Databricks.
- Schema-level HTTP connections in Unity Catalog are now generally available
Creates connections inside a schema, inheriting its privileges, instead of only at metastore level.
- SharePoint connector (GA)
Includes managed and standard connectors for ingestion pipelines.
- Sharing Delta tables with deletion vectors and column mapping is now generally available
Enables sharing tables with deletion vectors or column mapping. Requires setup in Add tables with deletion vectors or column mapping to a share.
- Sharing Delta tables with Iceberg reads enabled is now generally available
Enables reading Delta tables as Iceberg tables, requires Databricks Runtime 8.4 or above.
- Unity Gateway is now generally available
Controls AI service access and traffic, part of Unity Catalog, with some features still in Beta.
- Automatic cost attribution for materialized views and streaming tables in Databricks SQL
Inherits custom tags from enclosing SQL warehouse environment for billing.
- Environment variables for serverless jobs are in Beta
Requires workspace admin to enable from Previews page.
- Filter updates for the Databricks Excel Add-in
Supports cascading filters and case-insensitive string matching, replaces LIKE and IN filters.
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- Genie One and Genie Agents free usage extended through January 31, 2027
Budget controls are waived, service principals are billed.
- MANAGE no longer requires USE CATALOG or USE SCHEMA on the same object
No longer requires USE CATALOG or USE SCHEMA on the same object, but still needs them on parent containers.
- Organize your work with spaces
Preserves open tabs for specific folders or projects.
- Refresh materialized views and streaming tables without exempting the pipeline owner from ABAC policies
Pipeline owners are now subject to ABAC policies when refreshing views and tables. Policies are evaluated using the pipeline owner's identity.
- Secrets in Unity Catalog is GA
Stores secrets as securable objects with Unity Catalog privileges. Uses catalog.schema.secret namespace.
- Serverless compute access control is now generally available
Governs access to notebooks, jobs, and pipelines through Default Interactive and Automated Compute objects. Existing workloads run unchanged.
- OpenAI connector (Beta)
Uses OpenAI Organization Admin API to ingest admin data, authenticates with OpenAI Admin API key.
- Packaged clean rooms are now generally available
Hides provider code and data assets from consumers, runs against their own data.
- Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
Genie Code now creates dashboard relationships from imported BI files and supports full undo and redo.
- Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
Adds conversation sharing and Private Link downloads. Fixes file upload bug.
- Genie Code is now available on HIPAA compliance security profile workspaces with partner-powered AI features disabled
Genie Code uses Databricks-hosted models, with partner-powered AI features disabled.
- Genie One enhancements
Adds run now option for scheduled tasks and manual workspace URL entry for mobile app sign in.
- Use Unity Gateway with your own Claude enterprise subscription
Routes Claude code through Unity Gateway using existing subscriptions. No credentials are stored.
- Automatic upgrades begin rolling out row tracking and Checkpoint V2 to existing tables
Applies to existing Unity Catalog managed tables, enabled after client support is verified.
- Upcoming general availability of Unity Gateway Coming soon
Extends Unity Catalog governance to runtime interactions, controls AI service usage, and monitors traffic. Available by default for workspaces with compliance security profile in mid-September.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Python UDTFs in Unity Catalog are now generally available
Runs on serverless compute, classic compute, and SQL warehouses. Requires Databricks Runtime 18.
- Create a least-privilege Databricks workspace
Grants Databricks a narrow set of custom IAM roles instead of broad permissions on Google Cloud.
- Unit testing for pipelines (Beta)
Validates Python and SQL transformations against mock data. Requires Lakeflow Pipelines Editor.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Anthropic Claude Opus 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (07/24)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.2.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Dedicated group clusters will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon
Enables shared compute for groups with compliance security profile, supporting Databricks Runtime for ML and RDD APIs.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Git CLI commands in Git folders are now in Public Preview
Enables standard Git commands like git stash and rebase in Databricks terminals. Requires workspace eligibility.
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