Databricks on GCP
1090 releases that have landed on GCP, newest first.
- Genie APIs and Research Agent in Beta
Genie Create and Update APIs allow creating and updating Genie Agents. Research Agent enables multi-step reasoning and hypothesis testing.
- Google Gemini 3 Pro Preview now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions, supporting pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.
- Google Gemini 3 Pro Preview now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions for pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (11/18)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.
- New region: me-central2 (Dammam, Saudi Arabia)
Available on GCP, requires no setup changes for existing accounts.
- ABAC-secured assets shared using Delta Sharing is in Public Preview
Applies to tables and schemas, but not streaming tables or materialized views.
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- Delta Sharing views automatically permitted in serverless network policies
Permitted regardless of storage location alignment between shared tables and view dependencies. Simplifies network policy configuration.
- Jobs can now be triggered on source view update
Supports views referencing supported table types, see documentation for specifics.
- Connect Genie Agents to Microsoft Copilot Studio (Public Preview)
Requires Managed MCP Servers preview enabled.
- Databricks SQL alerts are now in Public Preview
Offers a new editing experience, replacing the previous version.
- Improved full refresh flow for managed database connectors
Reduces downtime by delaying table refresh until snapshot completion, minimizing PENDING_RESET errors.
- OpenAI GPT-5.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions for pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.
- Convert foreign tables to Unity Catalog managed or external tables (Public Preview)
Requires Databricks Runtime 17.0 LTS or above. Uses ALTER TABLE SET MANAGED or SET EXTERNAL.
- Dashboard search and embedding enhancements
Search now covers widget titles and descriptions, and dataset queries are searchable from the workspace bar.
- Genie navigation and accuracy improvements
Fixes back button error and broken entity matching link. Optimizes column selection for relevance.
- JDBC Unity Catalog connection in Beta
Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3 or above. Available on standard, dedicated, or serverless compute.
- SFTP connector (Public Preview)
Extends Auto Loader to ingest files from SFTP servers.
- Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines has been renamed to Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines
Replaces Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines, see Spark Declarative Pipelines for details.
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- Migrate Community Edition workspaces to Free Edition (Public Preview)
Replaces Community Edition, requires migration tool.
- Dashboard filter and counter enhancements
Supports date and number filters, and consumes Unity Catalog metadata.
- Genie visualization and query result improvements
Includes text explanations for empty results and uses query metadata for auto-generated charts.
- List MCP servers in Databricks Marketplace (Public Preview)
Lets users install MCP servers to connect AI agents to external data sources.
- New MCP server tab
Shows managed and external servers, and lists available servers from Databricks Marketplace.
- SAP BDC connector for Databricks supports cross-cloud sharing
Enables data sharing between different cloud environments. Requires SAP Business Data Cloud setup.
- SQL Editor visualization fix
Tooltips now display in front of the legend.
- Serverless notebook tasks can now use jobs environment
Replaces inherited serverless environment with configurable job environment.
- Updated tag search syntax in workspace search
Use tag:<tag_key>:<tag_value> to search by key and value.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (11/04)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) now in Public Preview
Enforces access control across all workspaces in an account. Requires Unity Catalog.
- Audit logs for request-for-access events are now emitted
Includes access request destinations, see Request for access events for details.
- Disable DBFS root and mounts workspace setting is GA
Now available for existing workspaces, requires admin privileges.
- GCP Private Service Connect generally available
No account team request needed to enable.
- JAR tasks are now supported on serverless compute
Run JAR jobs without a cluster.
- TISAX compliance controls
Enhances workspace compliance based on ISO/IEC 27001 and VDA ISA.
- Improved notebook debugger experience
Supports multi-file debugging, stepping into functions across files.
- Salesforce ingestion connector supports history tracking (SCD type 2)
Enables history tracking, overwriting default SCD type 1 behavior.
- Skip cells when running notebooks
Adds %skip magic command to exclude cells from runs.
- Dashboard visualization, pivot table, and authoring improvements
Adds Slack channel subscriptions, Top N scroll bar on mouseover, and export to materialized view.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.35 is now available in Preview
Adds EXECUTE IMMEDIATE constant expressions and LIMIT ALL for recursive CTEs.
- Genie thinking steps and benchmark error resolution
Explains SQL logic in plain language. Replaces technical explanations in Genie Space, now Genie Agent.