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Week of December 15, 2025

23 releases between December 15, 2025 and December 21, 2025, 2 of them change something you already run.

GA
2
Preview
4
Update
17
On
AWS 19, Azure 17, GCP 17
  1. Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  2. New Azure Databricks accounts will not have access to legacy features

    Accounts created after December 18, 2025 use Unity Catalog exclusively.

    #Admin#Unity Catalog
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  3. New Databricks accounts will not have access to legacy features

    New accounts use Unity Catalog, lack DBFS root access. Applies to accounts created after December 18, 2025.

    #Admin#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  4. Update request parameters for Delta Sharing recipient audit log events

    Includes catalog_name, in addition to share_name.

    #Delta Sharing
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  5. Connect to Lakebase from the SQL editor with read-write access

    Supports full read-write access, see documentation for setup.

    #Lakebase
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  6. Dashboard enhancements and fixes

    Boolean values support custom string aliases, and filter widgets have several fixes and new features.

    #AI/BI#Dashboards
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  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 enhancements and fixes

    Numeric columns are now formatted to handle IDs and currency. Entity matching scans up to 100 million rows.

    #AI/BI#Genie
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  9. Lakebase metrics dashboard

    Monitors system and database health with metrics like RAM and CPU usage.

    #Lakebase
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  10. Meta Ads connector (Beta)

    Ingests data from Meta Ads, requires setup as a data source.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  11. MySQL connector in Lakeflow Connect (Public Preview)

    Enables incremental data ingestion from various MySQL databases. Requires access request through account team.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  12. Updated Lakeflow Jobs UI is generally available

    Simplifies job creation and editing, see Lakeflow Jobs for details.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  13. View latest scheduled notebook job results

    Shows latest scheduled run in notebooks and dashboards, can update notebook with latest results.

    #Notebooks
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  14. Context based ingress control is now in Public Preview

    Enables account admins to set allow and deny rules based on identity, request type, and network source.

    #Security
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  15. Flexible node types are now generally available

    Falls back to alternative instance types when specified type is unavailable, improving launch reliability.

    #Compute
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  16. Gemini 3 Flash now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Offers speed and scale for video analysis and data extraction. Requires no setup.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  17. Lakebase ACL support

    Grants CAN CREATE or CAN MANAGE permissions from project settings.

    #Lakebase
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  18. Login required to download ODBC driver

    Requires login and license acceptance, except for AWS GovCloud which needs account team access.

    #Integrations
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  19. New resource types for Databricks Apps

    Adds MLflow experiments, vector search indexes, UDFs, and Unity Catalog connections as resources.

    #Databricks Apps
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
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  21. Serverless compute is now available in Azure China North 3

    Available for notebooks, jobs, pipelines, and SQL warehouses.

    #Serverless
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  22. Confluence connector (Beta)

    Ingests Confluence spaces and pages into Databricks, requires OAuth U2M configuration.

    #Data Ingestion#Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  23. PostgreSQL connector in Lakeflow Connect (Public Preview)

    Enables incremental data ingestion from various PostgreSQL databases. Requires configuration.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  24. Delta Sharing to external Iceberg clients is in Public Preview

    Supports Snowflake, Trino, Flink, and Spark clients with zero-copy access.

    #Delta Sharing
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  25. Serverless workspaces are now available in new GCP regions

    Available in most GCP regions, see documentation for list.

    #Serverless
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)

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