Week of April 20, 2026
21 releases between April 20, 2026 and April 26, 2026, 2 of them change something you already run.
- GA
- 2
- Preview
- 1
- Update
- 18
- On
- AWS 20, Azure 18, GCP 16
- Confluence connector (GA)
Allows reading Confluence spaces and pages into Databricks.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Azure Databricks Excel Add-in requires workspace preview enablement
Enabled from the Previews page by a workspace admin.
- Databricks Excel Add-in requires workspace preview enablement
Enabled from the Previews page by a workspace admin.
- Manage Supervisor Agent programmatically with the Databricks SDK (Beta)
Creates and manages Supervisor Agent and tools via Python SDK. Requires Databricks SDK for Python.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - OpenAI GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro now available as Databricks-hosted models
Access via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis, requiring compliance with applicable terms.
- Workspace base environments are now generally available
Lets workspace admins create pre-built environments for serverless notebooks, enabled by default in compliance security profile workspaces.
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
- Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
Tables support cross-filtering and drill-through, counters have custom prefixes and suffixes.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is rolling out in Current
Replaces version 2026.09, requires no configuration changes.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Code space configuration
Replaces Genie Space configuration, updates instructions and descriptions.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 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) - 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.
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- 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.
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