Week of May 11, 2026
24 releases between May 11, 2026 and May 17, 2026, 4 of them change something you already run.
- Behavior change
- 2
- GA
- 2
- Preview
- 3
- Update
- 17
- On
- AWS 21, Azure 21, GCP 18, SAP 5
- Agent Bricks Supervisor Agent now supports Unity Catalog tables as subagent tools
Adds Unity Catalog tables as subagent tools, usable in coordinated multi-agent systems.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Agent Bricks Supervisor Agent now supports vector search indexes as subagent tools
Adds support for vector search indexes as subagent tools, usable in coordinated multi-agent systems.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Recover a deleted Lakebase project within 7 days
Restores all branches, databases, and settings. Requires action within 7 days.
- Share Genie Code chat threads
Recipients get read-only access, can be users, groups, or service principals.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow sinks are now generally available
Supports writing to Delta tables, Kafka topics, and Azure Event Hubs.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Configure an additional recipient for workspace operational emails
Receives operational updates like breaking changes and incident communications, use a distribution-list alias for multiple people.
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- Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
Error bars display as bands on line charts. Custom SQL measures no longer require full name paths.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks SQL alerts are now generally available
Monitors data and KPIs by running scheduled queries, notifying recipients when conditions are met.
- Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes
Max query text characters raised to 40,000.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie One enhancements and bug fixes
Adds 9 new genieChat audit events and fixes chat input field bug.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Publish a Unity Catalog catalog to Microsoft Fabric (Beta)
Creates a read-only mirrored catalog, allowing Fabric users to query Unity Catalog tables without data movement.
- Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow environment versions (Beta)
Pins Python version and libraries, decoupling from Databricks Runtime upgrades.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - SQL alert task in Lakeflow Jobs is now in Public Preview
Evaluates a Databricks SQL alert as part of a Lakeflow Job, returning its state as output.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - View run history for scheduled refreshes in Google Sheets
Shows Run ID, start time, and success status for each run.
- ai_parse_document is now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Requires compliance security profile and specific controls like HIPAA and PCI-DSS. Parses structured content from unstructured documents.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (05/13)
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) - New Lakebase instances now scale to zero by default
New instances scale to zero after 24 hours of inactivity, reducing compute costs. Existing projects are unaffected.
- Version 18.2
Adds CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP TABLE syntax and upgrades Snowflake JDBC driver to 3.28.0.
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- 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.
- App telemetry for Databricks Apps is now in Public Preview
Collects traces, logs, and metrics via OpenTelemetry protocol to Unity Catalog tables.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 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.
- HIPAA support for the Databricks Add-in for Excel
Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions.
- HIPAA support for the SAP Databricks Add-in for Excel
Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across AWS, GCP, Azure.
- HubSpot connector (GA)
Ingests data from HubSpot Marketing Hub into Databricks.
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