Week of June 15, 2026
35 releases between June 15, 2026 and June 21, 2026, 5 of them change something you already run.
- Behavior change
- 1
- GA
- 4
- Preview
- 9
- Update
- 21
- On
- AWS 28, Azure 30, GCP 26, SAP 4
- Netskope Logs managed ingestion connector (Beta)
Ingests Netskope event and alert logs into Databricks.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Dashboard enhancements
Adds table header color customization and local metric view parameters.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie One enhancements
No longer requires SQL entitlement for consumer users.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Incremental ingestion for Workday Reports (Beta)
Ingests only changed rows since last pipeline run if a cursor column is configured.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase now supports Postgres 18
Postgres 17 remains the default, select Postgres 18 when creating a project.
- Publishing a Unity Catalog catalog to Microsoft Fabric is in Preview
Publishes read-only mirrored catalogs, allowing Fabric users to query Unity Catalog tables directly.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Publishing a Unity Catalog catalog to Microsoft Fabric is in Public Preview
Creates a read-only mirrored catalog, allowing Fabric users to query Unity Catalog tables directly.
- Salesforce Marketing Cloud managed ingestion connector (Beta)
Ingests campaigns, journeys, and email events from Salesforce Marketing Cloud into Databricks.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Comments on foreign tables (Beta)
Syncs table and column comments from external data sources to Unity Catalog foreign tables.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Omnigent coding agent meta-harness is now in Beta
Wraps coding agents like Claude Code and Codex with a common platform. Swap runtimes with one line of configuration.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - OneLake catalog federation is generally available
Allows reading OneLake data without copying, with read-only access and direct queries against file storage.
- Share Genie Agents externally using OpenSharing (Beta)
Creates a point-in-time snapshot of data assets for external sharing. Recipients can mount to create a local Genie Agent.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Connect Genie to Microsoft Copilot Cowork (Beta)
Uses Genie managed MCP server, enabling natural-language queries on Databricks data within Copilot Cowork.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Improved workspace files read performance
Applies to serverless and classic compute with Databricks Runtime 18 and above, speeding up workloads like find and grep.
- Install third-party apps from Databricks Marketplace
Installs apps directly in Unity Catalog-governed workspaces, keeping provider code closed-source.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase Search adds vector, keyword, and hybrid search to Postgres (Beta)
Adds vector and keyword search to Postgres with lakebase_vector and lakebase_text extensions, replacing separate search stacks.
- Lakeflow Designer is now generally available
Offers no-code data transformation with drag-and-drop canvas and Unity Catalog governance. Coming soon to compliance workspaces.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakeflow Designer will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon
Replaces manual coding for data preparation and transformation. Available late July 2026.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Get this table by email. One Monday mail covering the week, filtered to the clouds and products you run. Weekly digest
- Access SecureConnect-enabled shares (Public Preview)
Allows access to shares from behind a firewall using OpenSharing SecureConnect. Requires recipient firewall configuration.
- ai_query is now generally available
Lets you query AI models from SQL or Python.
- AUTO CDC flows for streaming tables in Databricks SQL are generally available
Automatically handles out-of-order records as SCD type 1 or 2, replacing complex MERGE INTO logic.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Azure Databricks UI assets will be served from a new CDN domain Coming soon
Replaces existing domain, requires firewall update to ui-assets.azuredatabricks.net.
- Configure the recovery period for dropped managed tables (Preview)
Defaults to 7 days, configurable to 0-30 days at catalog or schema level.
- Configure the recovery period for dropped managed tables (Public Preview)
Sets recovery period to 0 hours or 7-30 days, requires Databricks Runtime 17.3.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks Runtime 19 and Databricks Runtime 19 for Machine Learning are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.2.0.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks Runtime 19 (Beta): June 15, 2026
Replaces JDK 17 with JDK 21, removes 90 Python packages.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks-to-Databricks Delta Sharing across regulatory domains is now available (Public Preview)
Supports sharing with AWS GovCloud, AWS GovCloud DoD, and Azure China.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie mobile app (Public Preview)
Access Genie One from iOS and Android devices. Requires download from Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie One enhancements
Adds chat and document creation from conversations, using Genie Agents and canvas pane.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase Postgres is now in Beta
Available in us-east4, us-central1, and europe-west3 regions.
- OIDC is now supported for sharing to Iceberg clients
Supports Iceberg REST Catalog clients like Snowflake or OSS Spark. Requires OpenID Connect federation.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Private Link for account-level resources (Beta)
Connects account console through VPC interface endpoint instead of public internet. Requires configuration.
- Share data behind a firewall with SecureConnect (Public Preview)
Replaces allowlisting recipient networks, works with existing OpenSharing setup.
- Use OAuth to authenticate Databricks connections in Power Platform
Replaces personal access tokens, requires setup in Power Platform.
- Use Universal Commits to purchase Marketplace partner products
Up to 10% of Universal Commits can be used for third-party products.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)