Week of July 27, 2026
12 releases between July 27, 2026 and August 2, 2026, 2 of them change something you already run.
- GA
- 2
- Preview
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- Update
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- AWS 11, Azure 11, GCP 11, SAP 2
- OpenAI connector (Beta)
Uses OpenAI Organization Admin API to ingest admin data, authenticates with OpenAI Admin API key.
- Packaged clean rooms are now generally available
Hides provider code and data assets from consumers, runs against their own data.
- Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview
Runs shell commands, monitors GPU usage, and manages files on serverless GPU compute. Requires environment version 5 or above.
- Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
Genie Code now creates dashboard relationships from imported BI files and supports full undo and redo.
- Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
Adds conversation sharing and Private Link downloads. Fixes file upload bug.
- Genie Code is now available on HIPAA compliance security profile workspaces with partner-powered AI features disabled
Genie Code uses Databricks-hosted models, with partner-powered AI features disabled.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Genie One enhancements
Adds run now option for scheduled tasks and manual workspace URL entry for mobile app sign in.
- Use Unity Gateway with your own Claude enterprise subscription
Routes Claude code through Unity Gateway using existing subscriptions. No credentials are stored.
- Automatic upgrades begin rolling out row tracking and Checkpoint V2 to existing tables
Applies to existing Unity Catalog managed tables, enabled after client support is verified.
- Upcoming general availability of Unity Gateway Coming soon
Extends Unity Catalog governance to runtime interactions, controls AI service usage, and monitors traffic. Available by default for workspaces with compliance security profile in mid-September.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Python UDTFs in Unity Catalog are now generally available
Runs on serverless compute, classic compute, and SQL warehouses. Requires Databricks Runtime 18.
- Create a least-privilege Databricks workspace
Grants Databricks a narrow set of custom IAM roles instead of broad permissions on Google Cloud.