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Week of September 28, 2026

28 releases between September 28, 2026 and October 4, 2026, 9 of them change something you already run.

Deprecation
1
Behavior change
1
GA
7
Preview
6
Update
13
On
AWS 26, Azure 21, GCP 26
  1. JDBC Unity Catalog connections are now generally available

    Requires Databricks Runtime 19 and above, and supports SSL certificates.

    #Data Connectivity#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  2. OpenJev (Qwen3.5 4B) is now available on Unity Gateway

    It provides structured answers and probabilities via the TypeSafe System One API. Model terms and regional availability apply.

    #Databricks AI#Unity Gateway
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  3. Standard ai_extract now delivers higher-quality extraction

    It uses a new model checkpoint that is 2.3x faster and improves quality.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  4. Cross-engine attribute-based access controls (ABAC) is now generally available

    Enforces ABAC policies on Unity Catalog tables for supported external engines. Requires serverless compute.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  5. LTAP Direct Writes is generally available

    It speeds up synced table loads by writing directly to storage. It requires Postgres 16, 17, or 18.

    #Lakebase
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  6. Schedule automatic data refresh in the Azure Databricks Excel Add-in (Public Preview)

    It refreshes imported data at chosen intervals or calendar schedules. The SQL warehouse runs each refresh.

    #Data Connectivity
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
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  8. Schedule automatic data refresh in the Databricks Excel Add-in (Public Preview)

    It refreshes Databricks data in Excel at chosen intervals. The SQL warehouse runs each refresh.

    #Data Connectivity
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  9. Control spreadsheet writeback with a workspace admin setting

    The setting is required for Excel and Google Sheets writeback. It must be enabled by a workspace admin.

    #Data Connectivity#Security
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  10. Query tags for SQL warehouses are now generally available

    They apply custom key-value tags to SQL workloads for grouping and cost attribution. Tags appear in system.query.history.

    #Data Warehousing
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  11. Salesforce Data 360 file sharing will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    It enables querying Salesforce Data 360 data from cloud object storage. Queries run on Databricks compute.

    #Lakehouse Federation#Security
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  12. Supported Postgres extensions updated to new versions

    Existing installations keep their current version until updated with ALTER EXTENSION.

    #Lakebase
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  13. Table update triggers on OpenSharing objects and system tables are now generally available

    They can monitor OpenSharing objects and system tables. This is for Lakeflow Jobs table update triggers.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  14. ABAC on views is in Beta

    It extends to views and requires Databricks Runtime 19 or above. Account admins enable it from the Previews page.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  15. Agent Bricks CLI is in Beta

    It builds and deploys custom code agents on Databricks. The tool scaffolds projects from framework templates.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  16. Databricks JDBC Driver (Simba) 2.8.4 is available

    It adds Java 25 support and upgrades several libraries.

    #Drivers
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  17. Genie One memory is now generally available

    It retains user preferences and reporting conventions for later conversations. Memories are private to each user.

    #AI/BI#Genie
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  18. Horizontal scaling for Databricks Apps is now generally available

    It allows running an app across multiple instances behind a single URL.

    #Databricks Apps
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  19. OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol is now available on Unity Gateway

    It is accessed via Foundation Model APIs and requires compliance with applicable terms.

    #Databricks AI#Unity Gateway
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
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  21. 1Password Event Logs connector (Beta)

    It ingests audit events and sign-in attempts into Databricks using the 1Password Events API. Authentication requires an Events Reporting bearer token.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  22. Akamai WAF connector (Beta)

    Ingests Akamai web application firewall security events into Databricks using EdgeGrid API client credentials.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  23. CrowdStrike Falcon Event Stream connector (Beta)

    Ingests Falcon Event Stream events into Databricks using OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Requires Event streams Read permission.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  24. Lakebase Search adds a configurable text tokenizer for keyword search

    It controls how text is turned into search terms and is installed after enabling Lakebase Search.

    #Lakebase
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  25. Lakebase Search is available on GCP (Beta)

    It brings scalable vector and keyword search through three Postgres extensions. Indexes are storage-backed, available immediately after scale-to-zero.

    #Lakebase
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  26. Microsoft 365 Unified Audit Logs connector is available in Beta

    It ingests unified audit events from Microsoft 365 workloads into Databricks. It uses OAuth machine-to-machine authentication.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  27. Okta System Logs connector is available in Beta

    It ingests Okta audit and security events into Databricks. It uses SSWS API token authentication.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  28. Thinking Machine Labs Inkling is scheduled for retirement

    It will be retired on October 30, 2026, and is replaced by GLM 5.3 and Kimi K3.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  29. Workday Activity Logging connector (Beta)

    It ingests Workday user activity log events into Databricks using an OAuth refresh token. Workspace admins control access from the Previews page.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  30. xAI Grok 4.7 is now available on Unity Gateway

    It can be accessed using Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis. Customers must ensure compliance with applicable terms.

    #Databricks AI#Unity Gateway
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)

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