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Week of October 12, 2026

30 releases between October 12, 2026 and October 18, 2026, 17 of them change something you already run.

Behavior change
3
GA
14
Preview
3
Update
10
On
AWS 28, Azure 26, GCP 25
  1. READ METADATA privilege support for compliance security profile standards

    It is available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled.

    #Security#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  2. TypeSafe AI Jev 1.14.0 is now available on Unity Gateway

    It requires an account admin to enable the Externally-hosted TypeSafe AI Models preview.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  3. ADBC driver for Power BI is now generally available

    It is the default driver for new Power BI connections.

    #Partners
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  4. Consumer access to query Unity Gateway services is generally available

    No longer requires an account admin to enable. Increases model traffic from consumer access users.

    #Security#Unity Gateway
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  5. Lakebase Search supports Chinese, Japanese, and Korean full-text search

    It uses morphological analysis with language dictionaries to segment text into words. The extension requires version 0.2.0.

    #Lakebase
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  6. MySQL integrated CDC pipeline is now generally available

    It ingests change data from MySQL into Databricks using a single pipeline. It requires no separate ingestion gateway.

    #Data Engineering
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
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  8. Replicate data in and out of Lakebase with Postgres logical replication

    Streams changes into and out of Lakebase using native Postgres logical replication. Supports migration and sync of existing Postgres databases.

    #Lakebase
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  9. The agentic code converter is generally available for SQL conversion

    It converts SQL from dialects like T-SQL and Oracle into Databricks SQL queries.

    #Genie Code
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  10. Billing for private network gateway Coming soon

    It applies to usage starting December 1, 2026.

    #Security
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  11. Workspace-level package repositories for Databricks Apps are generally available

    Admins can configure default Python and npm repositories, which apps inherit but can override.

    #Databricks Apps
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  12. Workspace-level package repositories for Databricks Apps will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    It applies to workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled and allows admins to configure default Python and npm repositories.

    #Databricks Apps
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  13. AI Runtime will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    It allows training models on serverless GPUs without provisioning infrastructure. Availability depends on compliance standards and regions.

    #Compute#Machine Learning
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  14. Create clean rooms with identity resolution providers in one step (GA)

    It supports providers like Acxiom and LiveRamp. The provider is preconfigured as the package provider.

    #Clean Rooms
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  15. Databricks AI Runtime SDK replaces serverless_gpu

    It replaces the serverless_gpu package in GPU environment version 6. The gpus and gpu_type arguments are renamed to num_accelerators and accelerator_type.

    #Machine Learning
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  16. External access to views through the Unity REST API is generally available

    External engines can query Unity Catalog views over Delta Lake tables through the Unity REST API.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  17. External writes to managed Delta tables are now generally available

    Tables must have catalog commits enabled to use this feature.

    #Delta Lake#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  18. Google Gemini 4 Argon is now available on Unity Gateway

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

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  19. JAR workloads in clean rooms are now generally available

    JARs can be run as clean room analyses or registered as temporary UDFs.

    #Clean Rooms
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
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  21. On-demand state repartitioning is now generally available

    It resizes shuffle partitions for stateful queries without losing checkpoint state.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  22. Shared output in clean rooms is now generally available

    The shared output schema is readable as soon as each table is created. It is used to share results and logs with collaborators.

    #Clean Rooms
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  23. Agent memory pipelines are in Beta

    Connects a session store to a memory store, using an LLM to distill conversations into memory entries. Runs on demand or every 24 hours.

    #Agent Framework#Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  24. Databricks SQL version 2026.42 is now available in Preview

    It includes operating system security updates and miscellaneous bug fixes.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  25. Feature Views are now generally available

    They support batch, streaming, and request-time data. They will be enabled for compliance security profile workspaces in mid-November 2026.

    #Machine Learning
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  26. Feature Views will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    They define and compute features from batch or streaming data for model training and online serving. This starts in mid-November 2026.

    #Machine Learning
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  27. Governed tag propagation is in Beta

    It applies governed tags to derived tables and views using lineage.

    #Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  28. Inbound Private Service Connect for performance-intensive services is now generally available

    It enables private connectivity to services like Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling.

    #Networking#Security
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  29. Knowledge Assistant and Supervisor Agent are now legacy

    They are replaced by Agent Bricks CLI and Genie Agents.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  30. Parameters for Lakeflow pipelines are now generally available

    They allow SQL source code to be parameterized with key-value pairs. Defaults can be defined in pipeline settings.

    #Lakeflow
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  31. Private connectivity from serverless compute to AWS-managed resources is now generally available

    Traffic remains within the AWS network, never traversing the public internet.

    #Networking#Security
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  32. Unity Gateway Skills API and developer tools are available in Beta

    The Unity Gateway Skills API supports create, read, update, list, delete, and finalize operations. It is available across Databricks CLI and multiple language SDKs.

    #Unity Gateway
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)

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