Databricks releases, every cloud
- Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is rolling out in Current
Replaces version 2025.39, requires no setup changes.
- Databricks Runtime 18: February 19, 2026
Inferencing Excel string cells now respects cell type, updating from auto-casting to narrower types.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (02/19)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 18.0.
- TikTok Ads connector (Beta)
Ingests data from TikTok Ads into Databricks.
- HubSpot connector (Beta)
Ingests HubSpot Marketing Hub data into Databricks via Lakeflow Connect.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is now available in Preview
Adds SQL scripting with procedural logic and expands parameter markers and IDENTIFIER clause support.
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- Google Ads connector (Beta)
Ingests data from Google Ads into Databricks via Lakeflow Connect.
- Zendesk Support connector (Beta)
Ingests ticket, help center, and community forum data from Zendesk Support.
- Trigger on update for pipelines (GA)
Refreshes pipeline when source table changes, usable in Databricks SQL pipeline schedules.
- View and restore your recent workspace tab sessions
Restores up to 10 recent sessions.
- Databricks Runtime 18: January 27, 2026
Reports batchSize and file processing metrics, renames spark.sql.xml.legacyXMLParser.enabled config property.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (01/27)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 18.0.
- Google Drive connector (Beta)
Supports read_files, spark.read, COPY INTO, and Auto Loader for ingesting files.
- Databricks Runtime 18: January 15, 2026
It uses JDK 21 as the default Java Development Kit, replacing JDK 17.
- Ingest Salesforce formula fields incrementally (Beta)
Replaces snapshotting with incremental ingestion, improving performance and reducing costs.
- Row filtering for managed ingestion connectors (Beta)
Applies conditions like a SQL WHERE clause, available for Google Analytics, Salesforce, and ServiceNow connectors.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (01/09)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.
- Meta Ads connector (Beta)
Ingests data from Meta Ads, requires setup as a data source.
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- Confluence connector (Beta)
Ingests Confluence spaces and pages into Databricks, requires OAuth U2M configuration.
- Change owner for materialized views or streaming tables defined in Databricks SQL
Done through Catalog Explorer, replacing previous methods.
- Customizable SharePoint connector (Beta)
Ingests structured, semi-structured, and unstructured files into Delta tables with customizable schema inference and parsing options.
- Discover files in Auto Loader efficiently using file events
Requires file events enabled on external locations. Replaces directory listing for efficiency.
- Jira connector (Beta)
Ingests Jira issues, comments, and attachments metadata into Databricks.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (12/09)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.
- Configure full refresh behavior for managed database connectors
Applies to Lakeflow Connect managed database connectors, allowing scheduled full refresh snapshots and automatic recovery from unsupported schema changes.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.35 is rolling out in Current
Includes new features, see documentation for details.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (11/18)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.
- Jobs can now be triggered on source view update
Supports views referencing supported table types, see documentation for specifics.
- Improved full refresh flow for managed database connectors
Reduces downtime by delaying table refresh until snapshot completion, minimizing PENDING_RESET errors.
- Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines has been renamed to Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines
Replaces Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines, see Spark Declarative Pipelines for details.
- SQL Editor visualization fix
Tooltips now display in front of the legend.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (11/04)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.
- JAR tasks are now supported on serverless compute
Run JAR jobs without a cluster.
- Salesforce ingestion connector supports history tracking (SCD type 2)
Enables history tracking, overwriting default SCD type 1 behavior.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.35 is now available in Preview
Adds EXECUTE IMMEDIATE constant expressions and LIMIT ALL for recursive CTEs.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (10/21)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements.
- New alert editing experience
Replaces old editor with a multi-tab editor for unified workflow.
- Jobs can now be triggered on source table update
Triggers require Databricks Runtime 7.0 or later.
- Create backfill job runs
Triggers job runs to load past data, useful for repairing processing failures.
- Visualizations fix
Fixes legend selection for charts with aliased series names in SQL editor and notebooks.
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