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  1. Alibaba Cloud Qwen3.5 122B A10B now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, available in Public Preview.

    #Databricks AI#Model Serving
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  2. Databricks Runtime 18: May 4, 2026

    Clusters using XPath no longer load external DTDs, and NULL structs are stored as NULL.

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  3. Databricks Runtime 18.2 is now GA

    Replaces 7.3 and 7.3 ML.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  4. Native data profiling for results tables in the SQL editor

    Select column headers and click Open selection details to view statistics.

    #Databricks SQL
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  5. Agent Bricks Supervisor Agent now supports custom MCP servers and custom agents on Databricks Apps

    Adds support for custom MCP servers and custom agents hosted in Databricks Apps as subagents.

    #Databricks AI
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  6. agg SQL function as a synonym for measure

    Replaces measure, used as agg(measure_column) in metric views.

    #Databricks SQL
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  8. Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/29)

    Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for LTS versions 13.3 to 16.4.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  9. 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Public Preview)

    Provides 512 workers, available in all regions, controlled from Previews page.

    #Databricks SQL
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  10. Manage Supervisor Agent programmatically with the Databricks SDK (Beta)

    Creates and manages Supervisor Agent and tools via Python SDK. Requires Databricks SDK for Python.

    #Databricks AI
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  11. OpenAI GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro now available as Databricks-hosted models

    Access via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis, requiring compliance with applicable terms.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  12. Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is rolling out in Current

    Replaces version 2026.09, requires no configuration changes.

    #Databricks SQL
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  13. CPU_MEDIUM and CPU_LARGE workload types for Model Serving (Beta)

    Trade concurrency for more memory per worker on same CPU hardware, for models needing more memory than standard CPU workload.

    #Databricks AI
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  14. Databricks Runtime 18: April 20, 2026

    Replaces EPSG:102100 with ESRI:102100 for GEOMETRY type. Includes OS security updates.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  15. Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/20)

    Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.1.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  16. Supervisor API for building agents (Beta)

    Replaces multiple API calls with a single call to build agents.

    #Databricks AI
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  17. ai_parse_document is now generally available

    Parses structured content from unstructured documents, limited to 500 pages and 100 MB.

    #Databricks AI
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  18. Anthropic Claude Opus 4.7 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, supports pay-per-token queries.

    #Databricks AI
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  19. AI Gateway now governs MCP servers (Beta)

    Enforces access control and monitors usage across MCP interactions, replacing prior governance methods.

    #Databricks AI
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  21. Upcoming breaking change: default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline Coming soon

    Deletes now retain associated tables by default, set cascade=true to remove them.

    #API#Lakeflow
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  22. ai_prep_search (Beta)

    Transforms ai_parse_document output into search-ready chunks for vector search and RAG pipelines.

    #Databricks AI
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  23. Databricks Runtime 18.2 and Databricks Runtime 18.2 ML are in Beta

    Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  24. Databricks Runtime 18: April 2, 2026

    Adds VOID column support in UDTs and 30-second socket timeout for JDBC streaming sink connections.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  25. Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/02)

    Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.1.

    #Databricks Runtime
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  26. Agent Bricks Knowledge Assistant and Supervisor Agent are now available in additional regions

    Available in ap-south-1 region, requires cross-geo processing.

    #Databricks AI
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  27. Agent Bricks Knowledge Assistant and Supervisor Agent are now available on GCP

    Available in 6 GCP regions, requiring cross-geo processing in europe-west3 and asia-southeast1.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  28. Databricks Documentation site table of contents tabs

    Replaces static sidebar with tabbed navigation, includes 6 context tabs.

    #Documentation
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  29. New SQL editor default enablement and legacy SQL editor retirement Coming soon

    New SQL editor becomes default in May, legacy editor retires in July.

    #Databricks SQL
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  30. Agent Bricks now covers all Databricks AI capabilities

    Covers declarative agents and all other Databricks AI capabilities.

    #Databricks AI
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  31. ai_classify and ai_extract now support v2 signatures (Public Preview)

    Supports improved quality and performance with native composability with ai_parse_document.

    #Databricks AI
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  32. Classification and Information Extraction are in Public Preview

    Built on v2 signatures of ai_classify and ai_extract, they provide visual UIs for document analysis.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  33. Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is now available in Preview

    Fixes observation metric errors, optimizes Unity Catalog writes, and uses session timezone for timestamp partitions.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  34. Supervisor Agent is now available by default for Enhanced Security and Compliance customers

    Requires compliance security profile and specific controls like HIPAA or PCI-DSS.

    #Databricks AI
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  35. Supervisor Agent supports long-running tasks

    Supports tasks that exceed 2-minute timeout, using task continuation.

    #Databricks AI
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  36. OpenAI GPT-5.4 mini and GPT-5.4 nano now available as Databricks-hosted models

    Access via Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token, requires compliance with OpenAI's Acceptable Use Policy.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  37. Search in metric views fix

    Now returns correct results across paginated results and supports filtering by display name.

    #Databricks SQL
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  38. 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Beta)

    Available in all supported regions, controlled from Previews page.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  39. Empty vector search endpoints no longer incur charges

    Charges stop 24 hours after last index is deleted.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  40. Databricks Runtime 18: March 11, 2026

    Replaces previous behavior where observation metric errors caused query failures.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  41. Databricks Runtime 18.1 is now GA

    Replaces Databricks Runtime 7.3.

    #Databricks Runtime
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  42. Databricks Runtime 18: March 10, 2026

    Includes clearer error messages for scalar subqueries and operating system security updates.

    #Databricks Runtime
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