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- New MCP server tab
Shows managed and external servers, and lists available servers from Databricks Marketplace.
- Function calling and structured output now available using the Alibaba Cloud Qwen3-Next Instruct model (Beta)
Supports Qwen3-Next 80B A3B Instruct model.
- Feedback model deprecated for AI agents
Replaced by log_feedback API in MLflow 3.
- Request logs and assessment logs tables deprecated
Replaced by MLflow 3 for real-time tracing, stops populating November 15, 2025.
- Supervisor Agent now supports Unity Catalog functions and external MCP servers
Delegates tasks to Unity Catalog functions and external MCP servers.
- OpenAI GPT 5 models are now generally available in Mosaic AI Model Serving
Includes GPT-5 mini and nano models.
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- Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models now supported on pay-per-token endpoints
Supports pay-per-token endpoints and Function calling.
- Alibaba Cloud Qwen3-Next Instruct now available in Beta
Supports 80B A3B Instruct in us-west-2 and ap-northeast-1 regions via pay-per-token APIs.
- Improved autoscaling behavior for Mosaic AI Model Serving
Ignores brief traffic surges, scaling on sustained load increases. Reduces unnecessary concurrency scaling.
- SQL MCP server now available (Beta)
Executes SQL queries against Unity Catalog tables using SQL warehouses. Available at https://<workspace-hostname>/api/2.0/mcp/sql.
- Mosaic AI Model Serving now supports OpenAI GPT 5 models (preview)
Supports GPT-5, GPT-5 mini, and GPT-5 nano models for batch inference with AI Functions.
- Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.
- Prompt caching is now supported for Claude models
Caches thinking messages, images, and tool use via cache_control parameter.
- Mosaic AI Agent Framework supports automatic authentication passthrough for Lakebase resources
Requires MLFlow 3.3.2 or above.
- AI agents: Authorize on-behalf-of-user Public Preview
Lets agents act as the Databricks user who runs the query for added security.
- External MCP servers are in Beta
Enables agent access to external tools, requires connecting to Model Context Protocol servers.
- Token-based rate limits now available on AI Gateway
Configures rate limits on model serving endpoints, replacing legacy governance settings, and requires configuration updates.
- OpenAI GPT OSS models now support function calling
Supports function and tool calling on Databricks-hosted models.
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- OpenAI GPT OSS models now supported on provisioned throughput
Supports GPT OSS 120B and 20B models on provisioned throughput.
- Schedule jobs for Serverless GPU compute workloads
Creates and schedules Serverless GPU jobs via notebook scheduling.
- Use OpenAI GPT OSS models for batch inference and structured outputs
Optimized for AI Functions with batch inference and structured outputs. Supports ai_query().
- OpenAI GPT OSS models now available on Mosaic AI Model Serving
Supports GPT OSS 120B and 20B as hosted foundation models, accessible via pay-per-token APIs.
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