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  1. Serverless compute is now available in Azure China North 3

    Available for notebooks, jobs, pipelines, and SQL warehouses.

    #Serverless
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  2. Serverless workspaces are now available in new GCP regions

    Available in most GCP regions, see documentation for list.

    #Serverless
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  3. OpenAI GPT-5.2 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  4. Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions, supports pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.

    #Databricks AI
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  5. Serverless compute is now available in new regions

    Added to Australia Southeast, Canada Central, Mexico Central, Norway East, and South Africa North regions.

    #Serverless
    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  6. Databricks SQL version 2025.35 is rolling out in Current

    Includes new features, see documentation for details.

    #Databricks SQL
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  8. Google Gemini 3 Pro Preview now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions, supporting pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.

    #Databricks AI
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  9. Google Gemini 3 Pro Preview now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions for pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  10. Databricks SQL alerts are now in Public Preview

    Offers a new editing experience, replacing the previous version.

    #Data Warehousing#Databricks SQL
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  11. OpenAI GPT-5.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs and AI Functions for pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  12. Convert foreign tables to Unity Catalog managed or external tables (Public Preview)

    Requires Databricks Runtime 17.0 LTS or above. Uses ALTER TABLE SET MANAGED or SET EXTERNAL.

    #Databricks SQL#Unity Catalog
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  13. New MCP server tab

    Shows managed and external servers, and lists available servers from Databricks Marketplace.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  14. SQL Editor visualization fix

    Tooltips now display in front of the legend.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  15. Serverless notebook tasks can now use jobs environment

    Replaces inherited serverless environment with configurable job environment.

    #Serverless
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  16. Function calling and structured output now available using the Alibaba Cloud Qwen3-Next Instruct model (Beta)

    Supports Qwen3-Next 80B A3B Instruct model.

    #Databricks AI#Model Serving
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  17. Databricks SQL version 2025.35 is now available in Preview

    Adds EXECUTE IMMEDIATE constant expressions and LIMIT ALL for recursive CTEs.

    #Databricks SQL
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  18. Feedback model deprecated for AI agents

    Replaced by log_feedback API in MLflow 3.

    #Databricks AI
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  19. Request logs and assessment logs tables deprecated

    Replaced by MLflow 3 for real-time tracing, stops populating November 15, 2025.

    #Databricks AI
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  21. Supervisor Agent now supports Unity Catalog functions and external MCP servers

    Delegates tasks to Unity Catalog functions and external MCP servers.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  22. OpenAI GPT 5 models are now generally available in Mosaic AI Model Serving

    Includes GPT-5 mini and nano models.

    #Databricks AI#Model Serving
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  23. Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models now supported on pay-per-token endpoints

    Supports pay-per-token endpoints and Function calling.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  24. Serverless compute has been updated to version 17.3

    Updated from version 17.2, requires no configuration changes.

    #Serverless
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  25. 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.

    #Databricks AI#Model Serving
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  26. New alert editing experience

    Replaces old editor with a multi-tab editor for unified workflow.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  27. Improved autoscaling behavior for Mosaic AI Model Serving

    Ignores brief traffic surges, scaling on sustained load increases. Reduces unnecessary concurrency scaling.

    #Databricks AI#Model Serving
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  28. 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.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  29. The billable usage table now records the performance mode of serverless jobs and pipelines

    Records performance mode in product_features.performance_target column with values PERFORMANCE_OPTIMIZED, STANDARD, or null.

    #Serverless
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  30. Visualizations fix

    Fixes legend selection for charts with aliased series names in SQL editor and notebooks.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  31. 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.

    #Databricks AI#Model Serving
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  32. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  33. Prompt caching is now supported for Claude models

    Caches thinking messages, images, and tool use via cache_control parameter.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  34. Semantic metadata in metric views

    Requires YAML 1.1 and Databricks Runtime 17.3 or higher.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  35. Databricks SQL version 2025.30 is now available in Preview

    Adds LIKE operator support for UTF8 collations and ST_ExteriorRing function.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  36. Mosaic AI Agent Framework supports automatic authentication passthrough for Lakebase resources

    Requires MLFlow 3.3.2 or above.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown)
  37. AI agents: Authorize on-behalf-of-user Public Preview

    Lets agents act as the Databricks user who runs the query for added security.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  38. Admins can now manage a workspace's serverless base environments (Public Preview)

    Defines custom environment specs for serverless notebooks, allows setting a default for new notebooks.

    #Notebooks#Serverless
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  39. Default warehouse setting is now available in Beta

    Applied across SQL editor, AI/BI dashboards, and other tools, with optional user override.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  40. External MCP servers are in Beta

    Enables agent access to external tools, requires connecting to Model Context Protocol servers.

    #Databricks AI
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  41. Databricks SQL version 2025.25 is rolling out in Current

    Rolls out from August 20th to August 28th, 2025.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  42. Databricks SQL version 2025.25 is now available in Preview

    Adds recursive common table expressions and spatial SQL expressions.

    #Databricks SQL
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)

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