Databricks releases, every cloud
- 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.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Supervisor Agent supports long-running tasks
Supports tasks that exceed 2-minute timeout, using task continuation.
- 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.
- Search in metric views fix
Now returns correct results across paginated results and supports filtering by display name.
- Lakebase databases as Databricks Apps resources
Replaces manual database configuration, requires Lakebase setup.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Beta)
Available in all supported regions, controlled from Previews page.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Empty vector search endpoints no longer incur charges
Charges stop 24 hours after last index is deleted.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase updates: OAuth role management and budget policies and tags
Creates OAuth roles via UI or REST API, and adds budget policies and custom tags to projects.
- Lakebase updates: OAuth role management, budget policies and tags, and Lakehouse sync
Creates OAuth roles via UI or REST API, and replicates Postgres tables to Unity Catalog Delta tables.
- New Lakebase instances include autoscaling by default
Autoscaling is on by default for new instances, applies to UI, API, Terraform, and SDK creations.
- Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Access via Foundation Model APIs or AI Functions, supporting pay-per-token and batch inference workloads.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Serverless compute now available for IRAP and Canada Protected B workloads on Azure Databricks
Requires environment version 5 to be enabled.
- OpenAI GPT-5.4 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis, requires compliance with OpenAI's Acceptable Use Policy.
- Lakebase is now generally available with compliance security profile
Requires HIPAA, C5, TISAX, or None compliance standard.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP, read it on their docs - Knowledge Assistant is now available by default for Enhanced Security and Compliance customers
Requires compliance security profile and HIPAA controls.
- Supervisor Agent is now available in additional regions
Now available in 9 more regions, see list of supported regions for details.
- Lakebase is now generally available on Azure
Adds autoscaling compute and scale-to-zero to 11 new Azure regions.
- Lakebase now available in three additional regions
Adds Canada Central, Europe London, and South America São Paulo regions.
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- Lakebase now includes high availability
Pairs primary compute with 1-3 secondary instances across zones, automatically promoting a secondary if primary fails.
- Managed OAuth flows for external MCP servers
Eliminates need to register own OAuth app, supports Glean, GitHub, Google Drive, and SharePoint APIs.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Version 18.0
Upgrades Redshift JDBC driver to 2.1.0.28, adds SQL window functions to metric views.
- OpenAI GPT-5.3 Codex now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Available via Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token, requiring compliance with OpenAI's Acceptable Use Policy.
- Serverless environment version 5 is now available
Includes CPU and GPU versions.
- Change to use_case field in VPC endpoint API responses Coming soon
Changes from WORKSPACE_ACCESS to GENERAL_ACCESS, see API docs for details.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is rolling out in Current
Replaces version 2025.39, requires no setup changes.
- Google Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Access via Foundation Model APIs, AI Functions for batch inference.
- Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.
- Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B now available in Public Preview as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is now available in Preview
Adds SQL scripting with procedural logic and expands parameter markers and IDENTIFIER clause support.
- Serverless compute now available for compliance standards
Adds HITRUST, PCI-DSS, TISAX, and UK Cyber Essentials Plus support.
- Supervisor Agent is now Generally Available
Available in select US regions for workspaces without Enhanced Security.
- Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, supports pay-per-token and query reasoning and vision models.
- Lakebase now available on Azure (Beta)
Lakebase on Azure offers autoscaling compute and scale-to-zero. Supported regions include eastus2, westeurope, and westus.
- New GCP regions support serverless compute
Available in me-central1 and southamerica-east1 regions.
- OpenAI GPT-5.2 Codex now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Excels at code generation and refactoring tasks. Accessible via Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token.
- OpenAI GPT-5.2 Codex now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Excels at code generation and debugging tasks, accessed via Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token.
- Serverless workspaces are now generally available
Come pre-configured with serverless compute and default storage.
- Knowledge Assistant is now available in more regions
Available in us-east-2, ca-central-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, ap-southeast-1, and ap-southeast-2. Requires cross-geo processing in ap-southeast-1 and ap-southeast-2.
- Managed MCP servers is now Public Preview
Allows AI agents to connect to Databricks resources and external APIs.
- Lakebase is now generally available
Includes autoscaling and point-in-time recovery.
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