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  1. Request logs and assessment logs tables deprecated

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

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  2. Supervisor Agent now supports Unity Catalog functions and external MCP servers

    Delegates tasks to Unity Catalog functions and external MCP servers.

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  3. OpenAI GPT 5 models are now generally available in Mosaic AI Model Serving

    Includes GPT-5 mini and nano models.

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  4. Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models now supported on pay-per-token endpoints

    Supports pay-per-token endpoints and Function calling.

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  5. 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.

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  6. New alert editing experience

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

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  8. Improved autoscaling behavior for Mosaic AI Model Serving

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

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  9. 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.

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  10. Visualizations fix

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

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  11. 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.

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  12. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

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

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  13. Prompt caching is now supported for Claude models

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

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  14. Semantic metadata in metric views

    Requires YAML 1.1 and Databricks Runtime 17.3 or higher.

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  15. Databricks SQL version 2025.30 is now available in Preview

    Adds LIKE operator support for UTF8 collations and ST_ExteriorRing function.

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  16. Mosaic AI Agent Framework supports automatic authentication passthrough for Lakebase resources

    Requires MLFlow 3.3.2 or above.

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  17. AI agents: Authorize on-behalf-of-user Public Preview

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

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  18. Default warehouse setting is now available in Beta

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

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  19. External MCP servers are in Beta

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

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  21. Databricks SQL version 2025.25 is rolling out in Current

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

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  22. Databricks SQL version 2025.25 is now available in Preview

    Adds recursive common table expressions and spatial SQL expressions.

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  23. Fixed timeout handling for materialized views and streaming tables

    New views and tables apply warehouse timeout, existing ones require CREATE OR REFRESH. Default timeout is 2 days.

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  24. New SQL editor is generally available

    Provides a unified authoring environment with features like real-time collaboration and enhanced Databricks Assistant integration.

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  25. Token-based rate limits now available on AI Gateway

    Configures rate limits on model serving endpoints, replacing legacy governance settings, and requires configuration updates.

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  26. OpenAI GPT OSS models now support function calling

    Supports function and tool calling on Databricks-hosted models.

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  27. OpenAI GPT OSS models now supported on provisioned throughput

    Supports GPT OSS 120B and 20B models on provisioned throughput.

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  28. Schedule jobs for Serverless GPU compute workloads

    Creates and schedules Serverless GPU jobs via notebook scheduling.

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  29. Use OpenAI GPT OSS models for batch inference and structured outputs

    Optimized for AI Functions with batch inference and structured outputs. Supports ai_query().

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  30. 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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  31. Preset date ranges for parameters in the SQL editor

    Includes options like This week, Last 30 days, and Last year for timestamp and date parameters.

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  32. Jobs & Pipelines list now includes Databricks SQL pipelines

    Includes materialized views and streaming tables created with Databricks SQL.

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  33. Inline execution history in SQL editor

    Shows past results without re-executing queries, links to past query profiles.

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  34. Databricks SQL version 2025.20 is now available in Current

    Rolls out in stages to the Current channel, see 2025.20 features for details.

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  35. SQL editor updates

    Supports date-range and multi-select parameters, and rearranges the run button and catalog picker to the header.

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  36. Git support for alerts

    Tracks alert changes, requires placing alerts in a Databricks Git folder. Newly cloned alerts are paused.

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  37. Databricks SQL version 2025.20 is now available in Preview

    Includes new features and behavioral changes in Preview channel.

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  38. Databricks SQL Serverless engine upgrades

    Upgrades bring up to 25% lower latency and add Predictive Query Execution and Photon vectorized shuffle.

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  39. User interface updates

    Emits listHistoryQueries and getHistoryQuery events on Query History page and query profile opens.

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  40. Metric views are in Public Preview

    Requires a SQL warehouse on the 2025.16 Preview channel. Abstracts complex business logic into a centralized definition.

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  41. User interface updates

    New queries are created in Drafts folder by default, moving out when saved or renamed.

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  42. New alert version in Beta

    Simplifies creating and managing alerts with a single interface, can be used alongside legacy alerts.

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