Databricks releases, every cloud
| Release | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arm-based instances are now supported with the compliance security profile Supports all compliance standards, previously unsupported. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Lakebase now supports Postgres 18 Postgres 17 remains the default, select Postgres 18 when creating a project. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Lakebase Search adds vector, keyword, and hybrid search to Postgres (Beta) Adds vector and keyword search to Postgres with lakebase_vector and lakebase_text extensions, replacing separate search stacks. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Azure Databricks UI assets will be served from a new CDN domain Coming soon Replaces existing domain, requires firewall update to ui-assets.azuredatabricks.net. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Private Link for account-level resources (Beta) Connects account console through VPC interface endpoint instead of public internet. Requires configuration. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens (Beta) Sends emails to workspace admins when tokens expire in 7 days, requiring no configuration. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs | |||||
| Lakehouse Replay (Beta) Automatically replays serverless workloads against upcoming runtime releases. Requires no setup. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jun 10, 2026 |
| AWS Graviton instances are now supported with the compliance security profile Supports all compliance standards in AWS commercial regions and GovCloud. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Lakebase snapshot storage is now billed Billed starting June 1, 2026, with size shown on Backup & Restore page. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Compliance security profile required for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP Coming soon Required starting September 1, 2026, for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP data. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 30, 2026 |
| Databricks SQL version 2026.15 is now available in Preview XPath no longer fetches external DTDs, fixing failures from malformed URLs. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | May 26, 2026 |
| Customer-managed keys for Lakebase available in all AWS and Azure regions Encrypts project data at rest using a custom cloud KMS key. Available for new projects. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 20, 2026 |
| Fixed LOD expression syntax update for metric views Uses SQL window functions, replacing two-step pre-computation approach. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | On SAP, read it on their docs | May 20, 2026 |
| Lakebase now supports compute sizes up to 64 CU (128 GB) Replaces 32 CU (64 GB RAM) limit, enables dynamic scaling for larger workloads. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 20, 2026 |
| Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards Supports all Azure Databricks compliance security profiles. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 19, 2026 |
| Customer-managed keys now support MLflow managed evaluation features Supports MLflow 3 scorers and requires non-CMK encrypted catalog. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | May 19, 2026 |
| Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards Supports all Databricks compliance security profiles. Requires Public Preview. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | May 19, 2026 |
| Recover a deleted Lakebase project within 7 days Restores all branches, databases, and settings. Requires action within 7 days. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 15, 2026 |
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| HIPAA support for the Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions. Requires a workspace with HIPAA compliance enabled. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 11, 2026 |
| HIPAA support for the Databricks Add-in for Excel Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | May 11, 2026 |
| Graviton instance types are available for the compliance security profile Graviton instances improve price-performance for many workloads on AWS Commercial workspaces with FedRAMP Moderate, IRAP, or CCCS Medium compliance standards. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 7, 2026 |
| Block identities from your Azure Databricks account with the account access denylist Prevents access when automatic identity management is enabled, blocking specific users, groups, or service principals. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 6, 2026 |
| Automatic identity management Syncs users and groups from identity providers like Microsoft Entra ID and Okta. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | On SAP, read it on their docs | May 5, 2026 |
| Azure UK South now has a dedicated regional control plane New workspaces require firewall allowlist entries for SCC relay tunnel and other IPs. Existing workspaces use UK West control plane unless migrated. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | On SAP, read it on their docs | May 1, 2026 |
| Native data profiling for results tables in the SQL editor Select column headers and click Open selection details to view statistics. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | May 1, 2026 |
| Upcoming change: Upgrade to Lakebase Autoscaling Coming soon Upgrades start in June 2026, replacing Provisioned instances with autoscaling, requiring updated connection strings for some Private Link setups. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 1, 2026 |
| agg SQL function as a synonym for measure Replaces measure, used as agg(measure_column) in metric views. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Configure private endpoints for serverless compute in Azure China Requires China North 3 region and network connectivity configuration. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Connect Azure Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel Replaces inbound firewall access, works with classic and serverless compute. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Connect Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel Uses proxy VMs in AWS, replacing inbound firewall access. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is rolling out in Current Replaces version 2026.09, requires no configuration changes. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Workspace object permissions will soon be inherited from all account groups Coming soon Inherited permissions include inactive grants from removed groups, potentially giving unexpected access. Users still need workspace assignment. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Lakebase OpenTelemetry export (Beta) Exports Lakebase metrics and logs to OTLP-compatible backends like Grafana Cloud or Datadog. Configured from the Lakebase App. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Customer-managed keys now support model serving Encrypts model serving container images and model artifacts in Databricks managed registry. Applies to endpoint artifacts created after April 16, 2026. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Apr 16, 2026 |
| Lakebase: Customer-managed keys Uses a cloud KMS customer-managed key for encryption. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 14, 2026 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Search in metric views fix Now returns correct results across paginated results and supports filtering by display name. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | On SAP, read it on their docs | Mar 17, 2026 |
| Lakebase databases as Databricks Apps resources Replaces manual database configuration, requires Lakebase setup. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Mar 16, 2026 |
| 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Beta) Available in all supported regions, controlled from Previews page. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Mar 13, 2026 |
| 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. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 12, 2026 |
- Arm-based instances are now supported with the compliance security profile
Supports all compliance standards, previously unsupported.
- Lakebase now supports Postgres 18
Postgres 17 remains the default, select Postgres 18 when creating a project.
- Lakebase Search adds vector, keyword, and hybrid search to Postgres (Beta)
Adds vector and keyword search to Postgres with lakebase_vector and lakebase_text extensions, replacing separate search stacks.
- Azure Databricks UI assets will be served from a new CDN domain Coming soon
Replaces existing domain, requires firewall update to ui-assets.azuredatabricks.net.
- Private Link for account-level resources (Beta)
Connects account console through VPC interface endpoint instead of public internet. Requires configuration.
- Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens (Beta)
Sends emails to workspace admins when tokens expire in 7 days, requiring no configuration.
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
- Lakehouse Replay (Beta)
Automatically replays serverless workloads against upcoming runtime releases. Requires no setup.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - AWS Graviton instances are now supported with the compliance security profile
Supports all compliance standards in AWS commercial regions and GovCloud.
- Lakebase snapshot storage is now billed
Billed starting June 1, 2026, with size shown on Backup & Restore page.
- Compliance security profile required for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP Coming soon
Required starting September 1, 2026, for HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP data.
- Databricks SQL version 2026.15 is now available in Preview
XPath no longer fetches external DTDs, fixing failures from malformed URLs.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Customer-managed keys for Lakebase available in all AWS and Azure regions
Encrypts project data at rest using a custom cloud KMS key. Available for new projects.
- Fixed LOD expression syntax update for metric views
Uses SQL window functions, replacing two-step pre-computation approach.
- Lakebase now supports compute sizes up to 64 CU (128 GB)
Replaces 32 CU (64 GB RAM) limit, enables dynamic scaling for larger workloads.
- Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards
Supports all Azure Databricks compliance security profiles.
- Customer-managed keys now support MLflow managed evaluation features
Supports MLflow 3 scorers and requires non-CMK encrypted catalog.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards
Supports all Databricks compliance security profiles. Requires Public Preview.
- Recover a deleted Lakebase project within 7 days
Restores all branches, databases, and settings. Requires action within 7 days.
- Get this table by email. One Monday mail covering the week, filtered to the clouds and products you run. Weekly digest
- HIPAA support for the Azure Databricks Add-in for Excel
Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions. Requires a workspace with HIPAA compliance enabled.
- HIPAA support for the Databricks Add-in for Excel
Available for workspaces with HIPAA compliance across all supported regions.
- Graviton instance types are available for the compliance security profile
Graviton instances improve price-performance for many workloads on AWS Commercial workspaces with FedRAMP Moderate, IRAP, or CCCS Medium compliance standards.
- Block identities from your Azure Databricks account with the account access denylist
Prevents access when automatic identity management is enabled, blocking specific users, groups, or service principals.
- Automatic identity management
Syncs users and groups from identity providers like Microsoft Entra ID and Okta.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs - Azure UK South now has a dedicated regional control plane
New workspaces require firewall allowlist entries for SCC relay tunnel and other IPs. Existing workspaces use UK West control plane unless migrated.
- Native data profiling for results tables in the SQL editor
Select column headers and click Open selection details to view statistics.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Upcoming change: Upgrade to Lakebase Autoscaling Coming soon
Upgrades start in June 2026, replacing Provisioned instances with autoscaling, requiring updated connection strings for some Private Link setups.
- agg SQL function as a synonym for measure
Replaces measure, used as agg(measure_column) in metric views.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Configure private endpoints for serverless compute in Azure China
Requires China North 3 region and network connectivity configuration.
- Connect Azure Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel
Replaces inbound firewall access, works with classic and serverless compute.
- Connect Databricks to on-premises resources using an SSH reverse tunnel
Uses proxy VMs in AWS, replacing inbound firewall access.
- Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is rolling out in Current
Replaces version 2026.09, requires no configuration changes.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Workspace object permissions will soon be inherited from all account groups Coming soon
Inherited permissions include inactive grants from removed groups, potentially giving unexpected access. Users still need workspace assignment.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase OpenTelemetry export (Beta)
Exports Lakebase metrics and logs to OTLP-compatible backends like Grafana Cloud or Datadog. Configured from the Lakebase App.
- Customer-managed keys now support model serving
Encrypts model serving container images and model artifacts in Databricks managed registry. Applies to endpoint artifacts created after April 16, 2026.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase: Customer-managed keys
Uses a cloud KMS customer-managed key for encryption.
- 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.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 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) - 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.
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