Databricks releases, every cloud
- Databricks Runtime 18.1 and Databricks Runtime 18.1 ML are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0.
- Databricks Runtime 18: January 27, 2026
Reports batchSize and file processing metrics, renames spark.sql.xml.legacyXMLParser.enabled config property.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (01/27)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 18.0.
- Databricks Runtime 18: January 15, 2026
Uses JDK 21, replacing JDK 17, with changes to Double and Float string representations.
- Databricks Runtime 18.0 is now GA
Replaces Databricks Runtime 7.3.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (01/09)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.
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- Databricks Runtime 18.0 and Databricks Runtime 18.0 ML are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0, includes JDK 21 as default.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (12/09)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (11/18)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (11/04)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.
- Function calling and structured output now available using the Alibaba Cloud Qwen3-Next Instruct model (Beta)
Supports Qwen3-Next 80B A3B Instruct model.
- OpenAI GPT 5 models are now generally available in Mosaic AI Model Serving
Includes GPT-5 mini and nano models.
- 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 Runtime 17.3 LTS is now GA
Replaces 7.3 LTS, requires Databricks account.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (10/21)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements.
- Improved autoscaling behavior for Mosaic AI Model Serving
Ignores brief traffic surges, scaling on sustained load increases. Reduces unnecessary concurrency scaling.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (10/07)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements.
- 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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- Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS and Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS ML are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.0.0, includes new configuration options.
- Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted foundation model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance updates
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements.
- Route-optimized endpoints now require route-optimized URL path for querying
Requires route-optimized URL path for querying, standard workspace URL path not supported for new endpoints.
- Databricks Runtime 17.2 is now is now GA
Replaces 7.3 and earlier, requires new cluster creation.
- Databricks Runtime maintenance update
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements.
- Databricks Runtime 17.1 is now is now GA
Replaces Databricks Runtime 7.3.
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