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Databricks Runtime 18 and Databricks Runtime 18 for Machine Learning are in Beta Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0, replacing separate release notes for feature versions. #Databricks Runtime	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 22, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: May 18, 2026 Preserves table comments by default, auto-casts compatible column types in DataFrame writes. #Databricks Runtime	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 18, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (05/13) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.2. #Databricks Runtime	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 13, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: May 4, 2026 Clusters using XPath no longer load external DTDs, and NULL structs are stored as NULL. #Databricks Runtime	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 4, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18.2 is now GA Replaces 7.3 and 7.3 ML. #Databricks Runtime	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 4, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/29) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for LTS versions 13.3 to 16.4. #Databricks Runtime	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 29, 2026
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Databricks Runtime 18: April 20, 2026 Replaces EPSG:102100 with ESRI:102100 for GEOMETRY type. Includes OS security updates. #Databricks Runtime	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 20, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/20) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.1. #Databricks Runtime	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 20, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18.2 and Databricks Runtime 18.2 ML are in Beta Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0. #Databricks Runtime	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 8, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: April 2, 2026 Adds VOID column support in UDTs and 30-second socket timeout for JDBC streaming sink connections. #Databricks Runtime	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 2, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/02) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.1. #Databricks Runtime	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 2, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: March 11, 2026 Replaces previous behavior where observation metric errors caused query failures. #Databricks Runtime	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 11, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18.1 is now GA Replaces Databricks Runtime 7.3. #Databricks Runtime	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 11, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: March 10, 2026 Includes clearer error messages for scalar subqueries and operating system security updates. #Databricks Runtime	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 10, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (03/10) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.0. #Databricks Runtime	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 10, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: February 26, 2026 Adds SET and UNSET METADATA ON COLUMN SQL commands for Unity Catalog table columns. Includes OS security updates. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 26, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (02/26) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 18.0. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 26, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: February 19, 2026 Inferencing Excel string cells now respects cell type, updating from auto-casting to narrower types. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 19, 2026
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Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (02/19) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 18.0. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 19, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18.1 and Databricks Runtime 18.1 ML are in Beta Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 17, 2026
View and restore your recent workspace tab sessions Restores up to 10 recent sessions. #Lakeflow #Notebooks #Workspace	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Jan 30, 2026
Serverless workspaces are now generally available Come pre-configured with serverless compute and default storage. #Serverless #Workspace	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Jan 29, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: January 27, 2026 Reports batchSize and file processing metrics, renames spark.sql.xml.legacyXMLParser.enabled config property. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Jan 27, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (01/27) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 18.0. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Jan 27, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: January 15, 2026 Uses JDK 21, replacing JDK 17, with changes to Double and Float string representations. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Jan 15, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18.0 is now GA Replaces Databricks Runtime 7.3. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Jan 15, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (01/09) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Jan 9, 2026
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	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Dec 9, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (12/09) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Dec 9, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (11/18) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Nov 18, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (11/04) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Nov 4, 2025
Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS is now GA Replaces 7.3 LTS, requires Databricks account. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Oct 22, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (10/21) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Oct 21, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (10/07) Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Oct 7, 2025
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. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Oct 6, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Sep 24, 2025
Databricks Runtime 17.2 is now is now GA Replaces 7.3 and earlier, requires new cluster creation. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Sep 16, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance update Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Sep 8, 2025
Databricks Runtime 17.1 is now is now GA Replaces Databricks Runtime 7.3. #Databricks Runtime	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Aug 1, 2025

Databricks Runtime 18 and Databricks Runtime 18 for Machine Learning are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0, replacing separate release notes for feature versions.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 22, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: May 18, 2026
Preserves table comments by default, auto-casts compatible column types in DataFrame writes.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 18, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (05/13)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.2.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 13, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: May 4, 2026
Clusters using XPath no longer load external DTDs, and NULL structs are stored as NULL.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 4, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18.2 is now GA
Replaces 7.3 and 7.3 ML.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 4, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/29)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for LTS versions 13.3 to 16.4.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 29, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
Databricks Runtime 18: April 20, 2026
Replaces EPSG:102100 with ESRI:102100 for GEOMETRY type. Includes OS security updates.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 20, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/20)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.1.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 20, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18.2 and Databricks Runtime 18.2 ML are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 8, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: April 2, 2026
Adds VOID column support in UDTs and 30-second socket timeout for JDBC streaming sink connections.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 2, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (04/02)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.1.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 2, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: March 11, 2026
Replaces previous behavior where observation metric errors caused query failures.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 11, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18.1 is now GA
Replaces Databricks Runtime 7.3.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 11, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: March 10, 2026
Includes clearer error messages for scalar subqueries and operating system security updates.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 10, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (03/10)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 13.3 to 18.0.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 10, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: February 26, 2026
Adds SET and UNSET METADATA ON COLUMN SQL commands for Unity Catalog table columns. Includes OS security updates.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 26, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (02/26)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 18.0.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 26, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: February 19, 2026
Inferencing Excel string cells now respects cell type, updating from auto-casting to narrower types.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 19, 2026
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Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (02/19)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 18.0.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 19, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18.1 and Databricks Runtime 18.1 ML are in Beta
Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 17, 2026
View and restore your recent workspace tab sessions
Restores up to 10 recent sessions.

#Lakeflow #Notebooks #Workspace

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Jan 30, 2026
Serverless workspaces are now generally available
Come pre-configured with serverless compute and default storage.

#Serverless #Workspace

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Jan 29, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: January 27, 2026
Reports batchSize and file processing metrics, renames spark.sql.xml.legacyXMLParser.enabled config property.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Jan 27, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (01/27)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 18.0.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Jan 27, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18: January 15, 2026
Uses JDK 21, replacing JDK 17, with changes to Double and Float string representations.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Jan 15, 2026
Databricks Runtime 18.0 is now GA
Replaces Databricks Runtime 7.3.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Jan 15, 2026
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (01/09)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Jan 9, 2026
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

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Dec 9, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (12/09)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Dec 9, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (11/18)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Nov 18, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (11/04)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements for versions 12.2 to 17.3.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Nov 4, 2025
Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS is now GA
Replaces 7.3 LTS, requires Databricks account.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Oct 22, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (10/21)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Oct 21, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (10/07)
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Oct 7, 2025
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.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Oct 6, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Sep 24, 2025
Databricks Runtime 17.2 is now is now GA
Replaces 7.3 and earlier, requires new cluster creation.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Sep 16, 2025
Databricks Runtime maintenance update
Includes bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Sep 8, 2025
Databricks Runtime 17.1 is now is now GA
Replaces Databricks Runtime 7.3.

#Databricks Runtime

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 1, 2025

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