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  1. SharePoint connector (GA)

    Includes managed and standard connectors for ingestion pipelines.

  2. Unity Gateway is now generally available

    Controls AI service access and traffic, part of Unity Catalog, with some features still in Beta.

  3. Automatic cost attribution for materialized views and streaming tables in Databricks SQL

    Inherits custom tags from enclosing SQL warehouse environment for billing.

  4. OpenAI connector (Beta)

    Uses OpenAI Organization Admin API to ingest admin data, authenticates with OpenAI Admin API key.

  5. Genie Code is now available on HIPAA compliance security profile workspaces with partner-powered AI features disabled

    Genie Code uses Databricks-hosted models, with partner-powered AI features disabled.

  6. Upcoming general availability of Unity Gateway Coming soon

    Extends Unity Catalog governance to runtime interactions, controls AI service usage, and monitors traffic. Available by default for workspaces with compliance security profile in mid-September.

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  8. Unit testing for pipelines (Beta)

    Validates Python and SQL transformations against mock data. Requires Lakeflow Pipelines Editor.

  9. Anthropic Claude Opus 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.

  10. C++ SDK for the Zerobus Ingest connector is now available in Beta

    Supports JSON and Protocol Buffers for ingesting into Unity Catalog Delta tables.

  11. Override the REPLACE WHERE predicate for a single refresh

    Adds a WHERE clause to the REFRESH STREAMING TABLE command. Applies to standalone streaming tables with FLOW REPLACE WHERE clause.

  12. Priority pay-per-token for Foundation Model APIs

    Priority mode is for latency-sensitive applications, requiring partner or open source models.

  13. Google Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requires compliance with applicable terms.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  14. Google Gemini 3.6 Flash now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requires compliance with applicable terms.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  15. Meta Llama 4 Maverick is retired

    Replaced by OpenAI GPT OSS 120B, no longer on Google Cloud.

    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  16. Reddit Ads connector is now available in Beta

    Ingests advertising campaign data and performance metrics from Reddit Ads into Databricks.

  17. Warehouse-level statement timeouts (Beta)

    Set via statement_timeout field in Create or Update warehouse APIs.

  18. Anthropic managed ingestion connector (Beta)

    Ingests Compliance API data, including audit activity and Claude chats, into Databricks.

  19. Google Gemini 3 Pro is retired

    Replaced by Gemini 3.1 Pro.

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  21. MLflow trace storage in Unity Catalog will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    Stores MLflow traces in Unity Catalog tables with unlimited storage and OTel format. Requires compliance security profile.

  22. ai_extract and ai_classify are now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

    Replaces manual text extraction and classification workflows, requires compliance security profile.

  23. Thinking Machine Labs Inkling now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview

    Supports text and image inputs with a 1 million token context window. Access via Foundation Model APIs.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  24. Query-based connectors in Lakeflow Connect will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    Replaces CDC configuration, supports Oracle, Teradata, and others.

  25. Azure Databricks-provided MCP Services will GA soon Coming soon

    Enables read and write operations by default for tools like Slack and GitHub, and can be disabled in Unity Gateway.

    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  26. Databricks-provided MCP Services will GA soon Coming soon

    Enables read and write operations for Slack, GitHub, and others by default, can be disabled in Unity Gateway.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  27. Change to default pipeline editor for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    Replaces legacy editor, removing it in August.

  28. Databricks SQL alerts are now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

    Supports all compliance security profile standards, monitors data and KPIs via scheduled queries.

  29. OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, and GPT-5.6 Luna now available as Databricks-hosted models

    Access via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis, requiring compliance with applicable terms.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  30. Strac connector (Beta)

    Ingests Strac data-security audit events using a Strac API key.

  31. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 is scheduled for retirement

    Replaced by Claude Sonnet 4.6, retiring October 9, 2026.

  32. Behavior changes for continuous jobs and pipelines Coming soon

    Configures continuous schedule from pipeline page, wrapping pipeline in a continuous job. Replaces pipeline's built-in continuous setting for new pipelines.

  33. Google Gemini 2.5 Flash and Pro are scheduled for retirement

    Replaced by Gemini 3.1 Pro or Gemini 3.5 Flash, retiring October 2, 2026.

  34. Restrict access to AI Functions with Unity Catalog permissions (Public Preview)

    Requires account team enablement, restricts access to task-specific AI Functions.

  35. Zhipu AI GLM 5.2 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Supports 1 million token context window and long-horizon reasoning. Accessed via Foundation Model APIs.

  36. Excel file format support is now available by default

    Supports .xls, .xlsx, and .xlsm files without external libraries.

  37. REPLACE WHERE flows are now generally available

    Replaces full table reprocessing with row-level updates based on a predicate.

  38. Budgets are now generally available

    Define spending thresholds with optional per-user overrides and actions like email alerts.

  39. Standard performance mode is now supported for materialized view or streaming table refreshes in jobs

    Consumes fewer DBUs when Performance optimized setting is off.

  40. Lakeflow Connect row filtering is now generally available

    Works like a SQL WHERE clause, applies to initial and incremental updates.

  41. Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Image and Gemini 3 Pro Image now available as Databricks-hosted models

    Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requiring customer compliance with applicable terms.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  42. Veeva Vault connector (Beta)

    Ingests standard and custom objects from Veeva using OAuth 2.0 M2M auth.

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