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Release					Date
Variant shredding will soon be enabled by default on new Variant tables Coming soon Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3 or above. Breaks compatibility with Databricks Runtime 15.4. #Databricks SQL #Delta Lake #Lakeflow	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Sep 22, 2026
Query text is now masked by default in system tables and APIs Masking applies to system.query.history, Query History API, and List Queries API. Account admins can grant access to unmasked text via databricks_pii_access group. #Audit logs #Security	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 26, 2026
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. #Databricks SQL #Security	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	Jul 9, 2026
Upcoming breaking change: default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline Coming soon Deletes now retain associated tables by default, set cascade=true to remove them. #API #Lakeflow	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 9, 2026
The sourceIpAddress field in audit logs will no longer include a port number Coming soon Removes port number, which was always 0, for consistency with other logs. #Audit logs	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Jun 1, 2025

Variant shredding will soon be enabled by default on new Variant tables Coming soon
Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3 or above. Breaks compatibility with Databricks Runtime 15.4.

#Databricks SQL #Delta Lake #Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Sep 22, 2026
Query text is now masked by default in system tables and APIs
Masking applies to system.query.history, Query History API, and List Queries API. Account admins can grant access to unmasked text via databricks_pii_access group.

#Audit logs #Security

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 26, 2026
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.

#Databricks SQL #Security

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docs SAP, read it on their docs Jul 9, 2026
Upcoming breaking change: default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline Coming soon
Deletes now retain associated tables by default, set cascade=true to remove them.

#API #Lakeflow

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 9, 2026
The sourceIpAddress field in audit logs will no longer include a port number Coming soon
Removes port number, which was always 0, for consistency with other logs.

#Audit logs

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

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