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- Unity Gateway support for compliance security profile standards
Enabled by default for workspaces with compliance security profile. Supports all Databricks compliance standards.
- Unused OAuth client secrets are automatically deleted after 90 days
Deletes unused secrets after 90 days, create new if still needed.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway
Supports text and image inputs, accessible via Foundation Model APIs.
- Standard performance mode is now available for one-time runs in the Jobs API
Sets performance_target to STANDARD. Supports Apache Airflow's DatabricksSubmitRunOperator.
- External secrets in Unity Catalog (Beta)
Connects Unity Catalog schema to AWS Secrets Manager, appearing as read-only objects.
- See which chunks support each ai_search answer (Beta)
Added generate_citations option to show supporting chunks.
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- OpenAI GPT-6 Astra is now available on Unity Gateway
Available for enterprise workloads via pay-per-token Foundation Model APIs.
- Environment version 6 is now available
Supports serverless and standard classic compute.
- AI Search supports struct and map columns and filter-only queries
Supports indexing and filtering of struct and map columns, and filter-only queries without vector retrieval.
- Google Gemini 3.8 Flash now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requires compliance with applicable terms.
- Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requires compliance with applicable terms.
- ai_transcribe function (Beta)
Transcribes audio files into text with optional speaker diarization. Returns VARIANT value.
- Restrict service principal OAuth secrets to specific API scopes
Restricts OAuth secrets to specific API scopes like sql or jobs, limiting leaked secret impact.
- Zhipu AI GLM 5.3 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Supports up to 1,048,576 tokens and 65,536 output tokens. Accessed via Foundation Model APIs.
- Unity Catalog Skills (Beta)
Publishes and governs agent skills, controlling access with Unity Catalog permissions.
- xAI Grok 4.6 is now available on Unity Gateway
Access through governed API, switch models without changing code.
- Zhipu AI GLM 5.3 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway
Access through the same governed API, with centralized permissions and no code changes required.
- ai_prep_search supports plain text and markdown input (Beta)
Accepts STRING content, no need for ai_parse_document preprocessing.
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- Upcoming end of life for the Supervisor API Coming soon
Replaced by custom agents on Databricks Apps, ends September 30, 2026.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (0813) is now available on Unity Gateway
Access through the same governed API as other models, with centralized permissions and controls. Switch models without changing application code.
- Block or redact sensitive data in requests and responses
Detects SSNs, credit cards, and phone numbers using regex and checksums. Requires Enhanced Unity Gateway preview.
- Cross-workspace access for serverless (Beta)
Controls serverless network traffic between workspaces with ingress and egress rules.
- Google Gemini 3.7 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway
Access through the same governed API as other models, with no application code changes required.
- Smart Routing: Cut AI costs by routing each task to the right model
Works with Claude Code and Codex via Unity Gateway CLI or Omnigent. Cuts task cost by over 30%.
- ABAC GRANT policies now cover Unity Gateway resource types (Beta)
Supports model services, model provider services, MCP services, and agent services, allowing tag-based access.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) is now available on Unity Gateway
Access through the same governed API as other models, with centralized permissions and controls.
- READ METADATA privilege is GA
Provides read-only visibility into security-sensitive metadata, including privilege grants and ABAC policies.
- ai_search function (Beta)
Retrieves info from AI Search indexes, generating optimized queries and returning relevant documents.
- Moonshot AI Kimi K3 is now available on Unity Gateway
Access through the same governed API as other models, with centralized permissions and controls. Supports native vision.
- 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.
- 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.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Anthropic Claude Opus 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.
- Priority pay-per-token for Foundation Model APIs
Priority mode is for latency-sensitive applications, requiring partner or open source models.
- Google Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requires compliance with applicable terms.
- Google Gemini 3.6 Flash now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requires compliance with applicable terms.
- Allowlist partner platform IPs in context-based ingress control (Beta)
Supports Power BI, Tableau Cloud, and dbt platform, with automatic IP list updates.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 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.
- Change to default pipeline editor for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon
Replaces legacy editor, removing it in August.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 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.
- 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.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs
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