Databricks releases, every cloud

1. Protobuf tensor input for custom model serving endpoints (Public Preview)

   Replaces JSON with serialized KServe v2 ModelInferRequest. Requires endpoints deployed after July 9, 2026.

   #Machine Learning#Model Serving
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jul 9, 2026
2. Instance events and instance pools system tables are now available (Public Preview)

   Track instance state transitions and instance pool configurations via system.compute.instance_events and system.compute.instance_pools tables.

   #Compute#Platform
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 21, 2026
3. 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 docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 9, 2026
4. Change to use_case field in VPC endpoint API responses Coming soon

   Changes from WORKSPACE_ACCESS to GENERAL_ACCESS, see API docs for details.

   #API
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 24, 2026

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