Databricks releases, every cloud

1. Scala and Java UDFs in Unity Catalog are now generally available

   Reuses existing JVM logic, offers better performance than Python UDFs.

   #Data Engineering
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 16, 2026
2. Parquet v2 for Delta Lake tables is generally available

   Requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 and above, set delta.parquet.format.version to 2.12.0.

   #Data Engineering
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 29, 2026
3. Auto time-to-live for automatic row deletion is generally available

   Deletes rows from Delta Lake, Iceberg, and streaming tables based on a DATE or TIMESTAMP column.

   #Data Engineering
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 12, 2026
4. Converting a partitioned table to liquid clustering is generally available

   Uses ALTER TABLE command, requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above.

   #Data Engineering
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 12, 2026
5. Databricks SQL alerts are now generally available

   Monitors data and KPIs by running scheduled queries, notifying recipients when conditions are met.

   #Databricks SQL
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 14, 2026

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