Databricks releases, every cloud
- Automatic upgrades begin rolling out row tracking and Checkpoint V2 to existing tables
Applies to existing Unity Catalog managed tables, enabled after client support is verified.
- Anthropic Claude Opus 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.
- Git CLI commands in Git folders are now in Preview
Automatically enabled in eligible workspaces, allowing git stash and pre-commit hooks.
- Automated setup for S3 external locations
Uses AWS IAM temporary delegation to configure external locations and provision required resources.
- Networking charges for performance-intensive products
Charges apply to cross-region and public-internet egress for Lakebase, OpenSharing SecureConnect, Zerobus, and Files API.
- Priority pay-per-token for Foundation Model APIs
Priority mode is for latency-sensitive applications, requiring partner or open source models.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Role-based access control (RBAC) is in Preview
Lets users assume a role with limited permissions. Requires account and workspace admin setup.
- Custom URLs for your SAP Databricks account (Preview)
Replaces default URL, available on AWS, GCP, Azure.
- Thinking Machine Labs Inkling now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Preview
Supports text and image inputs with a 1 million token context window. Accessible via Foundation Model APIs.
- Serverless compute is now available in the Azure UK West region
Supports notebooks, jobs, pipelines, and SQL warehouses, with private connectivity.
- View warehouse activity details (General Availability)
Shows color-coded annotations on Running clusters chart for query activity and idle states.
- Secrets in Unity Catalog (Preview)
Uses three-level namespace and Unity Catalog privileges for access control.
- Private connectivity to SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC)
Uses AWS PrivateLink or Azure Private Link for private connections, requiring setup on S3 buckets or storage accounts.
- Protobuf tensor input for custom model serving endpoints (Preview)
Replaces JSON with application/x-protobuf for tensor input. Only available on endpoints deployed after July 9, 2026.
- Object metadata column is now in Preview
Exposes object properties like MIME type and tags for cloud storage objects.
- Restrict access to AI Functions with Unity Catalog permissions (Preview)
Requires account team enablement, works independently of foundation model access.
- 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 - Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requiring compliance with applicable terms.
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- Metric view parameters are now in Preview
binds values at query time, replacing separate views per variant.
- Block specific internet destinations in network policies (Preview)
Blocks internet destinations from serverless workloads via REST API, enforced regardless of network access mode.
- Enable access requests across your Unity Catalog metastore (Preview)
Enables access requests at metastore level, inherited by all catalogs and schemas.
- The Discover page is now in Preview
Helps users find Unity Catalog data assets without requiring catalog hierarchy knowledge. Organizes tables and dashboards by business area.
- Publishing a Unity Catalog catalog to Microsoft Fabric is in Preview
Publishes read-only mirrored catalogs, allowing Fabric users to query Unity Catalog tables directly.
- Improved workspace files read performance
Applies to serverless and classic compute with Databricks Runtime 18 and above, speeding up workloads like find and grep.
- Configure the recovery period for dropped managed tables (Preview)
Defaults to 7 days, configurable to 0-30 days at catalog or schema level.
- Faster inference tables for custom model serving endpoints
Ingests through endpoint telemetry, with configurable sampling, and requires AI Gateway setup.
- Delta Sharing is now OpenSharing
Replaces Delta Sharing, available on GitHub and natively on Databricks.
- Anthropic Claude Fable 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Requires pay-per-token Foundation Model APIs.
- Automatic identity management for Okta (Preview)
Syncs Okta users and groups without SCIM provisioning. Supports AWS and GCP.
- Column popularity is now available in the Catalog Explorer
Shows column query count in the Overview tab, determined by read queries.
- Vector Search is now AI Search
Replaces vector-based indexing, allows full text search without embeddings.
- Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.
- Workspace admin setting for serverless notebook execution timeout
Replaces manual override process, defaults to 2.5 hours.
- Account access denylist for automatic identity management (Preview)
Blocks access for users, groups, or service principals. Applies to SAP Databricks accounts with automatic identity management.
- Workspace sidebar navigation updates
Groups Dashboards, Genie Agents, and Alerts under Analytics, renames SQL to Lakehouse.
- Configure Microsoft Entra ID SSO for Power BI (Preview)
Replaces Azure AD, requires account-level federation policy, for AWS setups.
- Fixed LOD expression syntax update for metric views
Uses SQL window functions, replacing two-step pre-computation approach.
- Vector Search storage-optimized endpoints are GA
Supports over 1 billion vectors at dimension 768, 10-20x faster indexing.
- Edits to resources in the UI now automatically update YAML
Applies to jobs and pipeline settings, see Edit bundle resources.
- SAP Databricks Add-in for Excel support for all compliance security profile standards
Supports all compliance security profile standards on AWS, GCP, Azure.
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