Databricks releases, every cloud

1. Anthropic Claude Opus 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

   Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 24, 2026
2. Priority pay-per-token for Foundation Model APIs

   Priority mode is for latency-sensitive applications, requiring partner or open source models.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 22, 2026
3. ai_extract and ai_classify are now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

   Replaces manual text extraction and classification workflows, requires compliance security profile.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 15, 2026
4. 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 docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 9, 2026
5. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 is scheduled for retirement

   Replaced by Claude Sonnet 4.6, retiring October 9, 2026.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 8, 2026
6. 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.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 8, 2026
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8. Budgets are now generally available

   Define spending thresholds with optional per-user overrides and actions like email alerts.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 6, 2026
9. 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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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 30, 2026
10. Improved workspace files read performance

    Applies to serverless and classic compute with Databricks Runtime 18 and above, speeding up workloads like find and grep.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 16, 2026
11. ai_query is now generally available

    Lets you query AI models from SQL or Python.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 15, 2026
12. Faster inference tables for custom model serving endpoints

    Ingests through endpoint telemetry, with configurable sampling, and requires AI Gateway setup.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 12, 2026
13. ai_classify is now generally available

    Classifies text content according to custom labels with support for multi-label classification.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 11, 2026
14. ai_extract is now generally available

    Extracts structured data from text and documents according to a provided schema. Supports nested objects and arrays.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 11, 2026
15. Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints is generally available

    Persists OpenTelemetry logs, traces, and metrics to Unity Catalog tables.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 11, 2026
16. Anthropic Claude Fable 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Requires pay-per-token Foundation Model APIs.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 9, 2026
17. Foundation model Unity Catalog permissions is generally available

    Requires account team enablement, controls access to system.ai schema.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 5, 2026
18. Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

    Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 28, 2026
19. Databricks CLI is now GA

    Stores U2M tokens in OS-native secure storage.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 21, 2026
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21. Fixed LOD expression syntax update for metric views

    Uses SQL window functions, replacing two-step pre-computation approach.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 20, 2026
22. Databricks SQL alerts are now generally available

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

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 14, 2026
23. ai_parse_document is now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

    Requires compliance security profile and specific controls like HIPAA and PCI-DSS. Parses structured content from unstructured documents.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 13, 2026
24. Search in metric views fix

    Now returns correct results across paginated results and supports filtering by display name.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Mar 17, 2026

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