Databricks releases, every cloud

1. Improved workspace files read performance

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

   #Developers
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 16, 2026
2. Workspace admin setting for serverless notebook execution timeout

   Replaces manual override process, defaults to 2.5 hours.

   #Admin#Serverless
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 27, 2026
3. Databricks CLI is now GA

   Stores U2M tokens in OS-native secure storage.

   #Developers
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 21, 2026
4. Faster package installs with %uv pip in serverless notebooks

   Requires environment version 5 or above. Replaces %pip for faster installs.

   #Notebooks#Serverless
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 7, 2026

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