Databricks releases, every cloud

1. Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens are now generally available

   Sends emails to workspace admins 7 days before token expiration for used tokens with lifetime over 7 days. No configuration is required.

   #Administration#Security
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jul 22, 2026
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Legacy compute_preview system schema deprecated

   Replaced by system.compute schema.

   #Administration
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs Jun 22, 2026
6. 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
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8. 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
9. Fixed LOD expression syntax update for metric views

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

   #Databricks SQL
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 20, 2026
10. Configure an additional recipient for workspace operational emails

    Receives operational updates like breaking changes and incident communications, use a distribution-list alias for multiple people.

    #Administration
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 14, 2026
11. 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
12. Search in metric views fix

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

    #Databricks SQL
    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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