Databricks releases, every cloud
- Partner-powered AI features can no longer be disabled in the settings UI
Settings API still allows enable or disable until November 1, 2026.
- SQL alert task in Lakeflow Jobs is now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Supports all Databricks compliance security profile standards, returns evaluation state as output.
- Zerobus Ingest is now enabled by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile
Replaces manual connector setup for compliant workspaces.
- Dedicated group clusters will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon
Enables shared compute for groups with compliance security profile, supporting Databricks Runtime for ML and RDD APIs.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - MLflow trace storage in Unity Catalog will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon
Stores MLflow traces in Unity Catalog tables with unlimited storage and OTel format. Requires compliance security profile.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 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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- Query-based connectors in Lakeflow Connect will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon
Replaces CDC configuration, supports Oracle, Teradata, and others.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 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.
- Behavior changes for continuous jobs and pipelines Coming soon
Configures continuous schedule from pipeline page, wrapping pipeline in a continuous job. Replaces pipeline's built-in continuous setting for new pipelines.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Excel file format support is now available by default
Supports .xls, .xlsx, and .xlsm files without external libraries.
- Genie Code Agent mode is now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Requires HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and FedRAMP Moderate controls. Automates code generation and error fixing.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 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.
- Upcoming breaking change: default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline Coming soon
Deletes now retain associated tables by default, set cascade=true to remove them.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Supervisor Agent is now available by default for Enhanced Security and Compliance customers
Requires compliance security profile and specific controls like HIPAA or PCI-DSS.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Empty vector search endpoints no longer incur charges
Charges stop 24 hours after last index is deleted.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Serverless compute is enabled by default
Eligible Google Cloud workspaces are affected, account admins no longer need to manually enable it.
- Knowledge Assistant is now available by default for Enhanced Security and Compliance customers
Requires compliance security profile and HIPAA controls.
- File events enabled by default on new external locations
Enabled on new locations, detects file changes for storage jobs and pipelines, can be disabled after creation.
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