Databricks releases, every cloud

1. Databricks Runtime 19 and Databricks Runtime 19 for Machine Learning are in Beta

   Powered by Apache Spark 4.2.0.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 15, 2026
2. Lakebase Postgres is now in Beta

   Available in us-east4, us-central1, and europe-west3 regions.

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   AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 15, 2026
3. Databricks Runtime 18 and Databricks Runtime 18 for Machine Learning are in Beta

   Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0, replacing separate release notes for feature versions.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 22, 2026
4. Lakebase Change Data Feed (CDF) is now in Public Preview

   Captures row-level changes from Postgres tables as Delta tables, requiring no external CDC stack.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) May 12, 2026
5. Databricks Runtime 18.2 and Databricks Runtime 18.2 ML are in Beta

   Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 8, 2026
6. Databricks Runtime 18.1 and Databricks Runtime 18.1 ML are in Beta

   Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 17, 2026
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8. Lakebase now in Public Preview

   Introduces autoscaling compute and database branching on AWS. Free until January 2026.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Dec 12, 2025
9. Databricks Runtime 18.0 and Databricks Runtime 18.0 ML are in Beta

   Powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0, includes JDK 21 as default.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Dec 9, 2025
10. Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS and Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS ML are in Beta

    Powered by Apache Spark 4.0.0, includes new configuration options.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Oct 6, 2025
11. Budget policy support for Lakebase database instances and synced tables (Public Preview)

    Tags database instances and synced tables for billing attribution, also supports custom tags for compute usage.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Aug 25, 2025
12. Lakebase Public Preview enabled by default

    No admin enablement required, can be disabled by admins.

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    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Aug 11, 2025

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