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  1. Genie Agents enhancements

    Raises PDF character limit to 15,000. Adds beta APIs and Unity Catalog volume analysis.

  2. Genie One and Genie Agents billed usage corrections

    Corrects billed usage to reflect free status through January 31, 2027. Adds correction records to system.billing.usage.

  3. Warehouse-level statement timeouts (Beta)

    Set via statement_timeout field in Create or Update warehouse APIs.

  4. Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes

    Now saves chat threads as agents, shares individual conversations.

  5. Genie One and Genie Agents usage is free through January 31, 2027

    Budget controls do not apply, Genie Code is still billed.

  6. Genie Agents enhancements

    Groups SQL expressions with example queries, opens in chat or workspace UI based on privileges.

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  8. Genie Agents enhancements

    Genie Agents now group SQL expressions with example queries, and open in chat or workspace UI based on privileges.

    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud)
  9. Genie Agents now uses pay-as-you-go pricing

    Includes 150 free DBUs per month, with usage beyond that billed in DBUs.

  10. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Agent mode uses multi-step reasoning for complex questions. Supports local Excel and CSV file uploads.

  11. Lakehouse Real-Time (Beta)

    Delivers sub-second SQL read queries against Unity Catalog tables. Built for low-latency workloads.

  12. Databricks SQL version 2026.20 is now available in Preview

    Adds IP address functions, NEAREST BY join type, and QUALIFY clause, with fixes for MERGE WITH SCHEMA EVOLUTION.

  13. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Genie Code now includes skills for authoring and maintaining Genie Agents.

  14. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes

    Saves visualizations to dashboards and supports Declarative Automation Bundles.

  15. Lakehouse Replay (Beta)

    Automatically replays serverless workloads against upcoming runtime releases. Requires no setup.

  16. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Adds chat prompt monitoring, knowledge store edit confirmation, and conversation deletion.

  17. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes

    Agent mode thinking traces now cite definitions, respects default sharing settings.

  18. Databricks SQL version 2026.15 is now available in Preview

    XPath no longer fetches external DTDs, fixing failures from malformed URLs.

  19. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes

    Genie Agents now use Fields instead of Dimensions in metric views and SQL expressions.

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  21. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes

    Max query text characters raised to 40,000.

  22. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Exports context as metric views and logs iframe messages.

  23. Native data profiling for results tables in the SQL editor

    Select column headers and click Open selection details to view statistics.

  24. agg SQL function as a synonym for measure

    Replaces measure, used as agg(measure_column) in metric views.

  25. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Adds weekly digest and PDF upload to monitoring tab. Supports natural language analysis of PDFs.

  26. Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is rolling out in Current

    Replaces version 2026.09, requires no configuration changes.

  27. Genie Code space configuration

    Replaces Genie Space configuration, updates instructions and descriptions.

  28. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Adds API access to reasoning traces and message comments, increases token limit for Agent mode.

  29. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Embeds as an iframe, adds space thumbnails and table visualizations with conditional formatting.

  30. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Adds column display names and programmatically starts conversations.

  31. Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is now available in Preview

    Fixes observation metric errors, optimizes Unity Catalog writes, and uses session timezone for timestamp partitions.

  32. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements

    Adds option to share with all account users, respects workspace SQL download settings.

  33. Connect external data sources to chat in Genie One (Beta)

    Allows chat to search company documents, requires individual user authentication.

  34. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes

    Inspect improves SQL accuracy with automated verification. Agent mode is now available in more regions.

  35. 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Beta)

    Available in all supported regions, controlled from Previews page.

  36. Chat in Genie One (Beta)

    Replaces Genie Space with Genie Agent routing.

  37. Some partner-powered AI features are now available in-country for Brazil, Canada, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and the UK

    Requires Enforce data processing within workspace Geography enabled. Data does not leave the country.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  38. Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and improvements

    Adds 5 generally available management APIs and fixes instruction length bug.

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