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- Lakebase Search is generally available
Adds scalable vector and keyword search to Lakebase projects via Postgres extensions.
- Lakebase snapshots API (Beta)
Manages point-in-time snapshots of project branches, allowing create, get, list, delete, and restore operations.
- Lakebase now supports PCI-DSS and HITRUST in all AWS regions
Requires compliance security profile enabled. Previously limited to us-east-1 region.
- Lakebase now available in Azure Japan East region (japaneast)
Available in japaneast region, requires Postgres database setup.
- LTAP Direct Writes accelerates synced table loads (Beta)
Requires Postgres 17, enabled from Previews page. Writes directly to storage layer.
- Genie Code is now available in the Lakebase project UI
Lets you run multi-step data and AI tasks with natural language input. Available for all Lakebase projects.
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- Postgres minor version updates
Updates to 16.15, 17.11, and 18.6, applied on compute restart.
- Lakebase adds compliance security profile standards on Azure
Supports ISMAP, IRAP, and UK Cyber Essentials Plus on Azure.
- Write data back to Azure Databricks from Google Sheets
Writes to Unity Catalog tables, creating or overwriting them.
- Write data back to Databricks from Google Sheets
Creates or overwrites Unity Catalog tables from Google Sheets.
- Lakebase available in four new Azure regions
Added to North Central US, France Central, Germany West Central, and East Asia regions.
- Lakebase Postgres APIs are now generally available
Supports operations for projects, branches, and databases through REST API, CLI, and SDKs.
- Lakebase now supports PCI-DSS and HITRUST
Requires compliance security profile, limited to us-east-1 on AWS.
- Lakebase is enabled by default in compliance security profile workspaces
Replaces manual Lakebase enablement in HIPAA, C5, or TISAX workspaces.
- Environment variables for serverless jobs are in Beta
Requires workspace admin to enable from Previews page.
- Filter updates for the Azure Databricks Excel Add-in
Supports cascading filters and case-insensitive string matching, replacing LIKE and IN filters.
- Filter updates for the Databricks Excel Add-in
Supports cascading filters and case-insensitive string matching, replaces LIKE and IN filters.
- Diagnose and fix Lakebase issues with Genie, using telemetry in Unity Catalog (Beta)
Uses Unity Catalog database telemetry and conversation with Genie for troubleshooting.
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- Scala and Java UDFs in Unity Catalog are now generally available
Reuses existing JVM logic, offers better performance than Python UDFs.
- Lakebase now provides a service level agreement (SLA)
Commits to monthly uptime percentage for zone-redundant and single-compute endpoints.
- Lakebase is now SOC 2 Type 2 compliant
SOC 2 Type 2 compliance covers security and availability controls. Reports are available through account teams.
- Lakebase update notifications now post 3 days in advance
Replaces 7-day notice, check project settings for upcoming updates.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Object metadata column is now in Public Preview
Exposes object properties like MIME type and tags, available in Databricks Runtime 18.1.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - MySQL integrated CDC pipeline is now in Beta
Replaces separate ingestion gateway, requires single pipeline update.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase now available in AWS Tokyo region (ap-northeast-1)
Available in ap-northeast-1, supports Postgres database.
- 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.
- Lakebase now supports Postgres 18
Postgres 17 remains the default, select Postgres 18 when creating a project.
- Lakebase Search adds vector, keyword, and hybrid search to Postgres (Beta)
Adds vector and keyword search to Postgres with lakebase_vector and lakebase_text extensions, replacing separate search stacks.
- AUTO CDC flows for streaming tables in Databricks SQL are generally available
Automatically handles out-of-order records as SCD type 1 or 2, replacing complex MERGE INTO logic.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase Postgres is now in Beta
Available in us-east4, us-central1, and europe-west3 regions.
- 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.
- Converting a partitioned table to liquid clustering is generally available
Uses ALTER TABLE command, requires Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above.
- Lakehouse Replay (Beta)
Automatically replays serverless workloads against upcoming runtime releases. Requires no setup.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Lakebase snapshot storage is now billed
Billed starting June 1, 2026, with size shown on Backup & Restore page.
- Postgres password authentication is now disabled by default for new Lakebase projects
Existing projects are unaffected, enable in project settings to allow.
- Customer-managed keys for Lakebase available in all AWS and Azure regions
Encrypts project data at rest using a custom cloud KMS key. Available for new projects.
- Lakebase now supports compute sizes up to 64 CU (128 GB)
Replaces 32 CU (64 GB RAM) limit, enables dynamic scaling for larger workloads.
- Recover a deleted Lakebase project within 7 days
Restores all branches, databases, and settings. Requires action within 7 days.
- New Lakebase instances now scale to zero by default
New instances scale to zero after 24 hours of inactivity, reducing compute costs. Existing projects are unaffected.
- 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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