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  1. Databricks Apps is now on by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

    Requires compliance security profile.

    #Databricks Apps#Security
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  2. Databricks Apps telemetry is now generally available

    Collects traces, logs, and metrics to Unity Catalog tables using OpenTelemetry.

    #Databricks Apps
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  3. Sharing foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available

    Allows sharing tables from OneLake, Hive metastore, or AWS Glue without copying data.

    #Delta Sharing
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  4. Sharing foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available

    Includes tables from external Iceberg catalogs via Lakehouse Federation.

    #Delta Sharing
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  5. Sharing foreign schemas and tables with OpenSharing is now generally available

    Sharing foreign schemas and tables doesn't copy data into Databricks. It incurs compute and storage costs on the provider's side.

    #Delta Sharing
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  6. Horizontal scaling for Databricks Apps will soon be available for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    Automatically enabled in October 2026 for compliance workspaces, allowing multiple instances behind a single URL.

    #Databricks Apps
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  8. Share metric views with OpenSharing (Beta)

    Allows sharing with users in other metastores or accounts. Requires adding views to a share.

    #Delta Sharing
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  9. Share foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing (Public Preview)

    Allows read-only access to Delta tables in foreign catalogs like OneLake or AWS Glue.

    #Delta Sharing
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  10. User authorization for Databricks Apps will soon be available for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    Enables apps to act with user identity, enforcing existing permissions. Automatically enabled in late September 2026.

    #Databricks Apps
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  11. Sharing managed Iceberg tables is now generally available

    Now supports sharing to external Iceberg clients.

    #Delta Sharing
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  12. Sharing tables backed by default storage is now generally available

    Enabled by default on a rolling basis, can be shared with classic compute recipients.

    #Delta Sharing
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  13. Sharing tables backed by default storage will be enabled by default for all accounts Coming soon

    Automatically enabled for most Enterprise or Premium tier accounts in mid-September 2026.

    #Delta Sharing
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  14. Sharing Delta tables with deletion vectors and column mapping is now generally available

    Enables sharing tables with deletion vectors or column mapping. Requires setup in Add tables with deletion vectors or column mapping to a share.

    #Delta Sharing
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  15. Sharing Delta tables with Iceberg reads enabled is now generally available

    Enables reading Delta tables as Iceberg tables, requires Databricks Runtime 8.4 or above.

    #Delta Sharing
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  16. Databricks-hosted sample datasets available in the samples catalog

    Available in Unity Catalog-enabled workspaces through OpenSharing as samples.databricks.datasets.

    #Delta Sharing#Unity Catalog
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  17. Trigger.AvailableNow support for OpenSharing streaming (GA)

    Replaces Trigger.Once, requires Databricks Runtime 18.0 or above.

    #Delta Sharing
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  18. OIDC is now supported for sharing to Iceberg clients

    Supports Iceberg REST Catalog clients like Snowflake or OSS Spark. Requires OpenID Connect federation.

    #Delta Sharing
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  19. Databricks Apps horizontal scaling (Beta)

    Runs across multiple instances behind a single URL, supports zero-downtime deployments.

    #Databricks Apps
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  21. App telemetry for Databricks Apps is now in Public Preview

    Collects traces, logs, and metrics via OpenTelemetry protocol to Unity Catalog tables.

    #Databricks Apps
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  22. Cloud token access for open Delta Sharing sharing (GA)

    Supports directory-based access mode, includes cloud storage location and temporary credentials.

    #Delta Sharing
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  23. Updated UI navigation for Databricks Apps

    Streamlines app editing and deployment workflows, accessible from the app switcher.

    #Databricks Apps
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  24. Column-level SAP governance tags sync into Unity Catalog

    Includes fieldSemantics, isPotentiallyPersonal, and isPotentiallySensitive tags for ABAC policies.

    #Delta Sharing
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  25. Share foreign Iceberg tables with Delta Sharing (Public Preview)

    Adds read-only access to federated foreign Iceberg tables. Requires Delta Sharing.

    #Delta Sharing
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  26. Git-backed app deployments are now generally available

    Deploys apps from Git repositories, allowing Git-only deployments across a workspace.

    #Databricks Apps
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  27. SAP semantic metadata syncs automatically into Unity Catalog

    Includes table and column comments, primary keys, and foreign keys.

    #Delta Sharing
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  28. Changes to OpenSharing (formerly Delta Sharing) open recipient tokens Coming soon

    Replaces old Delta Sharing endpoint with recipient-specific URL format. New tokens use https://<recipient-id>.opensharing.us-west-2.cloud.databricks.com.

    #Delta Sharing
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  29. Databricks Apps supports uv for Python dependency management

    Uses pyproject.toml and uv.lock files. Replaces prior dependency management methods.

    #Databricks Apps
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  30. Lakebase databases as Databricks Apps resources

    Replaces manual database configuration, requires Lakebase setup.

    #Databricks Apps#Lakebase
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  31. Databricks Apps compute sizing support for compliance security profile standards

    Available by default for workspaces with compliance security profile enabled, supporting all Databricks compliance standards.

    #Databricks Apps
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  32. New resources for Databricks Apps

    Adds app-to-app communication and governed table access. Requires Unity Catalog tables.

    #Databricks Apps
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  33. Databricks Apps telemetry (Beta)

    Collects traces, logs, and metrics via OpenTelemetry protocol to Unity Catalog tables.

    #Databricks Apps
    AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  34. Deploy Databricks apps from Git repositories (Beta)

    Deploys from any branch, tag, or commit, without uploading files to the workspace.

    #Databricks Apps
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  35. Tag Databricks Apps (Public Preview)

    Organize and categorize apps, but search is not supported.

    #Databricks Apps#Unity Catalog
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  36. Compute sizing for Databricks Apps is now generally available

    Offers Medium (2 vCPUs, 6 GB) and Large (4 vCPUs, 12 GB) sizes.

    #Databricks Apps
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  37. Update request parameters for Delta Sharing recipient audit log events

    Includes catalog_name, in addition to share_name.

    #Delta Sharing
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  38. New resource types for Databricks Apps

    Adds MLflow experiments, vector search indexes, UDFs, and Unity Catalog connections as resources.

    #Databricks Apps
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  39. Delta Sharing to external Iceberg clients is in Public Preview

    Supports Snowflake, Trino, Flink, and Spark clients with zero-copy access.

    #Delta Sharing
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  40. New token expiration policy for open Delta Sharing

    New tokens expire in 1 year, existing ones expire on December 8, 2026.

    #Delta Sharing
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  41. Configure compute size for Databricks Apps (Public Preview)

    Controls CPU, memory, and cost based on workload requirements.

    #Databricks Apps
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  42. ABAC-secured assets shared using Delta Sharing is in Public Preview

    Applies to tables and schemas, but not streaming tables or materialized views.

    #Delta Sharing#Unity Catalog
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