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  1. Automatic change data feed will soon be available in all supported regions Coming soon

    Requires Databricks Runtime 19 or above with row tracking enabled. Replaces manual change data feed setup on tables.

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  2. Partner-powered AI features can no longer be disabled in the settings UI

    Settings API still allows enable or disable until November 1, 2026.

    #Administration#Databricks AI
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  3. The partner-powered AI features setting will be removed Coming soon

    Settings will remain as is, but changes will require contacting the account team after removal.

    #Administration#Databricks AI
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  4. Tags page in Governance Hub (Beta)

    Provides a centralized view of tag usage, summarizes governed tags, and offers recommendations for invalid values. Requires account admins to enable from Previews page.

    #Administration#Unity Catalog
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  5. Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens are now generally available

    Sends emails to workspace admins 7 days before token expiration for used tokens with lifetime over 7 days. No configuration is required.

    #Administration#Security
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  6. Governance Hub is in Beta

    Enables monitoring of data health and AI usage, requires account admin enablement from Previews page.

    #Administration
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  8. Transactions are now generally available

    Require catalog commits enabled on participating tables. Use BEGIN ATOMIC or BEGIN TRANSACTION syntax.

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  9. Variant and Variant shredding are now generally available

    Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3, recommended 18.1 for optimal performance.

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  10. Variant will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon

    Ingests semi-structured data from sources like Kinesis and REST APIs. Available in July 2026.

    #Delta Lake#Security
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  11. Automatic upgrades will roll out more features to existing tables Coming soon

    Adds row tracking and Checkpoint V2 to existing tables.

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  12. Legacy compute_preview system schema deprecated

    Replaced by system.compute schema.

    #Administration
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  13. Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens (Beta)

    Sends emails to workspace admins when tokens expire in 7 days, requiring no configuration.

    #Administration#Security
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  14. Managed disaster recovery is now in Public Preview

    Replicates metadata, table data, and workspace assets to a secondary region. Requires account team enablement.

    #Administration
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  15. Mission Critical add-on is now in Public Preview

    Unlocks managed disaster recovery and ESC for a single compute rate, enabled per workspace.

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  16. Configure an additional recipient for workspace operational emails

    Receives operational updates like breaking changes and incident communications, use a distribution-list alias for multiple people.

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  17. Catalog commits are now generally available

    Enables multi-statement transactions on Unity Catalog managed Delta tables, supported by products like MLflow and Delta Sharing.

    #Delta Lake#Unity Catalog
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  18. Updated AWS tag character restrictions

    Tag keys and values now cannot contain spaces or /. Tag keys also cannot be just . , .. , or _index.

    #Administration
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  19. Multi-table transactions are now in Public Preview

    Requires catalog commits on participating tables, supports Unity Catalog managed Delta tables.

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  21. Zstd is now the default compression for new managed tables

    Replaces Snappy compression, applies to Databricks Runtime 16.0 and above.

    #Delta Lake
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