Databricks releases, every cloud
| Release | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner-powered AI features can no longer be disabled in the settings UI Settings API still allows enable or disable until November 1, 2026. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Sep 8, 2026 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Genie Code for AI Runtime (Public Preview) Generates distributed training code and resolves environment issues. Requires AI Runtime. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Aug 27, 2026 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview Runs shell commands, monitors GPU usage, and manages files on serverless GPU compute. Requires environment version 5 or above. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Jul 31, 2026 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | On SAP, read it on their docs | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs | |||||
| Governance Hub is in Beta Enables monitoring of data health and AI usage, requires account admin enablement from Previews page. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Protobuf tensor input for custom model serving endpoints (Public Preview) Replaces JSON with serialized KServe v2 ModelInferRequest. Requires endpoints deployed after July 9, 2026. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Custom Docker images for AI Runtime CLI workloads (Beta) Allows custom system library versions and complex dependencies, requires setup via Use custom Docker images. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Legacy compute_preview system schema deprecated Replaced by system.compute schema. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | On SAP, read it on their docs | Jun 22, 2026 |
| AI Runtime CLI (Beta) Submits and manages distributed training workloads on serverless GPU compute from a local machine. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens (Beta) Sends emails to workspace admins when tokens expire in 7 days, requiring no configuration. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Managed disaster recovery is now in Public Preview Replicates metadata, table data, and workspace assets to a secondary region. Requires account team enablement. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Mission Critical add-on is now in Public Preview Unlocks managed disaster recovery and ESC for a single compute rate, enabled per workspace. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Reorganized Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow documentation Conceptual topics are now under Concepts. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Serve custom LLMs with Custom Model Serving (Beta) Supports multimodal models and PEFT recipes, unlike Foundation Model APIs. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 20, 2026 |
| 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. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | On SAP, read it on their docs | May 14, 2026 |
| Graviton instance types are available for the compliance security profile Graviton instances improve price-performance for many workloads on AWS Commercial workspaces with FedRAMP Moderate, IRAP, or CCCS Medium compliance standards. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | May 7, 2026 |
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| AI Runtime 1xH100 accelerator (Beta) Supports 1xH100 accelerator, see Hardware options for details. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Updated AWS tag character restrictions Tag keys and values now cannot contain spaces or /. Tag keys also cannot be just . , .. , or _index. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 15, 2026 |
| C5, TISAX, and K-FSI compliance controls are now generally available Available on Azure, providing enhancements for workspace compliance requirements. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Upcoming breaking change: default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline Coming soon Deletes now retain associated tables by default, set cascade=true to remove them. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Databricks Documentation site table of contents tabs Replaces static sidebar with tabbed navigation, includes 6 context tabs. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Not on SAP | Mar 31, 2026 |
| AI Runtime is now in Public Preview Adds GPU support to serverless compute for deep learning workloads. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Declarative Feature Engineering APIs (Beta) Define time-windowed aggregation features from data sources, materialize to Delta tables or Lakebase. Available in us-east-1 and us-west-2 regions. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints (Beta) Stores logs, traces, and metrics in Unity Catalog Delta tables using OpenTelemetry. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Not on SAP | Mar 6, 2026 |
| ISMAP compliance support Supports Japanese government cloud certification, requires configuration changes. | On AWS, read it on their docs | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Change to use_case field in VPC endpoint API responses Coming soon Changes from WORKSPACE_ACCESS to GENERAL_ACCESS, see API docs for details. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Enhanced Security and Compliance add-on is now generally available includes compliance security profile and enhanced security monitoring. | Not on AWS | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Expanded regional availability for C5 and TISAX compliance Now available in all regions and with serverless compute. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Dec 8, 2025 |
| TISAX compliance controls (Public Preview) Enhances workspace compliance based on ISO/IEC 27001 and VDA ISA requirements. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Nov 13, 2025 |
| TISAX compliance controls Enhances workspace compliance based on ISO/IEC 27001 and VDA ISA. | On AWS, read it on their docs | Not on Azure | On GCP, read it on their docs | Unknown on SAP | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Serverless compute resources now support PCI-DSS compliance in australia-east Supports PCI-DSS v4.0 in australia-east region. | Not on AWS | On Azure, read it on their docs | Not on GCP | Unknown on SAP | Oct 3, 2025 |
- Partner-powered AI features can no longer be disabled in the settings UI
Settings API still allows enable or disable until November 1, 2026.
- 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.
- Genie Code for AI Runtime (Public Preview)
Generates distributed training code and resolves environment issues. Requires AI Runtime.
- 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.
- Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview
Runs shell commands, monitors GPU usage, and manages files on serverless GPU compute. Requires environment version 5 or above.
- 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.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Governance Hub is in Beta
Enables monitoring of data health and AI usage, requires account admin enablement from Previews page.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Protobuf tensor input for custom model serving endpoints (Public Preview)
Replaces JSON with serialized KServe v2 ModelInferRequest. Requires endpoints deployed after July 9, 2026.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Custom Docker images for AI Runtime CLI workloads (Beta)
Allows custom system library versions and complex dependencies, requires setup via Use custom Docker images.
- Legacy compute_preview system schema deprecated
Replaced by system.compute schema.
- AI Runtime CLI (Beta)
Submits and manages distributed training workloads on serverless GPU compute from a local machine.
- Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens (Beta)
Sends emails to workspace admins when tokens expire in 7 days, requiring no configuration.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Managed disaster recovery is now in Public Preview
Replicates metadata, table data, and workspace assets to a secondary region. Requires account team enablement.
- Mission Critical add-on is now in Public Preview
Unlocks managed disaster recovery and ESC for a single compute rate, enabled per workspace.
- Reorganized Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow documentation
Conceptual topics are now under Concepts.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Serve custom LLMs with Custom Model Serving (Beta)
Supports multimodal models and PEFT recipes, unlike Foundation Model APIs.
- 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.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs - Graviton instance types are available for the compliance security profile
Graviton instances improve price-performance for many workloads on AWS Commercial workspaces with FedRAMP Moderate, IRAP, or CCCS Medium compliance standards.
- Get this table by email. One Monday mail covering the week, filtered to the clouds and products you run. Weekly digest
- AI Runtime 1xH100 accelerator (Beta)
Supports 1xH100 accelerator, see Hardware options for details.
- Updated AWS tag character restrictions
Tag keys and values now cannot contain spaces or /. Tag keys also cannot be just . , .. , or _index.
- C5, TISAX, and K-FSI compliance controls are now generally available
Available on Azure, providing enhancements for workspace compliance requirements.
- Upcoming breaking change: default behavior when deleting a Unity Catalog pipeline Coming soon
Deletes now retain associated tables by default, set cascade=true to remove them.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Databricks Documentation site table of contents tabs
Replaces static sidebar with tabbed navigation, includes 6 context tabs.
- AI Runtime is now in Public Preview
Adds GPU support to serverless compute for deep learning workloads.
- Declarative Feature Engineering APIs (Beta)
Define time-windowed aggregation features from data sources, materialize to Delta tables or Lakebase. Available in us-east-1 and us-west-2 regions.
- Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints (Beta)
Stores logs, traces, and metrics in Unity Catalog Delta tables using OpenTelemetry.
- ISMAP compliance support
Supports Japanese government cloud certification, requires configuration changes.
- Change to use_case field in VPC endpoint API responses Coming soon
Changes from WORKSPACE_ACCESS to GENERAL_ACCESS, see API docs for details.
- Enhanced Security and Compliance add-on is now generally available
includes compliance security profile and enhanced security monitoring.
- Expanded regional availability for C5 and TISAX compliance
Now available in all regions and with serverless compute.
- TISAX compliance controls (Public Preview)
Enhances workspace compliance based on ISO/IEC 27001 and VDA ISA requirements.
- TISAX compliance controls
Enhances workspace compliance based on ISO/IEC 27001 and VDA ISA.
- Serverless compute resources now support PCI-DSS compliance in australia-east
Supports PCI-DSS v4.0 in australia-east region.
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