Databricks releases, every cloud
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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) - Legacy compute_preview system schema deprecated
Replaced by system.compute schema.
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- 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.
- Declarative Automation Bundles will soon default to use the direct deployment engine Coming soon
Replaces Terraform deployment engine, migrating bundles automatically on July 24, 2026.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Edits to resources in the UI now automatically update YAML
Applies to jobs and pipeline settings, see Edit bundle resources.
- 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 - Updated AWS tag character restrictions
Tag keys and values now cannot contain spaces or /. Tag keys also cannot be just . , .. , or _index.
- Databricks Asset Bundles is now Declarative Automation Bundles
Replaces Databricks Asset Bundles.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Declarative Automation Bundles in the workspace is GA
Allows collaborative editing and deployment of bundle updates through the UI.
- Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow template in bundles in the workspace (Public Preview)
Creates ETL pipelines in workspace bundles using Lakeflow template. Requires New ETL pipeline setup.
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