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  1. Organize your work with spaces

    Preserves open tabs for specific folders or projects.

  2. Create a least-privilege Databricks workspace

    Grants Databricks a narrow set of custom IAM roles instead of broad permissions on Google Cloud.

    AWS(not on this cloud)Azure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
  3. Improved workspace files read performance

    Applies to serverless and classic compute with Databricks Runtime 18 and above, speeding up workloads like find and grep.

  4. Improved workspace file write performance on classic compute

    Uses asynchronous flushing by default for Databricks Runtime 17.1 and above, batching file writes and deletes.

  5. 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.

  6. Databricks CLI is now GA

    Stores U2M tokens in OS-native secure storage.

  7. Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
  8. 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.

  9. Change to use_case field in VPC endpoint API responses Coming soon

    Changes from WORKSPACE_ACCESS to GENERAL_ACCESS, see API docs for details.

    AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown)
  10. View and restore your recent workspace tab sessions

    Restores up to 10 recent sessions.

  11. Serverless workspaces are now generally available

    Come pre-configured with serverless compute and default storage.

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