Databricks releases, every cloud
- Organize your work with spaces
Preserves open tabs for specific folders or projects.
- Create a least-privilege Databricks workspace
Grants Databricks a narrow set of custom IAM roles instead of broad permissions on Google Cloud.
- Improved workspace files read performance
Applies to serverless and classic compute with Databricks Runtime 18 and above, speeding up workloads like find and grep.
- 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.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - 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) - Databricks CLI is now GA
Stores U2M tokens in OS-native secure storage.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- 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) - Change to use_case field in VPC endpoint API responses Coming soon
Changes from WORKSPACE_ACCESS to GENERAL_ACCESS, see API docs for details.
- View and restore your recent workspace tab sessions
Restores up to 10 recent sessions.
- Serverless workspaces are now generally available
Come pre-configured with serverless compute and default storage.
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