Databricks releases, every cloud
- Lakebase Search is generally available
Adds scalable vector and keyword search to Lakebase projects via Postgres extensions.
- Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 is scheduled for retirement
Replaced by Kimi K3, retiring October 30, 2026.
- Unity Gateway support for compliance security profile standards
Enabled by default for workspaces with compliance security profile. Supports all Databricks compliance standards.
- Anthropic models will be removed from AWS GovCloud IL5 workspaces Coming soon
Removal affects IL5 workspaces on AWS GovCloud. Endpoints must be migrated before September 19, 2026.
- Lakebase snapshots API (Beta)
Manages point-in-time snapshots of project branches, allowing create, get, list, delete, and restore operations.
- JAR tasks on serverless compute will soon be available for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon
Replaces cluster provisioning, available in Lakeflow Jobs.
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- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway
Supports text and image inputs, accessible via Foundation Model APIs.
- Session restore for serverless jobs is in Public Preview
Restores Python variables and Spark session into a new notebook for debugging or exploration, requires eligible serverless compute job runs.
- Standard performance mode is now available for one-time runs in the Jobs API
Sets performance_target to STANDARD. Supports Apache Airflow's DatabricksSubmitRunOperator.
- Maintenance windows for continuous pipelines
Sets daily 1-hour window for platform updates. Configured via Jobs UI, Pipelines UI, or Jobs REST API.
- Managed tables in Lakeflow pipelines (Beta)
Creates tables that Lakeflow manages, replacing manual table creation, and supports migrating existing Structured Streaming workloads.
- Anaplan connector (Beta)
Ingests Anaplan audit trail events and user account records into Databricks.
- Anysphere Organization connector (Beta)
Ingests organization members and groups into Databricks via Anysphere Admin API. Requires API key authentication.
- Celigo connector (Beta)
Ingests Celigo audit log events into Databricks using an API token.
- Incremental ingestion for Salesforce formula fields in Lakeflow Connect will soon be generally available Coming soon
Replaces full snapshot default, improving performance and reducing cost.
- Lakebase now supports PCI-DSS and HITRUST in all AWS regions
Requires compliance security profile enabled. Previously limited to us-east-1 region.
- Partner-powered AI features can no longer be disabled in the settings UI
Settings API still allows enable or disable until November 1, 2026.
- See which chunks support each ai_search answer (Beta)
Added generate_citations option to show supporting chunks.
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- 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.
- Zerobus Ingest into default storage is now in Public Preview
Supports tables backed by default storage, requires Lakeflow Connect setup.
- OpenAI GPT-6 Astra is now available on Unity Gateway
Available for enterprise workloads via pay-per-token Foundation Model APIs.
- Lakebase now available in Azure Japan East region (japaneast)
Available in japaneast region, requires Postgres database setup.
- AI Search supports struct and map columns and filter-only queries
Supports indexing and filtering of struct and map columns, and filter-only queries without vector retrieval.
- Google Gemini 3.8 Flash now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requires compliance with applicable terms.
- Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requires compliance with applicable terms.
- Apache Arrow support for Zerobus Ingest is now generally available
Replaces JSON and Avro formats, requires Lakeflow Connect.
- Pipeline events system table is in Beta
Records Lakeflow pipeline event logs, capturing lifecycle transitions and errors, for querying and building alerts.
- ai_transcribe function (Beta)
Transcribes audio files into text with optional speaker diarization. Returns VARIANT value.
- Zhipu AI GLM 5.3 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Supports up to 1,048,576 tokens and 65,536 output tokens. Accessed via Foundation Model APIs.
- Unity Catalog Skills (Beta)
Publishes and governs agent skills, controlling access with Unity Catalog permissions.
- AI Functions REST API is now generally available
Includes ai_parse_document, ai_extract, and ai_classify calls.
- Atlassian Audit Logs connector (Beta)
Ingests Atlassian organization audit log events using an API key.
- Genie Code is now available as a Lakeflow Jobs task (Beta)
Runs prompts autonomously, reading upstream outputs and calling tools as needed, returning a conversation link.
- xAI Grok 4.6 is now available on Unity Gateway
Access through governed API, switch models without changing code.
- Zerobus Ingest into streaming tables is now generally available
Works like writing to a managed Delta table with same limits and quotas.
- Zhipu AI GLM 5.3 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway
Access through the same governed API, with centralized permissions and no code changes required.
- ai_prep_search supports plain text and markdown input (Beta)
Accepts STRING content, no need for ai_parse_document preprocessing.
- Anysphere Audit Logs connector (Beta)
Uses Anysphere Admin API to ingest audit-log events, requires Cursor Admin API key.
- LTAP Direct Writes accelerates synced table loads (Beta)
Requires Postgres 17, enabled from Previews page. Writes directly to storage layer.
- Genie Code is now available in the Lakebase project UI
Lets you run multi-step data and AI tasks with natural language input. Available for all Lakebase projects.
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