Databricks releases, every cloud

1. Databricks Apps horizontal scaling (Beta)

   Runs across multiple instances behind a single URL, supports zero-downtime deployments.

   #Databricks Apps
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 29, 2026
2. Refresh policies and EXPLAIN CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW for materialized views are now generally available

   Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3 and above. Available in Databricks SQL.

   #Databricks SQL#Lakeflow
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 27, 2026
3. Workspace admin setting for serverless notebook execution timeout

   Replaces manual override process, defaults to 2.5 hours.

   #Admin#Serverless
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs May 27, 2026
4. Databricks SQL version 2026.15 is now available in Preview

   XPath no longer fetches external DTDs, fixing failures from malformed URLs.

   #Databricks SQL
   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) May 26, 2026

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