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- Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
PDF upload limit increased to 100 pages, and agents now only use attached sources.
- Sharing foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Allows sharing tables from OneLake, Hive metastore, or AWS Glue without copying data.
- Sharing foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Includes tables from external Iceberg catalogs via Lakehouse Federation.
- Sharing foreign schemas and tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Sharing foreign schemas and tables doesn't copy data into Databricks. It incurs compute and storage costs on the provider's side.
- Genie Agents enhancements
Now supports up to 50 data sources and 200,000 conversations per agent.
- Genie Agents enhancements
Adds SQL function descriptions and upgraded chat-mode models.
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- Share metric views with OpenSharing (Beta)
Allows sharing with users in other metastores or accounts. Requires adding views to a share.
- Genie Agents enhancements
Agent mode APIs are now generally available, allowing programmatic integration. Unity Catalog functions can be attached as agent tools.
- Share foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing (Public Preview)
Allows read-only access to Delta tables in foreign catalogs like OneLake or AWS Glue.
- Genie Agents enhancements
Adds chat mode, cancel API, and visualization download API.
- Sharing managed Iceberg tables is now generally available
Now supports sharing to external Iceberg clients.
- Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
Content search indexes attached volumes for better latency and accuracy. Analyzing files no longer requires Unity Gateway.
- Sharing tables backed by default storage is now generally available
Enabled by default on a rolling basis, can be shared with classic compute recipients.
- Sharing tables backed by default storage will be enabled by default for all accounts Coming soon
Automatically enabled for most Enterprise or Premium tier accounts in mid-September 2026.
- Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
Returns markdown tables, shows longer agent descriptions, and adds comment functionality.
- Sharing Delta tables with deletion vectors and column mapping is now generally available
Enables sharing tables with deletion vectors or column mapping. Requires setup in Add tables with deletion vectors or column mapping to a share.
- Sharing Delta tables with Iceberg reads enabled is now generally available
Enables reading Delta tables as Iceberg tables, requires Databricks Runtime 8.4 or above.
- Genie One and Genie Agents free usage extended through January 31, 2027
Budget controls are waived, service principals are billed.
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- Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
Adds conversation sharing and Private Link downloads. Fixes file upload bug.
- Genie Agents enhancements
Raises PDF character limit to 15,000. Adds beta APIs and Unity Catalog volume analysis.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Automated setup for S3 external locations
Uses AWS IAM temporary delegation to configure external locations and provision required resources.
- Databricks-hosted sample datasets available in the samples catalog
Available in Unity Catalog-enabled workspaces through OpenSharing as samples.databricks.datasets.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie One and Genie Agents billed usage corrections
Corrects billed usage to reflect free status through January 31, 2027. Adds correction records to system.billing.usage.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
Now saves chat threads as agents, shares individual conversations.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie One and Genie Agents usage is free through January 31, 2027
Budget controls do not apply, Genie Code is still billed.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Trigger.AvailableNow support for OpenSharing streaming (GA)
Replaces Trigger.Once, requires Databricks Runtime 18.0 or above.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agents enhancements
Groups SQL expressions with example queries, opens in chat or workspace UI based on privileges.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agents enhancements
Genie Agents now group SQL expressions with example queries, and open in chat or workspace UI based on privileges.
- Genie Agents now uses pay-as-you-go pricing
Includes 150 free DBUs per month, with usage beyond that billed in DBUs.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
Agent mode uses multi-step reasoning for complex questions. Supports local Excel and CSV file uploads.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
Genie Code now includes skills for authoring and maintaining Genie Agents.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - OIDC is now supported for sharing to Iceberg clients
Supports Iceberg REST Catalog clients like Snowflake or OSS Spark. Requires OpenID Connect federation.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes
Saves visualizations to dashboards and supports Declarative Automation Bundles.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
Adds chat prompt monitoring, knowledge store edit confirmation, and conversation deletion.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes
Agent mode thinking traces now cite definitions, respects default sharing settings.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes
Genie Agents now use Fields instead of Dimensions in metric views and SQL expressions.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and bug fixes
Max query text characters raised to 40,000.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
Exports context as metric views and logs iframe messages.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
Adds weekly digest and PDF upload to monitoring tab. Supports natural language analysis of PDFs.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) - Cloud token access for open Delta Sharing sharing (GA)
Supports directory-based access mode, includes cloud storage location and temporary credentials.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud)
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