The standard (default) mode for ai_extract now uses a new model checkpoint that is 2.3x faster while improving overall quality at no additional cost. See the ai_extract documentation.
JDBC Unity Catalog connections are now generally available on serverless compute, Databricks Runtime 19 and above, and SQL warehouses 2025.40 and above, including support for SSL certificates. OAuth M2M authentication remains in Beta. See JDBC connection.
OpenJev (Qwen3.5 4B) is available as a pay-per-token model service. Use the TypeSafe System One API to evaluate yes or no, choice, and scoring questions and get structured answers and probabilities. See model availability by region. Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with applicable model terms.
You can now set a pipeline's run-as identity to an account group, in addition to a user or a service principal. Pipeline updates run with the group's permissions, so a team can own an automated pipeline without tying it to one person's account. See Set the run-as identity to a group.
Cross-engine attribute-based access controls (ABAC) is now generally available. Supported external engines can read Unity Catalog managed tables with ABAC policies, row filters, and column masks enforced by Databricks serverless compute. See Cross-engine attribute-based access controls (ABAC) for requirements, supported clients, and serverless compute costs.
You can now schedule automatic refreshes of Databricks data imported into Microsoft Excel. Choose an interval or calendar schedule and the SQL warehouse that runs each refresh, then review recent runs from the Databricks Excel Add-in. See Schedule automatic data refresh in the Databricks Excel Add-in.
LTAP Direct Writes is now generally available. It speeds up how synced tables load into Lakebase by writing the initial load and full refreshes directly to the storage layer instead of through your compute endpoint, so large loads finish faster without competing with your queries. You opt in per synced table by selecting LTAP Direct Writes under Synchronization settings when you create the synced…
Materialize SQL datasets (Beta): Dashboard materialization now covers SQL datasets in addition to local metric views, so you can materialize a dashboard's SQL datasets. See Dataset materialization in AI/BI dashboards. Select multiple tables when adding a data source: You can now select multiple tables at the same time in the Add data source picker when building a dashboard data model. Numeric wind…
Text file uploads: You can now upload plaintext (.txt) files to a Genie One conversation, in addition to the other supported file types. See Upload a file. Streaming responses: Genie One now streams responses in real time as they're generated, so answers appear progressively instead of loading all at the same time. Download a chat: You can now download a Genie One chat. See Manage chats in the sid…
Excel and Google Sheets writeback now requires a workspace admin to enable the Allow spreadsheet writeback security setting. See Write data back to Databricks using the Databricks Excel Add-in and Write data back to Databricks from Google Sheets.
The Salesforce Data 360 file sharing connector (formerly Salesforce Data Cloud file sharing) will be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. Use the connector in Lakehouse Federation to query Salesforce Data 360 data directly from cloud object storage without copying it into Databricks. Queries run on Databricks compute. See Lakehouse Federation for Salesf…
The following supported Postgres extensions are now available at newer versions. Existing installations keep their current version until you update them with ALTER EXTENSION. postgis, postgis_raster, postgis_sfcgal, postgis_tiger_geocoder, postgis_topology, address_standardizer, and address_standardizer_data_us: updated to 3.3.10 on Postgres 16, 3.5.7 on Postgres 17, and 3.6.4 on Postgres 18. hll:…
Lakeflow Jobs table update triggers can monitor OpenSharing objects and system tables. See Add a trigger to OpenSharing and system tables.
Query tags are now generally available. You can apply custom key-value tags to SQL workloads for grouping, filtering, and cost attribution on Databricks SQL warehouses and Lakehouse//RT compute. Tags appear in system.query.history and on the Query History page of the Databricks UI. See Query tags.
Genie One memory is now generally available. Genie One can retain specific facts you provide, such as your preferences and reporting conventions, and apply them in later conversations so you don't need to repeat the same context every time you chat. Memories are private to you and aren't shared with other users. Ask Genie One to remember something in a conversation, or let it suggest a memory when…
Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) 2.8.4 adds Java 25 support and upgrades libthrift, httpclient5, httpcore5, and lz4-java. Download it from the JDBC drivers archive under All JDBC Driver Versions (Simba).
OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol is now available on Unity Gateway. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs. Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with applicable terms.
The Agent Bricks CLI (databricks-agentbricks) is a command-line tool for building and deploying custom code agents on Databricks. Scaffold a project from a bundled framework template, run it locally, and deploy it to the Databricks agent runtime, with managed memory, sessions, tools, and MLflow tracing wired up from one authenticated command. See Agent Bricks CLI.
OpenAI GPT-6.1 Sol is now available on Unity Gateway. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs. Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with applicable terms.
Attribute-based access control (ABAC) row filters and column masks now extend to views, in addition to tables. This lets you use ABAC policies to control access to sensitive data exposed through views. Account admins can enable the ABAC on Views preview from the account console's Previews page. This feature requires Databricks Runtime 19 or above. See Attribute-based access control in Unity Catalo…
The new lakebase_tokenizer extension lets you control how Lakebase Search turns text into search terms, so keyword search matches the way your data and users actually read. Native PostgreSQL full-text search gives you little control over this step. lakebase_tokenizer adds a configurable whole-word tokenizer through PostgreSQL's standard text-search dictionary interface, with the controls that matt…
xAI Grok 4.7 is now available on Unity Gateway. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token. Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with applicable terms.
xAI Grok 4.7 is now available on Unity Gateway. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token. Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with applicable terms.
Thinking Machine Labs Inkling will be retired on October 30, 2026. GLM 5.3 and Kimi K3 are the recommended replacements. See Deprecated and retired models for migration guidance.
The 1Password Event Logs connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector uses the 1Password Events API to ingest audit events, item usages, and sign-in attempts into Databricks. Authentication uses an Events Reporting bearer token. See 1Password Event Logs connector.
The Akamai WAF connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests web application firewall (WAF) security events from Akamai into Databricks. Authentication uses Akamai EdgeGrid API client credentials. See Akamai WAF connector.
The CrowdStrike Falcon Event Stream connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests Falcon Event Stream events from CrowdStrike Falcon into Databricks. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials from a CrowdStrike API client with Event streams Read permission. See CrowdStrike Falcon Even…
The managed Microsoft 365 Unified Audit Logs connector is now available in Beta in Databricks Lakeflow Connect. Use the connector to ingest unified audit events from Microsoft Entra ID, Exchange, SharePoint, and other Microsoft 365 workloads into Databricks. The connector uses OAuth machine-to-machine authentication and supports incremental ingestion.
The managed Okta System Logs connector is now available in Beta in Databricks Lakeflow Connect. Use the connector to incrementally ingest audit and security events from the Okta System Log into Databricks. The connector uses SSWS API token authentication and supports Declarative Automation Bundles and API-based pipeline authoring.
The Workday Activity Logging connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector incrementally ingests Workday user activity log events into Databricks. Authentication uses an OAuth refresh token. See Workday Activity Logging connector.