Databricks Release notes and new features

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Databricks releases

September 2026 digest

349 releases

Date	Release	Product	Type
Sep 23	Build governed data and AI apps without code (Beta)unverified Databricks AppsBeta	Databricks Apps	Beta
Sep 23	Scala UDFs can access Unity Catalog secretsunverified Unity CatalogUpdate	Unity Catalog	Update
Sep 23	Scalar and Batch Unity Catalog Python UDFs are now generally availableunverified Unity CatalogGA	Unity Catalog	GA
Sep 22	Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 is now available on Unity Gatewayunverified Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Update
Sep 22	Centrally configure coding agentsunverified Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Update
Sep 22	Connect coding agents to Unity Gateway with the ug CLIunverified Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Update
Sep 22	Unified tracing now includes coding agent activityunverified Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Update
Sep 22	Variant shredding will soon be enabled by default on new Variant tablesunverified LakeflowUpdate	Lakeflow	Update
Sep 22	Invite OpenSharing recipients by email (Beta)unverified Unity CatalogBeta	Unity Catalog	Beta
Sep 22	Lakebase backup schedule API (Beta) LakebaseBeta	Lakebase	Beta
Sep 22	OpenAI GPT-6 Luna is now available on Unity Gateway Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Update
Sep 22	OpenAI GPT-6 Sol is now available on Unity Gateway Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Update
Sep 22	Shopify connector (Beta) LakeflowBeta	Lakeflow	Beta
Sep 21	Back model provider service credentials with a Unity Catalog secret Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Update
Sep 21	Databricks Runtime 19: September 21, 2026 Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	Update
Sep 21	The query history system table is now generally available Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	GA
Sep 19	Configure provider discounts for external model spend Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIPricing	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Pricing
Sep 18	Databricks Apps is now on by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Databricks AppsUpdate	Databricks Apps	Update
Sep 18	Databricks Apps telemetry is now generally available Databricks AppsGA	Databricks Apps	GA
Sep 18	Lakebase Search is generally available LakebaseGA	Lakebase	GA
Sep 17	Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes AI/BI and GenieUpdate	AI/BI and Genie	Update
Sep 17	Skills in Genie One support multiple files and folders AI/BI and GenieUpdate	AI/BI and Genie	Update
Sep 17	Base environments are now supported on classic compute (Beta) Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformBeta	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	Beta
Sep 17	Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes AI/BI and GenieUpdate	AI/BI and Genie	Update
Sep 17	Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta Unity CatalogBeta	Unity Catalog	Beta
Sep 17	Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 is scheduled for retirement Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformDeprecation	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	Deprecation
Sep 17	Unity Gateway support for compliance security profile standards Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Update
Sep 16	Account-only user access to Genie One (Beta) AI/BI and GenieBeta	AI/BI and Genie	Beta
Sep 16	Managed agent memory and sessions are in Beta Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIBeta	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Beta
Sep 16	Unity Gateway API and developer tools are generally available Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIGA	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	GA
Sep 16	Unused OAuth client secrets are automatically deleted after 90 days Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	Update
Sep 16	VARIANT cast extends to ARRAY and MAP columns in ABAC column masks Unity CatalogUpdate	Unity Catalog	Update
Sep 16	Anthropic models will be removed from AWS GovCloud IL5 workspaces Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformDeprecation	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	Deprecation
Sep 15	Automatic change data feed will soon be available in all supported regions Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	Update
Sep 15	Data Classification now scans Unity Catalog views (Beta) Unity CatalogBeta	Unity Catalog	Beta
Sep 15	Lakebase snapshots API (Beta) LakebaseBeta	Lakebase	Beta
Sep 15	Sharing foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available Unity CatalogGA	Unity Catalog	GA
Sep 15	The READ METADATA privilege will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Unity CatalogUpdate	Unity Catalog	Update
Sep 15	Webhook-triggered deployments for Databricks Apps will soon be generally available Databricks AppsGA	Databricks Apps	GA
Sep 14	Genie visualizations in Slack replies (Public Preview) AI/BI and GeniePreview	AI/BI and Genie	Preview
Sep 14	JAR tasks on serverless compute will soon be available for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled LakeflowUpdate	Lakeflow	Update
Sep 14	The counter_diff SQL window function is now available Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	Update
Sep 14	Window measures on a numeric index column in metric views Databricks SQLUpdate	Databricks SQL	Update
Sep 11	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate	Agent Bricks and Mosaic AI	Update
Sep 11	Session restore for serverless jobs is in Public Preview LakeflowPreview	Lakeflow	Preview
Sep 11	Sharing foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available Unity CatalogGA	Unity Catalog	GA
Sep 11	Sharing foreign schemas and tables with OpenSharing is now generally available Unity CatalogGA	Unity Catalog	GA
Sep 11	Standard performance mode is now available for one-time runs in the Jobs API LakeflowUpdate	Lakeflow	Update
Sep 10	Genie One enhancements AI/BI and GenieBeta	AI/BI and Genie	Beta
Sep 10	Dashboard enhancements AI/BI and GeniePreview	AI/BI and Genie	Preview
Sep 10	Databricks-provided MCP connectors for Genie One and Genie Code are generally available AI/BI and GenieGA	AI/BI and Genie	GA
Sep 10	Genie Agents enhancements AI/BI and GenieUpdate	AI/BI and Genie	Update
Sep 10	Maintenance windows for continuous pipelines LakeflowUpdate	Lakeflow	Update
Sep 10	The Databricks Excel Add-in is now generally available Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	GA
Sep 10	Managed tables in Lakeflow pipelines (Beta) LakeflowBeta	Lakeflow	Beta
Sep 9	Anaplan connector (Beta) LakeflowBeta	Lakeflow	Beta
Sep 9	Anysphere Organization connector (Beta) LakeflowBeta	Lakeflow	Beta
Sep 9	Celigo connector (Beta) LakeflowBeta	Lakeflow	Beta
Sep 9	Configurable retention for system tables is in Beta Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformBeta	Databricks Data Intelligence Platform	Beta
Sep 9	External secrets in Unity Catalog (Beta) Unity CatalogBeta	Unity Catalog	Beta

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Databricks, Inc. is an American data and artificial intelligence software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark at the University of California, Berkeley.

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