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Databricks, June 2026 new features

20 releases · 7 products · 3 GA · 2 Preview · 6 Beta

DateRelease
Jun 30Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Jun 30Lakebase now available in AWS Tokyo region (ap-northeast-1)
LakebaseUpdate
Jun 30Lakehouse Real-Time (Beta)
Jun 30MATCH_RECOGNIZE is now in Beta
Jun 30Run a subset of job tasks with their dependencies
LakeflowUpdate
Jun 29Custom Docker images for AI Runtime CLI workloads (Beta)
Jun 29Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (06/29)
Jun 29Databricks SQL version 2026.20 is now available in Preview
Jun 29Genie Code Chat/Agent mode selector removed
Jun 29Govern LLMs in Unity Catalog with model services (Beta)
Jun 29Parquet v2 for Delta Lake tables is generally available
Jun 29SQL alert task in Lakeflow Jobs is now generally available
Jun 26Customer-managed VPC will soon be required for classic workspaces
Jun 26Databricks Runtime 19 (Beta): June 26, 2026
Jun 26Metric view parameters are now in Public Preview
Jun 26Microsoft Dynamics 365 connector (GA)
Jun 25Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
Jun 25Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
Jun 25Genie One enhancements
Jun 25Solution Accelerators in Databricks Marketplace are now published as apps or notebooks

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