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Databricks, July 2026 new features

107 releases · 7 products · 26 GA · 16 Preview · 20 Beta · 3 Deprecation · 2 Pricing

Jun 2026Aug 2026
DateRelease
Jul 31OpenAI connector (Beta)
LakeflowBeta
Jul 31Packaged clean rooms are now generally available
Unity CatalogGA
Jul 31Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformPreview
Jul 30Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Jul 30Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GenieGA
Jul 30Genie Code is now available on HIPAA compliance security profile workspaces with partner-powered AI features disabled
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Jul 30Genie One enhancements
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Jul 30Use Unity Gateway with your own Claude enterprise subscription
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Jul 29Automatic upgrades begin rolling out row tracking and Checkpoint V2 to existing tables
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Jul 29Upcoming general availability of Unity Gateway
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIGA
Jul 28Python UDTFs in Unity Catalog are now generally available
Unity CatalogGA
Jul 26Unit testing for pipelines (Beta)
LakeflowBeta
Jul 24Anthropic Claude Opus 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Jul 24Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (07/24)
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Jul 24Dedicated group clusters will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Jul 24Diagnose and fix Lakebase issues with Genie, using telemetry in Unity Catalog (Beta)
LakebaseBeta
Jul 24Git CLI commands in Git folders are now in Public Preview
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformPreview
Jul 24Governed tags system table is in Beta
Unity CatalogBeta
Jul 24Lakeflow Designer Summer Release
LakeflowUpdate
Jul 23C++ SDK for the Zerobus Ingest connector is now available in Beta
LakeflowBeta
Jul 23Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GeniePreview
Jul 23Databricks Runtime 18 and Databricks Runtime 18 for Machine Learning have transitioned to LTS
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 23Databricks Runtime 19 and Databricks Runtime 19 for Machine Learning are now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 23Databricks Runtime 19: July 23, 2026
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 23Genie Agents enhancements
AI/BI and GenieBeta
Jul 23Genie Code scheduled tasks are in Beta
AI/BI and GenieBeta
Jul 22Automated setup for S3 external locations
Unity CatalogUpdate
Jul 22Databricks-hosted sample datasets available in the samples catalog
Unity CatalogUpdate
Jul 22Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens are now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 22Governance Hub is in Beta
Unity CatalogBeta
Jul 22Lakeflow Designer support for compliance security profile standards
LakeflowUpdate
Jul 22Override the REPLACE WHERE predicate for a single refresh
LakeflowUpdate
Jul 22Priority pay-per-token for Foundation Model APIs
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIGA
Jul 22Role-based access control (RBAC) is in Public Preview
Unity CatalogPreview
Jul 22Transactions are now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 22Variant and Variant shredding are now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 22Variant will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Jul 21Context-based ingress control for workspaces public access is now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 21Genie One and Genie Agents billed usage corrections
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Jul 21Google Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Jul 21Google Gemini 3.6 Flash now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Jul 21Reddit Ads connector is now available in Beta
LakeflowBeta
Jul 21Warehouse-level statement timeouts (Beta)
Databricks SQLBeta
Jul 20Mention Genie Code in notebook comments
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Jul 17Anthropic managed ingestion connector (Beta)
LakeflowBeta
Jul 17Connect and govern any external model provider
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Jul 17Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams is now in Public Preview
AI/BI and GeniePreview
Jul 16Agentic code converter is in Beta
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformBeta
Jul 16Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GenieGA
Jul 16Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GeniePreview
Jul 16Genie One enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GenieBeta
Jul 16Google Gemini 3 Pro is retired
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIDeprecation
Jul 16MLflow trace storage in Unity Catalog is now generally available
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIGA
Jul 16MLflow trace storage in Unity Catalog will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Jul 16Scala and Java UDFs in Unity Catalog are now generally available
Unity CatalogGA
Jul 15AI Search High QPS is now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 15AI Search high QPS will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Jul 15Custom URLs for your Databricks account (Public Preview)
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformPreview
Jul 15Data Classification is now available by default for additional compliance standards
Unity CatalogUpdate
Jul 15Genie One and Genie Agents usage is free through January 31, 2027
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Jul 15Lakebase now provides a service level agreement (SLA)
LakebaseUpdate
Jul 15Thinking Machine Labs Inkling now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformPreview
Jul 15ai_extract and ai_classify are now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Jul 14Allowlist partner platform IPs in context-based ingress control (Beta)
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformBeta
Jul 14Lakebase is now SOC 2 Type 2 compliant
LakebaseUpdate
Jul 14Query-based connectors in Lakeflow Connect will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
LakeflowUpdate
Jul 14Request for Access will soon be enabled by default for all workspaces
Unity CatalogUpdate
Jul 14Trigger.AvailableNow support for OpenSharing streaming (GA)
Unity CatalogGA
Jul 13Automatic upgrades will roll out more features to existing tables
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Jul 13View warehouse activity details (General Availability)
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 10Databricks-provided MCP Services will GA soon
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIGA
Jul 10Lakebase update notifications now post 3 days in advance
LakebaseUpdate
Jul 10Secrets in Unity Catalog (Public Preview)
Unity CatalogPreview
Jul 9Change to default pipeline editor for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
LakeflowGA
Jul 9Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GenieGA
Jul 9Databricks SQL alerts are now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Databricks SQLUpdate
Jul 9Front-end Private Link for account-level Genie One (Beta)
AI/BI and GenieBeta
Jul 9Genie Agents enhancements
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Jul 9Genie One enhancements
AI/BI and GenieBeta
Jul 9OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, and GPT-5.6 Luna now available as Databricks-hosted models
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Jul 9Protobuf tensor input for custom model serving endpoints (Public Preview)
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIPreview
Jul 9Strac connector (Beta)
LakeflowBeta
Jul 8Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 is scheduled for retirement
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIDeprecation
Jul 8Behavior changes for continuous jobs and pipelines
LakeflowUpdate
Jul 8Genie Agents now uses pay-as-you-go pricing
AI/BI and GeniePricing
Jul 8Genie Spaces is now Genie Agents
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Jul 8Genie products now use pay-as-you-go pricing
AI/BI and GeniePricing
Jul 8Google Gemini 2.5 Flash and Pro are scheduled for retirement
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIDeprecation
Jul 8Object metadata column is now in Public Preview
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformPreview
Jul 8Restrict access to AI Functions with Unity Catalog permissions (Public Preview)
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIPreview
Jul 8Zhipu AI GLM 5.2 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Jul 7Excel file format support is now available by default
LakeflowUpdate
Jul 7Managed Iceberg materialized views are in Public Preview
Databricks SQLPreview
Jul 7REPLACE WHERE flows are now generally available
LakeflowGA
Jul 6Budgets are now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 6July 6, 2026
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformPreview
Jul 6Private Link for account-level resources (Beta)
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformBeta
Jul 6Standard performance mode is now supported for materialized view or streaming table refreshes in jobs
LakeflowUpdate
Jul 3Okta support for automatic identity management is now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Jul 2Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Jul 2Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements
AI/BI and GenieGA
Jul 2Genie One enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GeniePreview
Jul 2Lakeflow Connect row filtering is now generally available
LakeflowGA
Jul 1Dashboard relationships (Public Preview)
AI/BI and GeniePreview
Jul 1Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Image and Gemini 3 Pro Image now available as Databricks-hosted models
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Jul 1MySQL integrated CDC pipeline is now in Beta
LakeflowBeta
Jul 1Veeva Vault connector (Beta)
LakeflowBeta

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