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Databricks, September 2026 new features

90 releases · 8 products · 16 GA · 5 Preview · 23 Beta · 3 Deprecation · 1 Pricing

Aug 2026
DateRelease
Sep 23Build governed data and AI apps without code (Beta)unverified
Databricks AppsBeta
Sep 23Scala UDFs can access Unity Catalog secretsunverified
Unity CatalogUpdate
Sep 23Scalar and Batch Unity Catalog Python UDFs are now generally availableunverified
Unity CatalogGA
Sep 22Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 is now available on Unity Gatewayunverified
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 22Centrally configure coding agentsunverified
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 22Connect coding agents to Unity Gateway with the ug CLIunverified
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 22Invite OpenSharing recipients by email (Beta)unverified
Unity CatalogBeta
Sep 22Lakebase backup schedule API (Beta)
LakebaseBeta
Sep 22OpenAI GPT-6 Luna is now available on Unity Gateway
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 22OpenAI GPT-6 Sol is now available on Unity Gateway
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 22Shopify connector (Beta)
LakeflowBeta
Sep 22Unified tracing now includes coding agent activityunverified
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 22Variant shredding will soon be enabled by default on new Variant tablesunverified
LakeflowUpdate
Sep 21Back model provider service credentials with a Unity Catalog secret
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 21Databricks Runtime 19: September 21, 2026
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 21The query history system table is now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Sep 19Configure provider discounts for external model spend
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIPricing
Sep 18Databricks Apps is now on by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Databricks AppsUpdate
Sep 18Databricks Apps telemetry is now generally available
Databricks AppsGA
Sep 18Lakebase Search is generally available
LakebaseGA
Sep 17Base environments are now supported on classic compute (Beta)
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformBeta
Sep 17Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Sep 17Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Sep 17Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta
Unity CatalogBeta
Sep 17Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 is scheduled for retirement
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformDeprecation
Sep 17Skills in Genie One support multiple files and folders
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Sep 17Unity Gateway support for compliance security profile standards
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 16Account-only user access to Genie One (Beta)
AI/BI and GenieBeta
Sep 16Anthropic models will be removed from AWS GovCloud IL5 workspaces
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformDeprecation
Sep 16Managed agent memory and sessions are in Beta
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIBeta
Sep 16Unity Gateway API and developer tools are generally available
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIGA
Sep 16Unused OAuth client secrets are automatically deleted after 90 days
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 16VARIANT cast extends to ARRAY and MAP columns in ABAC column masks
Unity CatalogUpdate
Sep 15Automatic change data feed will soon be available in all supported regions
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 15Data Classification now scans Unity Catalog views (Beta)
Unity CatalogBeta
Sep 15Lakebase snapshots API (Beta)
LakebaseBeta
Sep 15Sharing foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Unity CatalogGA
Sep 15The READ METADATA privilege will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Unity CatalogUpdate
Sep 15Webhook-triggered deployments for Databricks Apps will soon be generally available
Databricks AppsGA
Sep 14Genie visualizations in Slack replies (Public Preview)
AI/BI and GeniePreview
Sep 14JAR tasks on serverless compute will soon be available for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
LakeflowUpdate
Sep 14The counter_diff SQL window function is now available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 14Window measures on a numeric index column in metric views
Databricks SQLUpdate
Sep 11DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is now available on Unity Gateway
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 11Session restore for serverless jobs is in Public Preview
LakeflowPreview
Sep 11Sharing foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Unity CatalogGA
Sep 11Sharing foreign schemas and tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Unity CatalogGA
Sep 11Standard performance mode is now available for one-time runs in the Jobs API
LakeflowUpdate
Sep 10Dashboard enhancements
AI/BI and GeniePreview
Sep 10Databricks-provided MCP connectors for Genie One and Genie Code are generally available
AI/BI and GenieGA
Sep 10Genie Agents enhancements
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Sep 10Genie One enhancements
AI/BI and GenieBeta
Sep 10Maintenance windows for continuous pipelines
LakeflowUpdate
Sep 10Managed tables in Lakeflow pipelines (Beta)
LakeflowBeta
Sep 10The Databricks Excel Add-in is now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Sep 9Anaplan connector (Beta)
LakeflowBeta
Sep 9Anysphere Organization connector (Beta)
LakeflowBeta
Sep 9Celigo connector (Beta)
LakeflowBeta
Sep 9Configurable retention for system tables is in Beta
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformBeta
Sep 9External secrets in Unity Catalog (Beta)
Unity CatalogBeta
Sep 9Genie Code adds conversation controls
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Sep 9Horizontal scaling for Databricks Apps will soon be available for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Databricks AppsUpdate
Sep 8ABAC DENY policies are in Beta
Unity CatalogBeta
Sep 8Databricks SQL version 2026.36 is rolling out in Current
Databricks SQLUpdate
Sep 8Incremental ingestion for Salesforce formula fields in Lakeflow Connect will soon be generally available
LakeflowGA
Sep 8Lakebase now supports PCI-DSS and HITRUST in all AWS regions
LakebaseUpdate
Sep 8Partner-powered AI features can no longer be disabled in the settings UI
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 8See which chunks support each ai_search answer (Beta)
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformBeta
Sep 8The partner-powered AI features setting will be removed
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformDeprecation
Sep 8time_bucket SQL function aligns timestamps to fixed-width time buckets
Databricks SQLUpdate
Sep 7Zerobus Ingest into default storage is now in Public Preview
LakeflowPreview
Sep 4OpenAI GPT-6 Astra is now available on Unity Gateway
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 3Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Sep 3Environment version 6 is now available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 3Genie Agents enhancements
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Sep 3Genie One enhancements
AI/BI and GeniePreview
Sep 3Share metric views with OpenSharing (Beta)
Databricks SQLBeta
Sep 3Web search in Genie One (Beta)
AI/BI and GenieBeta
Sep 2AI Search supports struct and map columns and filter-only queries
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 2Git Folder Serverless is in Beta
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformBeta
Sep 2Google Gemini 3.8 Flash now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 1Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Agent Bricks and Mosaic AIUpdate
Sep 1Apache Arrow support for Zerobus Ingest is now generally available
LakeflowGA
Sep 1Automatic change data feed is now generally available
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Sep 1Databricks Runtime 19: September 1, 2026
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformGA
Sep 1Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (09/01)
Databricks Data Intelligence PlatformUpdate
Sep 1Genie Code scheduled tasks are now generally available
AI/BI and GenieGA
Sep 1Genie Code scheduled tasks will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Sep 1Genie One and Genie Agents can now use models served through OpenAI on Databricks
AI/BI and GenieUpdate
Sep 1Genie One web search is in Beta
AI/BI and GenieBeta

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