Databricks Release notes and new features

Environment variables for serverless jobs are in Beta

Environment variables for serverless Lakeflow Jobs tasks are in Beta . You can define named environment variable entries at the job level and select one for each task to pass deployment-specific configuration to your application code. A workspace admin must enable the preview from the workspace Previews page.

• MLflow 3.15.1MLflow
• Filter updates for the Databricks Excel Add-inDatabricks Data Intelligence Platform
• Genie One and Genie Agents free usage extended through January 31, 2027AI/BI and Genie
• Refresh materialized views and streaming tables without exempting the pipeline owner from ABAC policiesLakeflow
• Automatic cost attribution for materialized views and streaming tables in Databricks SQLLakeflow
• Environment variables for serverless jobs are in BetaLakeflow · Beta
• MANAGE no longer requires USE CATALOG or USE SCHEMA on the same objectUnity Catalog
• Organize your work with spacesDatabricks Data Intelligence Platform
• Secrets in Unity Catalog is GAUnity Catalog · GA
• Serverless compute access control is now generally availableDatabricks Data Intelligence Platform · GA