Releasesby GlyphUpcoming removal of AI Functions support on older runtimes
Starting January 2027, AI Functions in SQL queries will require Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS or higher. This change does not affect ai_similarity or the AI Functions REST API.
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Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is now generally available, offering omni-modal processing for text, image, and video. New features include standalone video upscaling, extended generation durations, and reference-guided video editing.
Use GPT-6-Cyber to investigate vulnerabilities, reproduce them in an authorized test environment, and verify
OpenAI has released GPT-6-Cyber, a model designed to investigate vulnerabilities, reproduce them in authorized environments, and verify fixes.
Gemini Enterprise: Prepaid credits for Pay-as-you-go subscriptions and usage above quota
Prepaid credits are now generally available for self-serve Cloud Billing accounts, allowing users to pay for Gemini Enterprise usage without an invoiced billing account.
The BigQuery Metadata curation console page has been removed
The BigQuery Metadata curation console page has been deprecated. Users should now use Knowledge Catalog for data discovery, profiling, and governance tasks.
Conversational analytics in BigQuery is now available in the asia-northeast1 (Tokyo) location
Conversational analytics in BigQuery is now supported in the asia-northeast1 (Tokyo) region.
Announcing Web Answer on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
Web Answer is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. It provides a managed tool that returns synthesized, cited answers grounded in web sources in a single call.
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Run Claude Code and Codex in the SSH tunnel
Claude Code and Codex agents can now be run within SSH tunnel sessions in Databricks, using Unity Gateway for authentication.
AI Functions require Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS or above
Databricks announced that starting January 2027, AI Functions requiring Databricks Runtime 15.4 LTS or higher (excluding ai_similarity) will mandate Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS or above.
Moonshot AI Kimi K3.1 Pro is now available on Unity Gateway
Databricks added Moonshot AI Kimi K3.1 Pro to Unity Gateway on pay-per-token endpoints in us-east-1, offering native vision and reasoning capabilities for agent workflows.
Publish Unity Gateway Skills with a GitHub Action in Beta
Databricks launched a GitHub Action in beta to automatically publish and update Git-managed skills to Unity Catalog upon merging code.
Managed warehouse for MLflow (Beta)
Managed warehouse for MLflow is available in Beta, enabling users to view Unity Catalog traces in the MLflow UI without manually choosing a SQL warehouse.
AI Functions usage is now included in Unity Gateway budgets
Beginning November 1, 2026, Unity Gateway budgets include spend from task-specific AI Functions such as ai_parse_document , ai_extract , and ai_classify across batch and real-time execution paths. See Manage budgets for Unity Gateway .
Claude Code auto mode for Anthropic and non-Anthropic models
Claude Code auto mode is now available for both Anthropic and non-Anthropic models hosted on Databricks, reducing permission prompts for tool calls.
View personal and shared spend limits with the ug CLI
The ug CLI updated `ug usage` to display up to five active spend limits ordered by highest percentage used.