Releasesby GlyphProvision Claude desktop with MDM using Unity Gateway
Admins can use ug configure --global from their mobile device management (MDM) software to provision the Claude desktop app machine-wide with governed models, MCP servers, and skills, and users can import their claude.ai projects and chats. This is available on macOS only. Learn more .
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The following AlloyDB AI features and improvements are generally available ( GA ): - Smart batching for AI...
The following AlloyDB AI features and improvements are generally available ( GA ): Smart batching for AI functions: AI function acceleration is generally available for ai.if , ai.rank , ai.analyze_sentiment , ai.summarize , ai.extract , ai.classify , and ai.generate on AlloyDB clusters running PostgreSQL 17 and later.
To support your FinOps practices, you can now opt in to compute cost attribution in BigQuery editions
To support your FinOps practices, you can now opt in to compute cost attribution in BigQuery editions. This feature attributes billed compute charges directly to the query projects that use your administration project's reservation capacity.
Query performance troubleshooting and job and system performance comparison in the BigQuery jobs explorer are...
Query performance troubleshooting and job and system performance comparison in the BigQuery jobs explorer are generally available (GA). For more information, see Troubleshoot job performance and Diagnose performance regressions by comparing jobs and systems .
When you create or schedule a pipeline, you can specify the maximum number of concurrently executed pipeline...
When you create or schedule a pipeline, you can specify the maximum number of concurrently executed pipeline tasks. This feature is generally available (GA).
You can use compression functions in GoogleSQL to compress or decompress bytes or string values by using the...
You can use compression functions in GoogleSQL to compress or decompress bytes or string values by using the Zstandard (Zstd) lossless data compression algorithm. The following functions are supported: ZSTD_COMPRESS ZSTD_DECOMPRESS_TO_BYTES ZSTD_DECOMPRESS_TO_STRING These functions are in Preview .
Fast mode for Anthropic Claude models is generally available
Fast mode for supported Anthropic Claude models, starting with Claude Fable 5.2 ( claude-fable-5-2 ), is available in General Availability (GA) . You can set "speed": "fast" in online pay-as-you-go prediction requests to accelerate output token generation for latency-sensitive agentic workflows.
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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.
Upcoming 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.
Smart Routing is faster and lower cost, and now routes subagents only (Beta)
Smart Routing now routes only subagents, not the first prompt. It costs up to 70% less in internal benchmarks and cuts p90 routing latency from 9 seconds to 2 seconds. Smart Routing for Codex is paused. See Select models or use Smart Routing .
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 .