Releasesby GlyphJuly 2026
Pairwise scoring When you compare two experiments in diff mode, you can now record which one produced the better output for each row. Braintrust aggregates these head-to-head judgments into a win rate, so you can run A-vs-B human evaluations without configuring a separate scoring function. See Pairwise scoring for details.
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External OAuth and configurable scopes for MCP servers (General availability)
Two new hierarchical parameters let you bind MCP servers to your organization’s existing identity provider (IdP) and control which OAuth scopes MCP clients discover. This enables MCP clients such as Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT to authenticate against your corporate IdP instead of Snowflake OAuth.
Variant and Variant shredding are now generally available
Variant is now generally available . Variant is a flexible data type for semi-structured data that delivers structured-like query performance through Variant shredding, which is also generally available.
Transactions are now generally available
Transactions that write to Unity Catalog managed Delta tables are now generally available. Group multiple SQL statements across one or more tables into a single atomic transaction using BEGIN ATOMIC ... END; or BEGIN TRANSACTION; ... COMMIT; syntax. All changes succeed together or roll back together, ensuring data consistency across your operations.
Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens are now generally available
Databricks now automatically sends an email notification when a service principal token is set to expire within seven days. Because service principals don't have their own mailboxes, Databricks sends these notifications to workspace admins.
Role-based access control (RBAC) is in Public Preview
Role-based access control (RBAC) is now in Public Preview. RBAC lets users assume a role in Databricks using only that role's permissions for the duration of the session instead of their own accumulated permissions. This enables exclusive access.
Governance Hub is in Beta
Governance Hub is in Beta . Governance Hub is a centralized, account-level UI in the account console for monitoring governance across your Databricks account. It provides a unified view of data health and coverage, AI usage and spend, and cost drivers, with prioritized insights and recommendations. All views respect existing permissions.
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June 2026
{/* ### Asynchronous queries Long-running SQL queries can now run asynchronously instead of timing out as a single synchronous request. Submit a query to async API endpoints and Braintrust executes it in the background, materializing results for paginated retrieval.
May 2026
Topics pricing Topics now uses monthly included credits across all plans: $10/month on Starter and $249/month on Pro as a launch promotion for the first 3 months, reverting to $100/month after. Overage charges apply once credits are used up, at $0.06/MTok input and $0.40/MTok output, uniform across plans. Credits do not roll over month-to-month.
March 2026
Tag and star datasets Tags can now be applied to datasets themselves, not just to individual records within them. Use dataset tags to organize datasets in the list and star datasets to pin them to the top of the table and dataset picker dropdowns. See Tag and star datasets for details.
February 2026
TypeScript auto-instrumentation Braintrust now supports auto-instrumentation for TypeScript, enabling automatic tracing of all LLM calls with minimal setup. Topics for automated log insights Topics automatically analyze and classify logs to surface patterns and insights without manual review.
September 2026
Transform coding-agent traces locally Redact secrets, remove sensitive fields, or add tags and metadata to coding-agent traces before they leave your machine. The bt CLI (v0.21.0+) runs JavaScript span plugins that you register with bt trace enable , bt trace run , or bt trace import .
August 2026
Dashboards Monitoring views are now dashboards, with a dedicated page per dashboard and a project-scoped list to browse, search, and star them. Start from an empty dashboard, clone the built-in Cost and quality dashboard, or duplicate an existing one, then rename or delete it from the Dashboard actions menu.
October 2026
SQL charts Build dashboard charts from a SQL query, and switch between the query text and a visual builder that edits the same query. Plot the results as time series, top lists, or tables. Braintrust adds the dashboard's timeframe, filters, and grouping to the query when the chart renders, so the same chart works on any dashboard you paste it into.
October 2026
Pattern severity Patterns assigns severity to findings so you can prioritize by impact and filter the list by severity. You can correct a severity with an optional reason, and Loop preserves your correction in later investigations.