Releasesby GlyphClaude Managed Agents sessions can be seeded with initial events
POST /v1/sessions accepts initial_events with up to 50 user.message and user.define_outcome events, and a non-empty list starts the agent loop in the same call.
Also shipped Jul 22, 2026Anthropic in July 2026 →
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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Claude Managed Agents agents accept an effort level in model configuration
Pass effort inside the model object when creating a Claude Managed Agents agent to set its effort level.
Claude Managed Agents webhooks cover environment and memory store lifecycle
Four environment.* and three memory_store.* webhook event types let you react to environment and memory store lifecycle changes without polling.
Claude Managed Agents agent updates no longer require a version field
Supply version for optimistic concurrency, where a mismatch returns 409, or omit it to apply the update unconditionally.
Claude Managed Agents thread event streams support event deltas
The thread-level stream endpoint accepts the event_deltas[] query parameter, so you can preview a subagent's text as the model generates it.
Claude Opus 5 launches with a 1M token context window at $5 / $25 per MTok
Claude Opus 5 improves on Opus 4.8 with a 1M token context window, 128k max output and thinking on by default, at the same $5 / $25 per MTok price. It is available on the Claude API, Bedrock, Google Cloud and Microsoft Foundry.
Claude Opus 5 only allows disabling thinking at effort high or below
Disabling thinking with effort xhigh or max returns a 400 error on Claude Opus 5, a breaking change from Opus 4.8 that integrations should check before migrating.
Effort is the primary control for Claude Opus 5
Claude Opus 5 supports the full effort ladder of low, medium, high, xhigh and max, with max intended for capability-critical work.
Mid-conversation tool changes enter beta on the Claude API
Add or remove tools between turns while preserving the prompt cache on Claude Fable 5, Mythos 5, Opus 4.8 and Opus 5, using the mid-conversation-tool-changes-2026-07-01 beta header.