Releasesby GlyphStarting on August 1, 2026, when you create or clone a Cloud SQL instance enabled with Private Service...
Starting on August 1, 2026, when you create or clone a Cloud SQL instance enabled with Private Service Connect, or when you enable Private Service Connect for an existing instance, then connection reconciliation behavior is enabled by default and can't be disabled.
Also shipped Jul 31, 2026Google Cloud in July 2026 →
Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview
The web terminal in notebooks connected to serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is now in Public Preview . Use it to run shell commands, monitor GPU usage with nvidia-smi , install libraries, and manage files directly on the compute. This requires serverless GPU environment version 5 or above. See Run shell commands in Databricks web terminal .
Packaged clean rooms are now generally available
Packaged clean rooms are now generally available. In a packaged clean room, a provider supplies notebooks, JARs, and data that a consumer runs against their own data without seeing the provider's code or data assets. See Packaged clean rooms .
OpenAI connector (Beta)
The OpenAI connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector uses the OpenAI Organization Admin API to ingest organization administration data, such as users, projects, API keys, usage, costs, and audit logs, from OpenAI into Databricks.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-July
In late-July 2026, the following update and enhancement was made to Azure SQL: Regex-based dynamic data masking (DDM) extends the built-in DDM feature with pattern‑based masking to hide sensitive data like emails, phone numbers, and identifiers, centrally
Upcoming August 2026 model deprecations in GitHub Copilot
We will deprecate the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), on September 1st, 2026: Model Deprecation date Suggested alternative Gemini 3.1 Pro 9-1-2026 Gemini 3.6 Flash Claude Opus 4.5 9-1-2026 Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Opus 4.8, or Claude Opus 5 Claude Opus...
Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated
As of today, July 31, 2026, we have deprecated the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions).
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Cloud SQL for MySQL now supports significantly faster re-encryption of instances and replicas protected by...
Cloud SQL for MySQL now supports significantly faster re-encryption of instances and replicas protected by customer-managed encryption keys (CMEKs), and re-encryption now completes with zero downtime.
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL now supports significantly faster re-encryption of instances and replicas protected...
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Cloud SQL for SQL Server now supports significantly faster re-encryption of instances and replicas protected...
Cloud SQL for SQL Server now supports significantly faster re-encryption of instances and replicas protected by customer-managed encryption keys (CMEKs), and re-encryption now completes with zero downtime.
You can change the backup plan for your Cloud SQL enhanced backups without first removing the existing plan
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DNS automation is now generally available ( GA ) on Cloud SQL instances where Private Service Connect is...
DNS automation is now generally available ( GA ) on Cloud SQL instances where Private Service Connect is enabled. You can use DNS automation to provision and manage per-instance DNS records automatically.
Cloud SQL for MySQL supports resource groups
Cloud SQL for MySQL supports resource groups . MySQL resource groups let you manage resource allocation for different workloads on your Cloud SQL for MySQL instance. By using resource groups, you can prevent less important workloads from consuming excessive CPU or memory resources.