Unity Gateway Usage Dashboard v1.0
The Unity Gateway Usage Dashboard is now available, providing insights into coding-agent adoption, harness usage, and session spend. It supports tag-based spend attribution and detailed model analysis.
Also shipped Oct 27, 2026Databricks in October 2026 →
Released pg\_pinecone
The pg_pinecone extension is now available, enabling native vector search within PostgreSQL. It allows users to perform vector searches using the local engine or offload indexing to Pinecone for larger datasets.
[Launched] Generally Available: Cost management and tagging for Claude models in Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Foundry now provides integrated cost management and tagging for Claude models within Azure Cost Management. This update ensures Claude usage is tracked under the specific Foundry resource rather than as general SaaS spend.
Gemini Robotics ER 2 (Preview)
Gemini Robotics ER 2 is now available in preview. This vision-language model is designed for robotics applications, supporting spatial reasoning, agentic code execution, and task orchestration.
xAI's Grok 4.7 is generally available
xAI's Grok 4.7 model is now generally available for production use on global and US multi-region endpoints.
Gemini Enterprise: VPC connectivity and static IP egress for custom MCP servers
Gemini Enterprise now supports VPC connectivity for custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. This allows private MCP servers to be hosted within a VPC or routed through Cloud NAT with static IPs for secure, controlled access.
BigQuery Studio Git repository integration is generally available
BigQuery Studio now supports folder-based integration with remote Git repositories for version control of SQL scripts and notebooks.
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Upcoming end of life for the Genie One MCP Beta endpoint
The Genie One MCP Beta endpoint will reach end of life on November 30, 2026. Users must migrate to the generally available system.ai.genie_one_mcp MCP in Unity Gateway.
Genie Code tasks in Lakeflow Jobs are available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled starting in November 2026
Starting in November 2026, Genie Code tasks in Lakeflow Jobs are available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. A Genie Code task runs your prompt autonomously as part of a job. It can read upstream task outputs and call tools as needed, and it returns a link to the resulting Genie Code chat with its response.
Genie Code tasks in Lakeflow Jobs are now generally available
Genie Code tasks in Lakeflow Jobs are now generally available. A Genie Code task runs your prompt autonomously as part of a job. It can read upstream task outputs and call tools as needed, and it returns a link to the resulting Genie Code chat with its response. See Genie Code task for jobs .
Genie Ontology snippets will soon be generally available and enabled by default
In early November 2026, Genie Ontology snippets will be generally available and enabled by default. Genie Ontology automatically extracts and maintains business context from your existing assets and usage, including metric views, dashboards, SQL queries, and Genie Agents.
Delegate access to Genie budgets
Budgets used to manage Genie costs now support access control lists (ACLs). Account admins and workspace admins can grant the Budget Manager or Budget Viewer role to specific users, groups, or Databricks service principals, delegating who can view and manage each budget. See Manage budget permissions and Manage budgets and cost controls for Genie .
File upload in Genie One and Genie Agents is now generally available
File upload in Genie One and Genie Agents is now generally available, so workspace admins no longer need to turn on a preview. Upload files to a conversation and analyze them in natural language alongside your other data. For supported file types and limits, see Upload a file and Upload a file to a Genie Agent .
File upload in Genie One and Genie Agents will soon be available by default for compliance security profile workspaces with supported compliance standards
Starting November 15, 2026, file upload in Genie One and Genie Agents will be available by default for workspaces that have the compliance security profile enabled, if the workspace's compliance standard supports file upload. You can upload files to a conversation and analyze them in natural language alongside your other data.
The agentic code converter is generally available for SQL conversion
The agentic code converter is now generally available for the SQL target framework. Powered by Genie Code, it converts SQL from dialects such as T-SQL, Snowflake, Redshift, Oracle, BigQuery, and Teradata into Databricks SQL queries.