Releasesby GlyphTrack Unity Gateway skill usage with audit logs and the usage dashboard
Users can now track Unity Gateway Skill usage through audit logs and a dedicated dashboard. The dashboard provides visibility into downloads, loads, and user activity.
Also shipped Oct 30, 2026Databricks in October 2026 →
Hybrid table support for Google Cloud (Preview)
Snowflake hybrid tables are now supported in all Google Cloud commercial regions in preview.
External OAuth for Snowflake Postgres (General availability)
External OAuth for Snowflake Postgres is now generally available, allowing authentication via external identity providers.
Spanner supports equality and ordering comparisons on JSONB and JSON values
Spanner now allows equality and ordering comparisons on JSONB and JSON values directly in GROUP_BY and ORDER BY clauses. It also supports implicit type coercion and search indexes for JSON equality operations.
[In preview] Public Preview: Support database-level managed identity (including FIC) in Create Database Scoped Credential T-SQL
Users can now assign a user-assigned managed identity to individual databases in Azure SQL Database. This enables secure access to files in Azure Blob Storage and Data Lake Storage Gen2 via external tables and OPENROWSET.
Inference request metadata logging (GA)
Inference request metadata logging is now generally available for Gemini and Claude models. It records model usage, latency, and error codes without capturing prompt or response content.
Computer use tool is available in General Availability
The Computer use tool is now generally available with new safety governance features. Administrators can configure organization-wide guardrails for sensitive actions like financial transactions or data modification.
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Dashboard relationships are now generally available
Dashboard relationships, which enable multi-fact data models in AI/BI dashboards, are now generally available.
Dashboard bug fixes
Databricks released bug fixes for AI/BI dashboards, including improvements to filter behavior, theme scoping, and chart field persistence.
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.
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.
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 .