Okta support for automatic identity management is now generally available
Okta support for automatic identity management is now generally available. Automatic identity management lets you sync users and groups from Okta into Databricks without SCIM provisioning.
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Markets APIs now support MarketRegionSubdivision
Sub-region Markets are available in the Admin GraphQL API 2026-07 Apps using Admin GraphQL 2026-07 can encounter Markets configured with country-subdivision regions, such as states and provinces as merchants upgrade to market-driven shipping.
Resource budgets for Cortex Search
Snowflake now supports resource budgets to control credit spending for Cortex Search services. Resource budgets let you define a monthly spending limit and take automated actions, such as revoking access or suspending the service, when spending exceeds your limits. For more information, see Resource budgets for Cortex Search .
Transformers Release v5.13.0
Release v5.13.0 New Model additions KimiK 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 This release includes the architecture for Kimi 2.5 which is used by 2.5-2.7: Kimi K2.5 is an open-source, native multimodal agentic model that advances practical capabilities in long-horizon coding, coding-driven design, proactive autonomous execution, and swarm-based task orchestration.
Vercel Sandbox now supports FUSE-based filesystems
Vercel Sandbox now supports FUSE, letting you mount remote storage and custom filesystems inside a running Sandbox. Use it to attach S3 buckets, network filesystems, or any other FUSE-compatible driver as a regular path.
Manage Vercel Flags segments with Vercel CLI
Vercel Flags segments can now be managed from the Vercel CLI with the new vercel flags segments command. A segment is the targeting primitive a flag uses to decide who sees what. Membership composes from three repeatable tokens: include: , exclude: , and rule: . Pass them to --add or --remove for incremental edits.
Agent Runs now available in the Vercel MCP and CLI
Your agent can now inspect Agent Runs via the Vercel MCP and CLI for eve , the open-source agent framework. eve traces are automatically ingested when deployed to Vercel and available as Agent Runs.
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Budgets are now generally available
Budgets, including budgets for Unity Gateway, are now generally available. Budgets let admins define spending thresholds. For requests managed through Unity Gateway, including Genie interactions, admins can set additional per-user thresholds and overrides, with configurable actions such as email alerting and usage blocking.
Private Link for account-level resources (Beta)
You can now use Private Link to privately connect to Databricks account-level resources, such as the account console, through a VPC interface endpoint instead of the public internet. See Configure inbound Private Link for account-level resources .
July 6, 2026
This serverless compute release includes updates from Databricks Runtime 18 . New features Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow streaming query ID : Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow can now set the streaming query ID on demand.
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (06/29)
New maintenance updates are available for supported Databricks Runtime versions. These updates include bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements. For details, see: Databricks Runtime 18 Databricks Runtime 18.2 Databricks Runtime 18.1 Databricks Runtime 18.0 Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS Databricks Runtime 16.4 LTS Databricks Runtime 15.4 LTS...
Custom Docker images for AI Runtime CLI workloads (Beta)
You can now bring your own Docker container image to AI Runtime CLI ( air ) workloads. This feature is in Beta . Use a custom image when you need specific system library versions, complex dependencies, or a reproducible environment. See Use custom Docker images .
Parquet v2 for Delta Lake tables is generally available
Parquet v2 is now generally available for Delta Lake tables in Databricks Runtime 18.1 and above. Parquet v2 uses advanced encodings, v2 data page headers, and INT64 timestamps to improve query performance and reduce table sizes. To use, set the delta.parquet.format.version table property to 2.12.0 or enable automatic upgrades.
Object metadata column is now in Public Preview
The _object_metadata column is now in Public Preview. The _object_metadata column is a hidden metadata column that exposes object-level properties for objects in cloud storage, including MIME type, ETag, user-defined key-value metadata, system-defined metadata, and object tags. It is available starting from Databricks Runtime 18.1.
Zhipu AI GLM 5.2 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Model Serving now supports GLM 5.2 as a Databricks-hosted model. This mixture of experts (MoE) model supports a 1 million token context window and is optimized for long-horizon reasoning, coding, and agentic tool use. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs . Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with applicable terms .