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Variant will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

UpdateVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Variant will be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled in July 2026. Use Variant to ingest semi-structured data from streaming sources (Kinesis, Event Hub), REST APIs, and schemaless databases, while maintaining high-performance query access. See Variant type support for Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake .

Topics: SQL, Streaming, Governance, Security, Data integration

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DateRelease
Jul 22Variant and Variant shredding are now generally available
GA
Jul 22Transactions are now generally available
GA
Jul 22Email notifications for expiring service principal tokens are now generally available
GA
Jul 23Databricks Runtime 19 and Databricks Runtime 19 for Machine Learning are now generally available
GA
Jul 23Databricks Runtime 18 and Databricks Runtime 18 for Machine Learning have transitioned to LTS
GA
Jul 23Databricks Runtime 19: July 23, 2026
GA
Jul 21Context-based ingress control for workspaces public access is now generally available
GA
Jul 24Dedicated group clusters will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Update

Also shipped on Jul 22, 2026

Databricks in July 2026
DateRelease
Jul 22External OAuth and configurable scopes for MCP servers (General availability)
SnowflakeSnowflakeGA
Jul 22OpenAI API adds hard spend limits for organizations and projects
OpenAIOpenAI APIPricing
Jul 22AI Gateway now supports streaming transcription
VercelAI SDK and AI GatewayBeta
Jul 22Extension version pinning in CREATE or ALTER EXTENSION deprecated
SupabaseSupabaseDeprecation
Jul 22CoCo Desktop v1.20.0
SnowflakeCortex CodeUpdate
Jul 22Refresh multiple dynamic tables in one ALTER statement
SnowflakeSnowflakeUpdate

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