Releasesby GlyphQuery text is now masked by default in system tables and APIs
Because SQL statements can contain sensitive information, Databricks now masks query text in the following places: statement_text in system.query.history returns . query_text in the Query History API and the List Queries API returns . Keys in request_params in system.access.audit that contain SQL definitions are omitted.
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You can now view real-time logs for your Python UDFs in Cloud Logging
You can now view real-time logs for your Python UDFs in Cloud Logging. This feature is generally available .
Cortex Extension references in agent skills (General availability)
Referencing a Cortex Extension from an agent skill is now generally available. Set the skill source type to CORTEX_EXTENSION and path to the extension's fully qualified name, and Snowflake expands the reference into the extension's member skills at request time, so you don't list each skill individually.
Cortex Agents Coding Agent (General availability)
The Cortex Agents Coding Agent is now generally available. Add the code_toolset_all tool type to a Cortex Agent, and Snowflake provisions and manages a sandbox backed by the same runtime that powers Snowflake CoCo: bash, file read/write/edit, grep, glob, web search, SQL execution, and skills.
Organization user types (General availability)
With this release, you can specify whether an organization user represents a person or a service. Set the TYPE property to SERVICE for a service or application that interacts with Snowflake without human interaction. If you don't specify a type, the organization user is a PERSON user, which matches the previous behavior.
Semantic Studio (Preview)
Semantic Studio is now available in public preview for all accounts. Semantic Studio is the authoring environment for semantic views in Workspaces, combining conversational authoring with CoCo, direct YAML editing, and deployment to the live Snowflake object in a single surface.
Knowledge Catalog support for importing metadata from dbt Core and MetricFlow is available in Preview
Knowledge Catalog support for importing metadata from dbt Core and MetricFlow is available in Preview . You can use the gcloud alpha dataplex dbt metadata-jobs command to extract and import technical, semantic (MetricFlow), operational, data quality, and lineage metadata from dbt Core artifacts into Knowledge Catalog.
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ai_prep_search supports plain text and markdown input (Beta)
The ai_prep_search() SQL function now accepts plain text and markdown STRING content in addition to the structured VARIANT output of ai_parse_document . You can now chunk and prepare text that you already have as a string for AI Search indexing and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, without first running it through document parsing.
Private network gateway is in Private Preview
Private network gateway is in Private Preview . A private network gateway connects Databricks serverless compute to resources in your VPC, on-premises systems, and the internet through a single managed gateway, reusing your existing network connectivity configuration (NCC).
Databricks Runtime 19: August 24, 2026
Library and environment updates Updated Java from Zulu21.50+19-CA to Zulu21.52+15-CA . Updated Java libraries: com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-annotations from 2.21 to 2.22 com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-core from 2.21.2 to 2.22.1 com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind from 2.21.2 to 2.22.1 com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jackson-datatype-joda...
Zhipu AI GLM 5.3 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Model Serving now supports GLM 5.3 as a Databricks-hosted model in supported US and Americas regions. This text-only mixture of experts (MoE) model supports a context window of up to 1,048,576 tokens, up to 65,536 output tokens, function calling, structured output, coding, agentic tool use, and always-on reasoning.
Restrict service principal OAuth secrets to specific API scopes
You can now restrict a service principal's OAuth secret to specific API scopes, such as sql or jobs , instead of all APIs. A token minted from a scoped secret can't exceed those scopes, which limits the impact of a leaked secret. See Authorize service principal access to Databricks with OAuth .
ai_transcribe function (Beta)
The ai_transcribe() SQL function transcribes an audio file into text. It returns the transcript as time-stamped segments, and labels each segment with a speaker when speaker diarization is enabled for your workspace. The output is a VARIANT value, so you can chain it into other AI Functions. This feature is in Beta . See ai_transcribe function .
Upcoming end of life for the Supervisor API
The Supervisor API (Beta) reaches end of life on September 30, 2026. After that date, the API is no longer available. Databricks recommends migrating to custom agents on Databricks Apps . See Supervisor API (Beta) (deprecated) .
Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (09/01)
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 LTS Databricks Runtime 18.2 Databricks Runtime 18.1 Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS Databricks Runtime 16.4 LTS Databricks Runtime 15.4 LTS Databricks Runtime...