Releasesby GlyphDeepSeek V4 Pro (0813) is scheduled for retirement
DeepSeek V4 Pro (0813) will be retired on October 30, 2026. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is the recommended replacement. See Deprecated and retired models for migration guidance.
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New features and improvements in Copilot for JetBrains
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains 1.18.0 brings AI-assisted tool approvals, more control over agent conversations, and shared skills and instructions for your organization. You can also review plans with the Codex agent and manage MCP tools with persistent controls.
Non-deterministic aggregate functions are supported with dynamic table incremental refresh (General availability)
Non-deterministic aggregate functions such as approx count distinct , approx percentile , and approx top k are now supported with dynamic table incremental refresh in INCREMENTAL, AUTO, and ADAPTIVE refresh modes. For incremental refresh, these functions are supported only in the SELECT clause. any value remains unsupported.
More ways to request and configure Copilot code reviews
GitHub Copilot code review now offers additional personal configurations to an expanded set of Copilot plans and an enterprise-level default setting. These improvements are now generally available: A dedicated personal settings page for automatic review and your default review effort An enterprise-wide default review effort setting for organization-owned...
Node 20 is no longer available in GitHub Actions
This is the final notification that Node 20 is no longer available on GitHub Actions runners. Runners now use Node 24 for JavaScript actions. The temporary ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION opt-out is no longer available. If you maintain a JavaScript action, update its runs.using value to node24 and publish a new release as soon as possible.
Unlimited Vercel Blob stores on every plan
You can now create as many Vercel Blob stores as you need. The previous limits of 100 stores on Hobby, 500 on Pro, and 1,000 on Enterprise no longer apply. Blob store creation is now billed alongside other Blob Advanced Operations , including put() , copy() , and list() calls. On Pro that's $5.00 per million.
Plugin Change Approvals Show the Proposed Diff
Clicking a plugin change approval card now opens the proposed change in the Progress tab as a diff against the saved plugin, with a link to the plugin; after approval it shows exactly what was written. Single-file plugin edits preview the file directly.
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Bundled BigQuery JDBC driver removal in Databricks Runtime 20
Starting with Databricks Runtime 20, Databricks Runtime no longer includes the bundled BigQuery JDBC driver, while Databricks Runtime 19 and earlier continue to include it. Classic compute workloads that use Spark JDBC with a jdbc:bigquery: URL fail with a driver-not-found error unless a BigQuery JDBC driver is installed.
The query history system table is now generally available
The system.query.history system table is now generally available. Use it to access account-wide records for queries run on SQL warehouses or serverless compute, including execution status, duration metrics, and query source. See Query history system table reference .
Databricks Runtime 19: September 21, 2026
New features and improvements truncate function : SQL and the Scala and Python DataFrame APIs now support truncate , which truncates a number to a specified scale without rounding.
Thinking Machine Labs Inkling is scheduled for retirement
Thinking Machine Labs Inkling will be retired on October 30, 2026. GLM 5.3 and Kimi K3 are the recommended replacements. See Deprecated and retired models for migration guidance.
Databricks JDBC Driver (Simba) 2.8.4 is available
Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) 2.8.4 adds Java 25 support and upgrades libthrift , httpclient5 , httpcore5 , and lz4-java . Download it from the JDBC drivers archive under All JDBC Driver Versions (Simba) .
ai_parse_document quality improvements: signature detection and layout prediction
ai_parse_document now detects signature regions in documents and identifies document layouts more accurately. See ai_parse_document function .
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 is scheduled for retirement
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 will be retired on October 30, 2026. Kimi K3 is the recommended replacement. See Deprecated and retired models for migration guidance.
Base environments are now supported on classic compute (Beta)
You can now use base environments to manage Python dependencies on classic compute. You can use Databricks-provided environments or custom workspace-level environments. See Manage dependencies using environments .