Releasesby IbisADBC driver for Power BI is now generally available
GAyesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 16, 2026
The Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC) driver for the Databricks connector for Power BI is now generally available. ADBC is the default driver for new connections in Power BI Desktop and the Power BI service. See Configure ADBC or ODBC driver for Power BI .
Topics: Data integration, BI
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Every Databricks Data Intelligence Platform releaseOn-demand state repartitioning is now generally available
On-demand state repartitioning is now generally available. You can resize the number of shuffle partitions for a stateful Structured Streaming query or Lakeflow pipeline without losing checkpoint state. See On-demand state repartitioning for stateful streaming queries .
AI Runtime will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
AI Runtime is scheduled to become generally available on October 15, 2026, on AWS and Azure for workspaces without the compliance security profile enabled. AI Runtime will be available by default for eligible workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled in mid November. Availability depends on the supported compliance standards and regions.
Databricks AI Runtime SDK replaces serverless_gpu
Starting in GPU environment version 6, the Databricks AI Runtime SDK ( databricks-sdk-air ) replaces the deprecated serverless_gpu package. It provides the @distributed and ray_init APIs and the databricks.air.data utilities under the databricks.air namespace. The gpus and gpu_type arguments are renamed to num_accelerators and accelerator_type .
Feature Views will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Feature Views are now generally available. They will be automatically enabled for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled in mid-November 2026. Define and compute features declaratively from batch or streaming data, then use them for model training and online serving. See Feature Views .
Feature Views are now generally available
Feature Views are now generally available for batch, streaming, and request-time data. They will be enabled for compliance security profile workspaces in mid-November 2026. See Feature Views .
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash supports priority pay-per-token and reserved provisioned throughput
You can now use DeepSeek V4.1 Flash with priority pay-per-token for latency-sensitive traffic or reserved provisioned throughput for dedicated capacity.
Context-based ingress policies for inbound private connectivity are now generally available
Context-based ingress policies for inbound Private Link are now generally available. Control which registered VPC endpoints can reach your workspaces, and combine endpoint rules with identity and request type conditions in the same policy.
Zhipu AI GLM 5.2 is now a legacy model
GLM 5.2 is now a legacy model. Databricks recommends migrating to GLM 5.3 or GLM 5.3 Flash .
Also shipped on Oct 15, 2026
Databricks in October 2026Checkout footer visibility now applies to merchant-configurable content
The visibility fields on CheckoutBrandingFooterContent and CheckoutAndAccountsConfigurationBrandingFooterContent now control only merchant-configurable footer content. Checkout can display Shopify-provided transaction information in the footer regardless of this setting.
ShopifyYou can copy tables across regions
You can copy tables across regions . This feature is now generally available (GA).
You can now use column aliases in GoogleSQL
You can now use column aliases in GoogleSQL. This feature lets you define an alias for an expression in the SELECT clause of a SQL query and immediately reference that alias within the same SELECT list or in the WHERE clause of the same query block.
You can export a conversational analytics agent's answer , including text, visualizations, tables, and...
You can export a conversational analytics agent's answer , including text, visualizations, tables, and citations, to a PDF or CSV file. This feature is generally available (GA).
Gemini Enterprise: Anthropic models are available in the Gemini Enterprise app
Administrators can make Anthropic models, Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5, available to users in the Gemini Enterprise app. After an administrator turns on a model in the Enable third-party models section of the Feature Management tab, users can select the model in the model selector.
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