Releasesby GlyphMoonshot AI Kimi K2.7 is retired
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.7 has been retired. Kimi K3 is the recommended replacement model.
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Hybrid table support for Google Cloud (Preview)
Snowflake hybrid tables are now supported in all Google Cloud commercial regions in preview.
External OAuth for Snowflake Postgres (General availability)
External OAuth for Snowflake Postgres is now generally available, allowing authentication via external identity providers.
Spanner supports equality and ordering comparisons on JSONB and JSON values
Spanner now allows equality and ordering comparisons on JSONB and JSON values directly in GROUP_BY and ORDER BY clauses. It also supports implicit type coercion and search indexes for JSON equality operations.
[In preview] Public Preview: Support database-level managed identity (including FIC) in Create Database Scoped Credential T-SQL
Users can now assign a user-assigned managed identity to individual databases in Azure SQL Database. This enables secure access to files in Azure Blob Storage and Data Lake Storage Gen2 via external tables and OPENROWSET.
Inference request metadata logging (GA)
Inference request metadata logging is now generally available for Gemini and Claude models. It records model usage, latency, and error codes without capturing prompt or response content.
Computer use tool is available in General Availability
The Computer use tool is now generally available with new safety governance features. Administrators can configure organization-wide guardrails for sensitive actions like financial transactions or data modification.
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Thinking Machine Labs Inkling is retired
Thinking Machine Labs Inkling has been retired. GLM 5.3 or Kimi K3 are recommended as replacements.
DeepSeek V4 Pro (0813) is retired
DeepSeek V4 Pro (0813) has been retired. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (1017) is the recommended replacement.
Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) 2.8.6 is available
Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) 2.8.6 prevents pending Cloud Fetch downloads from delaying the last connection from closing. It also updates lz4-java , Jackson, and libthrift . Download it from the JDBC drivers archive under All JDBC Driver Versions (Simba) .
Account-level security features are now available by default at GA
Account-level security features, including network connectivity and encryption controls, are now available by default upon general availability. Admins no longer need to manually enable these features on the Previews page.
Databricks Runtime 19: October 26, 2026
Bug fixes Operating system security updates and miscellaneous fixes.
DataFrame caching on serverless compute is now in Public Preview
Databricks now supports DataFrame caching on serverless compute via df.cache() or df.persist(), allowing users to reuse results within a session.
Shared Serverless for Asset Bundles (Beta)
Notebooks and files within the same asset bundle can now share serverless compute and environments defined in the bundle-root pyproject.toml file.
Shared Serverless (Beta)
With Shared Serverless, notebooks and files in the same bundle can share serverless compute and an environment defined in the bundle-root pyproject.toml file. Workspace admins can enable Project-Scoped Shared Compute on the Previews page . See Use Shared Serverless in bundles .