Releasesby GlyphOAuth on-behalf-of for service principals is generally available
OAuth on-behalf-of (OBO) for service principals is now generally available and turned on by default. With OBO, you use the standard user-to-machine (U2M) OAuth flow to act as a service principal you manage, without creating an OAuth secret. You must have the Service Principal Manager role on the service principal.
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You can track table-level data lineage in Knowledge Catalog for BigQuery pipelines
You can track table-level data lineage in Knowledge Catalog for BigQuery pipelines. For more information, see Track data lineage . This feature is generally available (GA).
BigQuery generative AI functions now support the gemini-4-hydrogen model
BigQuery generative AI functions now support the gemini-4-hydrogen model. This model is generally available .
Amazon Aurora and RDS now support Graviton5-based R9g database instances
AWS Graviton5-based R9g database instances are now generally available for Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility and MySQL compatibility, and for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB.
[In preview] Public Preview: SQL performance monitoring for Azure SQL Managed Instance
The public preview of Microsoft-managed performance monitoring for Azure SQL Managed Instance is now available. Customers monitoring business-critical SQL Managed Instance workloads often rely on custom scripts and disconnected monitoring tools. This requ
Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 4 Hydrogen available in web app, mobile app, Workflow Builder, and AI developer tools
Gemini 4 Hydrogen is generally available (GA) for the Gemini Enterprise web app, mobile app, Workflow Builder, and AI developer tools. Location availability : Supported in global , us , and eu multi-regions, with data residency and ML processing support in us and eu . For more information, see Data residency for Gemini Enterprise .
Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.8 Flash regional availability in Canada and Japan
Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available (GA) in Canada and Japan. Location availability : Supported in the Canada and Japan in-country regions with in-region at-rest data residency (DRZ) and machine learning processing (MLP). App availability : Turned on by default in the web app for the Canada and Japan regions.
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Feature Views are now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Feature Views are now enabled by default for Databricks workspaces that have the compliance security profile activated.
Databricks Runtime 19: November 9, 2026
Bug fixes Fix real-time mode reservation liveness and occupied-slot accounting when tasks execute through Aether.
Zhipu AI GLM 5.2 is scheduled for retirement
Zhipu AI GLM 5.2 is deprecated and will be retired on February 4, 2027. GLM 5.3 is the recommended replacement. See Legacy, deprecated, and retired models for migration guidance.
Allow partner platforms in context-based ingress policies
Databricks updated context-based ingress policies to allow traffic from Power BI, Tableau Cloud, dbt Cloud, and Genie apps for Slack and Microsoft Teams. This allows users to manage access without tracking individual IP addresses.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) is retired
Databricks retired the DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) model. Users are advised to migrate to DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (1017).
Databricks Runtime 19: November 2, 2026
New features and improvements ALTER SHARE ADD/ALTER VIEW now accepts WITH HISTORY and WITHOUT HISTORY ; existing history defaults are unchanged. Library and environment updates Updated Python libraries: pytz from 2025.2 to 2026.5 tzdata from 2026.2 to 2026.5
Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) 2.8.7 is available
Simba JDBC Driver (Legacy) 2.8.7 updates jackson-core , jackson-databind , and jackson-datatype-jsr310 to 2.21.8. Download it from the JDBC drivers archive under All JDBC Driver Versions (Simba) .
ai_decide (Beta) now delivers higher answer accuracy
ai_decide (Beta) now uses a new model that answers questions 33% more accurately, while maintaining existing low latency. See ai_decide function .