Releasesby GlyphManaged Iceberg materialized views are in Public Preview
You can now create a materialized view that is compatible with external Iceberg readers. This feature is in Public Preview . To enable it, reach out to your Databricks account team. See Create a materialized view compatible with external Iceberg readers .
Also shipped Jul 7, 2026Databricks in July 2026 →
Deep Research in Snowflake CoWork (General availability)
Deep Research in Snowflake CoWork is now generally available. Deep Research is an investigation mode for complex, open-ended questions that require multi-step reasoning across your data.
[Launched] Generally Available: Network Security Perimeter support for Azure Event Hubs
Azure Event Hubs now supports Network Security Perimeter (NSP), enabling organizations to define a logical network isolation boundary for PaaS resources and control public network access through perimeter-based access rules.With Network Security Perimeter
[Launched] Generally Available: Confidential Computing support for Azure Event Hubs Dedicated
Azure Event Hubs Dedicated now supports Confidential Computing, enabling organizations to protect streaming data while it is being processed in memory. By leveraging hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs), customers can help safeguard sensit
Per-user budgets for cost centers in the billing UI
Enterprise admins can now create cost center user-level budgets directly in the billing UI where you manage cost centers and budgets. This feature is available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. This gives you the same per-user AI credit budget controls that were previously only available through the REST API.
Secret scanning extended metadata and multipart validation
To help you understand ownership and impact of a leaked secret, GitHub secret scanning surfaces enriched metadata for supported secret types. Extended metadata checks are now generally available, including support for multipart validators with supplementary metadata. What’s new?
Restrict who can dismiss reviews in rulesets
You can now restrict who can dismiss pull request reviews directly in GitHub repository rulesets. This capability is generally available and gives you precise control over who can clear an approval before changes merge. The setting lives alongside the other review options in the Require a pull request before merging rule.
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Databricks SQL alerts are now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Databricks SQL alerts now support all compliance security profile standards that Databricks supports, and are available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. Use Databricks SQL alerts to monitor data and KPIs by running queries on a schedule, evaluating conditions, and notifying recipients when the conditions are met.
MATCH_RECOGNIZE is now in Beta
Databricks SQL and Databricks Runtime now support the SQL:2016 MATCH_RECOGNIZE clause for row pattern recognition. Enable the Match Recognize preview in workspace preview settings . See MATCH_RECOGNIZE clause .
Lakehouse Real-Time (Beta)
Lakehouse Real-Time (Lakehouse//RT) is now in Beta . Lakehouse//RT is a serverless SQL warehouse type built for low-latency, high-concurrency workloads, delivering sub-second SQL read queries against Unity Catalog tables.
Databricks SQL version 2026.20 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.20 is now available in the Preview channel. Review the following section to learn about new features, behavioral changes, and bug fixes.
Metric view parameters are now in Public Preview
You can now define parameters in metric views to bind values at query time, serving many query variants from a single definition instead of maintaining a separate metric view per variant. See Use parameters with metric views .
Warehouse-level statement timeouts (Beta)
You can now set a statement timeout on a single SQL warehouse so that different warehouses can apply different timeouts to their queries. Set the timeout with the statement_timeout field in the Create or Update warehouse APIs. This feature is in Beta and is API-only. See Warehouse-level timeout .
Alert system tables are in Public Preview
The system.alert schema is in Public Preview . This schema contains the alerts table, which records the configuration of every alert, and the alert_evaluation_history table, which records one row per alert evaluation. Use these tables to audit alert definitions, analyze evaluation trends, and monitor alert workloads at scale.
Databricks SQL version 2026.32 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.32 is now available in the Preview channel. Review the following section to learn about new features and improvements. Validate VARIANT values with is_valid_variant The is_valid_variant function returns true when its input is a well-formed VARIANT value and false otherwise.