Releasesby IbisDatabricks SQL version 2026.42 is now available in Preview
Preview4 days agoUnverifiedAdded Oct 16, 2026
Databricks SQL version 2026.42 is now available in the Preview channel. This version includes the following changes: Operating system security updates. Miscellaneous bug fixes. This version doesn't include new features or behavioral changes.
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CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW will soon preserve grants, comments and tags by default
Starting December 2, 2026, CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW will update views in-place, instead of dropping and re-creating the view. Grants, tags, and comments are preserved with two caveats: As views execute with view owner's permissions, grants are not preserved if a non-owner alters the view query via CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW You must first remove governed tags on...
Databricks SQL version 2026.39 is rolling out in Current
Databricks SQL version 2026.39 is rolling out to the Current channel.
Query tags for SQL warehouses are now generally available
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Databricks SQL version 2026.39 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.39 is now available in the Preview channel.
Databricks SQL version 2026.38 is rolling out in Current
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Sharing metric views with OpenSharing is now generally available
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Window measures on a numeric index column in metric views
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Also shipped on Oct 12, 2026
Databricks in October 2026Change an incident’s conference bridge without leaving Slack with /pd meeting now Generally Available
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Conference bridge selection in the Slack declare modal now Generally Available
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Incremental data transfers for the BigQuery Data Transfer Service for PostgreSQL and ServiceNow are now...
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Announcing consumption-based pricing for short-term memory in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
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