Releasesby GlyphDatabricks SQL version 2026.42 is rolling out in Current
Databricks SQL version 2026.42 is rolling out to the Current channel. See features in 2026.42 .
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Training Upcoming Serverless Training deprecation: DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) On November 2, 2026 , DeepSeek V4...
Training Upcoming Serverless Training deprecation: DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) On November 2, 2026 , DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) will be removed from the shared Serverless Training pool. This change applies only to Serverless Training. If you train DeepSeek V4 Flash (0731) on Serverless Training, migrate to DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 before November 2, 2026.
Cloud Workload Security is now available in Beta
Cloud Workload Security (CWS) is now available in Beta. Apply policy controls to cloud API requests before they reach your cloud provider. Define policies with request filters and Rego checks. For example, block requests that would make an R2 bucket public. Use workloads and policy sets to target your cloud environments.
Copilot model policy API for enterprise, orgs, and teams
You can now use the REST API to retrieve and update Copilot model policies for enterprises, enterprise teams, enterprise apps, and organizations. What’s new GET and PATCH endpoints are now generally available for model policies at four levels: Enterprise: /enterprises/{enterprise}/copilot/model-policies Enterprise teams...
GitHub Copilot models deprecated on October 19, 2026
As of today, October 19, 2026, we have deprecated the following models across most GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions). These deprecations were announced on September 18, 2026 .
Postgres wait events, now in Query Insights
Query Insights for ClickHouse Managed Postgres now includes wait event breakdowns, blocked-session charts, and lock-wait charts. These metrics are also available in Prometheus.
Send OpenTelemetry traces to Agent Observability, no SDK required
You can now send OpenTelemetry traces straight to Agent Observability, without the SDK. If your agents already emit OpenTelemetry generative AI spans, from your framework, an instrumentation library, or spans you write yourself, keep your existing route through Grafana Alloy or an OpenTelemetry Collector and opt in your AI spans with a single attribute.
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Databricks SQL version 2026.43 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.43 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.
Databricks SQL version 2026.43 is rolling out in Current
Databricks SQL version 2026.43 is rolling out to the Current channel. See features in 2026.43 .
Databricks SQL version 2026.42 is now available in Preview
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.
Metric view window measures are generally available
Window measures in metric views are now generally available. Window measures define rolling window, cumulative, or semiadditive aggregations, such as moving averages, period-over-period changes, and running totals. See Window measures .
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
Query tags are now generally available. You can apply custom key-value tags to SQL workloads for grouping, filtering, and cost attribution on Databricks SQL warehouses and Lakehouse//RT compute. Tags appear in system.query.history and on the Query History page of the Databricks UI. See Query tags .
Databricks SQL version 2026.39 is now available in Preview
Databricks SQL version 2026.39 is now available in the Preview channel.