Releasesby GlyphUpdateListen: switch model and language mid-session
UpdateListen now accepts model and language changes, so you can switch speech-to-text models and languages without restarting the session. Previously the provider identity had to match the current session.
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Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview
The web terminal in notebooks connected to serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is now in Public Preview . Use it to run shell commands, monitor GPU usage with nvidia-smi , install libraries, and manage files directly on the compute. This requires serverless GPU environment version 5 or above. See Run shell commands in Databricks web terminal .
Packaged clean rooms are now generally available
Packaged clean rooms are now generally available. In a packaged clean room, a provider supplies notebooks, JARs, and data that a consumer runs against their own data without seeing the provider's code or data assets. See Packaged clean rooms .
OpenAI connector (Beta)
The OpenAI connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector uses the OpenAI Organization Admin API to ingest organization administration data, such as users, projects, API keys, usage, costs, and audit logs, from OpenAI into Databricks.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-July
In late-July 2026, the following update and enhancement was made to Azure SQL: Regex-based dynamic data masking (DDM) extends the built-in DDM feature with pattern‑based masking to hide sensitive data like emails, phone numbers, and identifiers, centrally
Upcoming August 2026 model deprecations in GitHub Copilot
We will deprecate the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), on September 1st, 2026: Model Deprecation date Suggested alternative Gemini 3.1 Pro 9-1-2026 Gemini 3.6 Flash Claude Opus 4.5 9-1-2026 Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Opus 4.8, or Claude Opus 5 Claude Opus...
Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated
As of today, July 31, 2026, we have deprecated the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions).
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STT latency in LatencyReport
LatencyReport now includes stt_latency , the time from audio received to transcript produced. Every turn reports the full STT → LLM → TTS breakdown. { "type": "LatencyReport", "stt_latency": 0.12, "ttt_token_latency": 0.34, "tts_latency": 0.18, "total_latency": 0.64 } For details, see the Latency Report documentation .
Maximum session length of 2 hours
Voice Agent sessions now close automatically after 2 hours. Two new codes mark the limit: Time into the session Event Code 1 hour 55 minutes Warning MAXIMUM_SESSION_LENGTH_APPROACHING 2 hours Error (terminal) MAXIMUM_SESSION_LENGTH_REACHED KeepAlive does not extend the limit.
Google Enterprise Agent API support
Managed Google LLMs now run on either of Google's APIs: the AI Studio API or the Gemini Enterprise Agent (GEA) API, formerly the Vertex API. GEA adds regional Google endpoints for models where available. Select the API with think.provider.version from any Deepgram Voice Agent endpoint: ai-studio-v1beta for AI Studio, gemini-enterprise-agent-v1 for GEA.
Fixed
Resolved a sample rate issue that prevented some users from using the Flux TTS early access model in the Voice Agent.
Container Images (release 260728)
- quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260728 Equivalent image to: quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.192.12-1 quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260728 Equivalent image to: quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.123.0-1 Minimum required NVIDIA driver version: >=570.172.08 quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:release-260728 Equivalent...
FIPS 140-3 Images (General Availability)
FIPS 140-3 images are now generally available for all four self-hosted services, published under the -fips tag suffix: quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260728-fips quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260728-fips quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:release-260728-fips quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:release-260728-fips These...
This Release Contains The Following Changes
- Formatting Improvements , added Korean numeral support and fractional number formatting; decimal values now preserve their trailing zeros; and Japanese spacing has been improved. New .dgv2 Model File Format , release-260728 images (both standard and FIPS) support the new .dgv2 encrypted model file format. FIPS container images can only load .dgv2 models.
Improved Models Released for Multiple Languages
We have released improved Nova-3 monolingual models for the following languages. These updates enhance transcription quality and accuracy for both batch and streaming workloads.