Releasesby GlyphThe following models are deprecated from DigitalOcean Inference as of 8 September 2026: Kimi K2.5 GLM 5...
The following models are deprecated from DigitalOcean Inference as of 8 September 2026: Kimi K2.5 GLM 5 GLM-5.1 Nemotron-3-Super-120B (Public Preview) Migrate Kimi K2.5 to Kimi K3 (kimi-k3), GLM 5 and GLM-5.1 to GLM-5.3 (glm-5.3), and …
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Conversational analytics now supports predictive modeling questions using the AI.PREDICT function
Conversational analytics now supports predictive modeling questions using the AI.PREDICT function . This feature is in Preview .
Add and drop hybrid table constraints online (General availability)
With this release, you can add and drop UNIQUE and FOREIGN KEY constraints on an existing hybrid table by using alter table . Previously, you had to define these constraints when you created the table, so adding a foreign key to a table that was already serving a workload meant recreating and reloading the table.
Shadow traffic for gateways (Preview)
With this preview release, you can use a shadow traffic gateway to send all production requests to a primary service endpoint while mirroring a percentage of those requests to one or more shadow endpoints. Responses from shadow endpoints aren't returned to clients.
The partner-powered AI features setting will be removed
On November 1, 2026, Databricks will remove the account- and workspace-level toggle for partner-powered AI features. Each workspace will keep its current setting value: if the setting is enabled, it stays enabled, and if it's disabled, it stays disabled. Removing the toggle doesn't change any setting values.
Incremental ingestion for Salesforce formula fields in Lakeflow Connect will soon be generally available
Incremental ingestion for Salesforce formula fields in Lakeflow Connect will soon be generally available. Today, Lakeflow Connect ingests formula fields by taking a full snapshot on each pipeline run by default. When incremental formula field ingestion is generally available, full snapshots will no longer be the default.
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog. DENY policies can be used to explicitly deny the MANAGE ACCESS CONTROL privilege to prevent specified principals, including object owners, from performing access-management operations. They always take precedence over any grant. For details, see ABAC DENY policies (Beta) .
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The following OpenAI model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, Agent...
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The following DeepSeek model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, Agent...
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The following Anthropic model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, Agent...
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The peer-to-peer OCI registry plugin for DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is now in general availability
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DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) now supports Isolated Worker Nodes in public preview
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PostgreSQL Advanced Edition and MySQL Advanced Edition managed database clusters are now generally available
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