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The SMTP Email destination can attach query results as a JSON file, in addition to CSV.
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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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[Improvement] Destinations
Iterable trigger syncs support Insert, Update, and Upsert modes across trigger email, push, in-app, SMS, and journey. A row previously fired only when it first appeared in the model, so Update and Upsert let you re-trigger a campaign when a contact's data changes.
[New] Customer Studio
Audience membership traits list every audience a user currently belongs to as a column on the parent model. Sync that list to a destination alongside a user's other traits, or filter on its length to find users who belong to fewer than five campaigns.
[Improvement] Destinations
Object ID lookups on the Salesforce and Salesforce Sandbox destinations accept additional match conditions. Alongside the existing field-equals-column match, add fixed-value conditions so the lookup resolves only against records that qualify, such as active users or a single record type.
[Improvement] Customer Studio
Audience size limits accept a percentage of members, not just a fixed number. The limit applies after your filters, so a top-25% limit sorted by purchase total scopes to the audience you built rather than to every user in the parent model.
[New] Agents
Speak to an agent instead of typing your message. Useful for describing an analysis you want or an audience you're building, where saying it out loud is faster than writing it out.
[New] Events
The Events CLI generates typed SDK wrappers from event contracts so you can catch schema mismatches in your editor.
[Improvement] Agents
Rename a chat in the agent sidebar by double-clicking its name, typing, and pressing Enter. The sidebar is also fully keyboard-navigable, and switching between chats is faster.
[Improvement] General
Configuration forms for syncs, sync templates, destinations, sources, and event syncs respond faster to typing and toggles. Large field mappings that used to lag behind keystrokes now keep up.