Releasesby GlyphLakeflow Designer support for compliance security profile standards
Lakeflow Designer now supports all compliance security profile standards supported by Databricks and is available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. For a full list of supported compliance standards, see Compliance security profile . See Lakeflow Designer .
Also shipped Jul 22, 2026Databricks in July 2026 →
External OAuth and configurable scopes for MCP servers (General availability)
Two new hierarchical parameters let you bind MCP servers to your organization’s existing identity provider (IdP) and control which OAuth scopes MCP clients discover. This enables MCP clients such as Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT to authenticate against your corporate IdP instead of Snowflake OAuth.
OpenAI API adds hard spend limits for organizations and projects
A monthly cap makes affected API requests return 429 once tracked spend reaches the limit. Spend alerts can warn before traffic is interrupted.
AI Gateway now supports streaming transcription
AI Gateway now supports streaming transcription . Previously, transcription required a complete audio file and returned the full transcript in a single response. Now you can stream audio in as it's captured and get transcript updates back as the model produces them, keeping latency low for uses like live captioning and voice input.
Extension version pinning in CREATE or ALTER EXTENSION deprecated
Specifying an explicit version in CREATE or ALTER EXTENSION is deprecated. From 2026-08-05 the version clause is ignored and the extension's default version is installed, with a warning.
Transcription on OpenRouter
OpenRouter has introduced an audio transcription API at /api/v1/audio/transcriptions, supporting base64 audio input and returning JSON text.
Volumetric Policies for Adaptive Traces are Generally Available
Cost-effectively get the right representative mix of traces with volumetric policies! Now Generally Available, volumetric policies intelligently balance cost, service representation, and value to automagically give you the right traces. We’ve bolstered volumetric policies under the hood to be even more cost predictable.
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Override the REPLACE WHERE predicate for a single refresh
You can now override a standalone streaming table's defined REPLACE WHERE predicate for a single refresh by adding a WHERE clause to the REFRESH STREAMING TABLE command. The override applies only to that refresh and doesn't change the table definition, which is useful for one-time backfills and corrections.
C++ SDK for the Zerobus Ingest connector is now available in Beta
A C++ SDK for the Zerobus Ingest connector in Lakeflow Connect is now available in Beta. The SDK provides a high-throughput gRPC client for ingesting records directly into Unity Catalog Delta tables, with support for JSON and Protocol Buffers. See Use Zerobus Ingest .
Reddit Ads connector is now available in Beta
The managed Reddit Ads connector in Lakeflow Connect is now available in Beta. You can use the connector to ingest advertising campaign data and performance metrics from Reddit Ads into Databricks. See Reddit Ads connector .
Lakeflow Designer Summer Release
The Lakeflow Designer Summer Release adds new operators, expands the Output and Join operators, and improves the canvas editing experience. The following updates are now available: Prepare operator : Use the new Prepare operator for common data-cleansing tasks, including changing text case and data types, replacing values, and applying formulas.
Unit testing for pipelines (Beta)
You can now write and run Python unit tests for your Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow transformation logic directly in the Lakeflow Pipelines Editor. Validate Python and SQL transformations against mock data using catalog-table redirection, including Auto CDC, streaming tables, expectations, and append flows.
Anthropic managed ingestion connector (Beta)
The Anthropic connector in Lakeflow Connect is now available in Beta. The connector allows you to ingest Compliance API data , audit activity, organizations, users, roles, groups, settings, and Claude chats and messages , from Anthropic into Databricks. See Anthropic connector .
Query-based connectors in Lakeflow Connect will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Query-based connectors in Lakeflow Connect will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. Query-based connectors ingest data from databases by querying the source directly using a cursor column, without requiring change data capture (CDC) configuration or an ingestion gateway.
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.