Automatic cost attribution for materialized views and streaming tables in Databricks SQL
Materialized view and streaming table refreshes in Databricks SQL now inherit custom tags from the enclosing SQL warehouse environment. These tags propagate to billing surfaces like system.billing.usage , enabling proper cost attribution of materialized view and streaming table updates back to the source SQL warehouse.
Also shipped Aug 3, 2026Databricks in August 2026 →
BigQuery cross-cloud connections query AWS, Azure and Salesforce in preview
Cross-cloud connections query data in AWS, Azure and Salesforce Data 360 from all BigQuery regions, support more BigQuery features and are more cost efficient than BigQuery Omni connections.
BigQuery JDBC driver adds OpenTelemetry tracing and logging
The JDBC driver for BigQuery now supports OpenTelemetry for tracing and logging, with automatic exports to Google Cloud Observability, helping monitor and troubleshoot database interactions. It is generally available.
Inline Stored Procedures for hybrid tables (Public preview)
Inline Stored Procedures for hybrid tables are now available in public preview. Inline Stored Procedures are a new type of Snowflake stored procedure designed for operational workloads on hybrid tables.
Organization Hub (General availability)
The Insights page under Organization Hub presents interactive tiles that show trends, alerts, and summary data for your entire organization. The feature is now generally available to customers who have ORGANIZATION_USAGE premium views enabled, and is no longer in Preview .
AI Agents Inventory in the Trust Center AI Security tab (Preview)
With this preview release, the AI Security tab in the Trust Center includes an AI Agents Inventory section. This section provides a consolidated inventory of the Cortex Agents in your account, filtered by one or more categories, so that you can identify which agents to assess or investigate for better governance and security posture.
Trust Center AI Security scanner package and tab (General availability)
The AI Security scanner package and the AI Security tab in the Trust Center are now generally available. Use them to monitor AI-related configurations and usage in your account, and to review the security posture of AI workloads that use Cortex Agents, Snowflake CoWork, or Cortex Code from a single dashboard.
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Environment variables for serverless jobs are in Beta
Environment variables for serverless Lakeflow Jobs tasks are in Beta . You can define named environment variable entries at the job level and select one for each task to pass deployment-specific configuration to your application code. A workspace admin must enable the preview from the workspace Previews page.
Refresh materialized views and streaming tables without exempting the pipeline owner from ABAC policies
You can now refresh a pipeline-managed materialized view or streaming table even when the pipeline owner or run-as identity is subject to an attribute-based access control (ABAC) policy.
SharePoint connector (GA)
Both SharePoint connectors in Lakeflow Connect are now generally available: the managed connector for fully managed ingestion pipelines, and the standard connector for custom pipelines built with Spark and SQL APIs.
PagerDuty connector (Beta)
The managed PagerDuty connector in Lakeflow Connect is now available in Beta. The connector ingests incident, on-call, service, and audit data from PagerDuty into Databricks. See PagerDuty connector .
NetSuite connector (GA)
The managed NetSuite connector in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. The connector allows you to ingest ERP and financial data from Oracle NetSuite into Databricks. See NetSuite connector .
Google Drive connector (GA)
Both Google Drive connectors in Lakeflow Connect are now generally available: the managed connector for fully managed ingestion pipelines, and the standard connector for custom pipelines built with Spark and SQL APIs.
REPLACE USING flows for pipelines (Beta)
REPLACE USING flows are now available in Lakeflow pipelines in Beta . Use a REPLACE USING flow when your source is a series of partial snapshots keyed by column. On each update, the flow replaces all rows that match the specified key columns and leaves all other rows unchanged.
Zerobus Ingest is now enabled by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile
The Zerobus Ingest connector in Lakeflow Connect is now enabled by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. See Zerobus Ingest overview .