Releasesby GlyphAnysphere Organization connector (Beta)
The Anysphere Organization 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 Anysphere (Cursor) Organization Admin API to ingest organization members, groups, and group members into Databricks as daily snapshots.
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Openflow gen 1 deployment creation retired
You can no longer create new first generation (gen 1) Openflow deployments (BYOC or Snowflake). All new deployments are second generation (gen 2), created with CREATE OPENFLOW DEPLOYMENT or the Openflow UI. Existing gen 1 deployments continue to work unchanged, and you can still create new gen 1 runtimes on an existing gen 1 deployment.
The deprecation of the Looker Mobile (Legacy) application has been postponed to January 31, 2027
The deprecation of the Looker Mobile (Legacy) application has been postponed to January 31, 2027. Starting on January 31, 2027, support for the Looker Mobile (Legacy) app will be discontinued and the app will be unavailable for download from the App Store or Play Store.
Gemini Notebook Enterprise: Website URL ingestion blocked by VPC Service Controls
Projects with VPC Service Controls enabled can't add website URLs as notebook sources in Gemini Notebook Enterprise. This is because direct website ingestion performs a live web crawl, generating outbound traffic beyond Google networks, which would violate VPC Service Controls perimeter policies.
Computer Use and Shell sandboxes are generally available
Computer Use and Shell sandboxes in Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform are now generally available (GA). This release also includes the following new features for Agent Platform sandboxes: Shell sandboxes : Run untrusted shell commands, install packages, and manipulate files in an isolated Linux container using direct API /exec calls.
Get ready for table discovery in OneLake Catalog search (Preview)
In late September, OneLake Catalog will begin surfacing tables as searchable objects in Microsoft Fabric. This change expands which table metadata users can discover based on their existing item permissions, so administrators may want to review the related tenant setting before rollout.
Amazon Quick desktop app is now generally available on macOS and Windows
The Amazon Quick desktop app is now generally available on macOS and Windows. The desktop app brings the full power of Amazon Quick to your computer, working directly with your local files and staying connected to your calendar, email, and business apps in the background.
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Celigo connector (Beta)
The Celigo connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests audit log events, such as create, update, and delete operations on resources, from Celigo (integrator.io) into Databricks. Authentication uses a Celigo integrator.io API token.
Anaplan connector (Beta)
The Anaplan connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests audit trail events and user account records from your Anaplan tenant into Databricks. Authentication uses an Anaplan CA certificate and its paired private key. See Anaplan connector .
Managed tables in Lakeflow pipelines (Beta)
You can now create managed tables in Lakeflow pipelines and write to them with one or more append flows. This feature is in Beta . You can also use import_checkpoint on an append flow to migrate an existing Structured Streaming workload into a pipeline without reprocessing the source. See create_table , CREATE TABLE ... FLOW (pipelines) , and append_flow .
Maintenance windows for continuous pipelines
You can now set a maintenance window on a continuous Lakeflow pipeline to control when Databricks applies platform updates that require a restart, such as new runtime versions and serverless infrastructure maintenance. Select a day of the week, a start hour, and a time zone, and Databricks starts maintenance only within that one-hour window.
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.
Standard performance mode is now available for one-time runs in the Jobs API
You can now set performance_target to STANDARD in the Jobs API. Apache Airflow's DatabricksSubmitRunOperator also supports this. See Create and trigger a one-time run and Select a performance mode .
Session restore for serverless jobs is in Public Preview
Restore the Python variables and Spark session from a serverless compute job run into a new interactive notebook, so you can debug a failure or explore results without rerunning the entire job. Databricks captures the snapshot automatically for eligible runs. See Session restore for serverless jobs .
Zerobus Ingest into default storage is now in Public Preview
Ingesting into tables backed by default storage with Zerobus Ingest in Lakeflow Connect is now in Public Preview . See Create or identify the target table .