Releasesby GlyphUnity Catalog ABAC GRANT policies support more securable types in Beta
ABAC GRANT policies dynamically grant Unity Catalog privileges to securables whose governed tags match a condition. These policies were previously only available for models, but now also support model services, model provider services, Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, and agent services. All supported types are in Beta.
Also shipped Aug 11, 2026Databricks in August 2026 →
Query templates for data clean rooms are generally available (GA)
Query templates for data clean rooms are generally available (GA). Query templates allow data clean room owners and publishers to share predefined queries without exposing the underlying tables and views. Additionally, table parameters in table-valued functions (TVFs) are generally available (GA).
Gemini Enterprise: New data stores and support for new actions (Public Preview)
The following data stores are available in Public Preview in Gemini Enterprise: Cisco Workspaces Fibery Gong Guru Hex LegalZoom Mercury Miro Ramp Solve Intelligence Vanta Webex Meetings You can search and read data from these data stores using natural language.
Gemini Enterprise: Manage overages, spend limits, and costs for invoiced Cloud Billing accounts
If your project has an invoiced Cloud Billing account and at least one active, non-free-trial subscription, administrators can enable overages, configure monthly spend limits, and monitor feature usage and costs in Gemini Enterprise: Enable overages : Allow users to continue using features at pay-as-you-go rates after reaching pooled quotas.
Compliance API returns local Cowork and Claude Code session transcripts in beta
New GET /v1/compliance/apps/sessions/local endpoints list sessions that run on users' machines, fetch session metadata and return transcripts for Claude Enterprise organizations, using the existing Compliance Access Key.
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.22 release candidate
GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) 3.22 is now available and introduces new capabilities across the platform. Here are a few highlights in the 3.22 release: Administrators can configure Copilot CLI to work with GHES for enterprises that operate in disconnected or air-gapped environments without connectivity to GitHub Cloud.
Upcoming deprecation of MAI-Code-1-Flash
With the launch of MAI-Code-1.1-Flash , we will deprecate MAI-Code-1-Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences on September 10, 2026: Model Deprecation date Suggested alternative MAI-Code-1-Flash 9-10-2026 MAI-Code-1.1-Flash Please update your workflows and integrations to use the new model before September 10.
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Define business concepts with Pages (Beta)
You can now use Pages to give business terms, acronyms, and KPIs a single governed definition. Part of Unity Catalog semantics , Pages form the human-modeled layer of the Genie Ontology that Genie One draws on to ground its answers. See Pages .
Unity Catalog OSS UnityCatalog 0.5.0
We are thrilled to announce Unity Catalog 0.5.0 release, which includes exciting new features, many bug fixes, and improvements. A huge thank you to the awesome community who made this release possible!
READ METADATA privilege is GA
The READ METADATA privilege is now generally available in Unity Catalog. READ METADATA provides read-only visibility into the same metadata available to the object's owner or a user with MANAGE , including security-sensitive information that BROWSE doesn't expose, such as privilege grants, row filters and column masks, and ABAC policies.
Sharing tables backed by default storage will be enabled by default for all accounts
OpenSharing support for tables backed by default storage is generally available and on by default for most accounts. For most Enterprise or Premium tier accounts, Databricks will enable it automatically in mid-September 2026, and by early 2027 for the rest.
Tags page in Governance Hub (Beta)
The Tags page in Governance Hub is now in Beta . The Tags page provides a centralized view of how tags are applied across your account. It summarizes governed tag usage, shows recent tag assignments and their sources, and surfaces recommendations to fix invalid tag values and add tags to important assets that are missing them.
Sharing tables backed by default storage is now generally available
OpenSharing support for tables backed by default storage is now generally available and is being enabled by default for accounts on a rolling basis. Providers can share these tables with any recipient, whether open or Databricks, including recipients that use classic compute.
Sharing managed Iceberg tables is now generally available
Sharing managed Iceberg tables in Databricks-to-Databricks sharing and open sharing is now generally available. Providers can now also share managed Iceberg tables to external Iceberg clients. See Add managed Iceberg tables to a share and Read shared managed Iceberg tables .
Tag automations (Beta)
Tag automations are now in Beta . A tag automation assigns or removes governed tags on the Unity Catalog tables or volumes that match conditions you define, so tags stay accurate as your data and metadata change.