Releasesby GlyphSharing 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 .
Also shipped Aug 14, 2026Databricks in August 2026 →
Trust Center violation findings remediation (General availability)
The following Trust Center findings remediation capabilities are now generally available:
Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.7 Flash available in the mobile app
Gemini 3.7 Flash is generally available (GA) in the Gemini Enterprise mobile app. Mobile app users can select and use the Gemini 3.7 Flash model for their conversations within the app. To make the model available, administrators must turn on the Gemini 3.7 Flash feature toggle in the Google Cloud console.
Announcing: Azure Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS will reach end of life on November 1, 2026
Azure Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS, a Databricks-managed runtime available on Azure Databricks, reached end of support on March 18, 2025 and will reach end of life on November 1, 2026. After this date, Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS will no longer be availabl
GitHub Copilot weekly releases , August 10
From new models and portable plugins to smoother agent workflows, this week’s updates make GitHub Copilot more flexible across editors, the command line, and the Copilot app. GitHub Copilot, general Kimi K3 is rolling out to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise plans.
MotherDuck CLI in preview
The motherduck CLI lets users authenticate, run SQL queries, and build Dives and Flights from the terminal, with table, JSON, or CSV output for scripting and automation.
Preview Toolbar Improvements
Open-in-new-tab is now promoted to the preview toolbar, exposed ports moved into an overflow menu, and share/open-in-new-tab now follow the page currently being viewed.
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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.
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!
Upcoming deprecation of the data quality monitoring downstream_impact column
The downstream_impact column in the data quality monitoring results system table is being deprecated. Deprecation begins September 7, 2026, and rolls out gradually across regions over the following week. Until the rollout reaches your workspace, you might still be able to query downstream_impact .
Upcoming deprecation of the data quality monitoring root_cause_analysis column
The root_cause_analysis column in the data quality monitoring results system table is being deprecated. Deprecation begins August 18, 2026, and rolls out gradually across regions over the following several days. Until the rollout reaches your workspace, you might still be able to query root_cause_analysis .
Identity attributes in ABAC column mask policies (Beta)
Identity attributes are in Beta. You can now write Unity Catalog ABAC column mask policy conditions that target users by attributes synced from your identity provider, such as department or country , in addition to group membership.