Releasesby GlyphSharing foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Sharing and reading foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available. Providers can share Iceberg tables federated from foreign Iceberg catalogs using Lakehouse Federation, including to recipients using external Iceberg clients.
Also shipped Sep 11, 2026Databricks in September 2026 →
Automations in Snowflake CoWork (General availability)
Automations in Snowflake CoWork are now generally available. An automation turns a one-time report into a recurring one: Snowflake CoWork re-runs your question with fresh data on the schedule you choose and emails you the results, including a summary and key metrics, along with a link that opens the full report so you can ask follow-up questions.
Second generation Openflow deployments and runtimes now available on GCP
Second generation (gen 2) Openflow deployment and runtime SQL objects are now available on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), in addition to AWS and Azure. Previously, gen 2 deployment and runtime SQL objects were generally available only on AWS and Azure.
Add VS Code Agents to Copilot usage metrics
GitHub Copilot usage metrics reports now include generally available metrics for activity in the dedicated VS Code Agents window, helping you measure adoption and engagement across enterprises and organizations.
Preview a remixable project without signing in
Anyone who opens the link to a project with public remixing enabled can now see a preview of the latest version of the app before they remix it, even without a Lovable account. The page shows a Remix button, and remixing requires signing in. It shows the app only, with no project name, code, chat history, or files.
Preview or remix a template from its card
You can now preview or remix a template from its card. On lovable.dev/templates and on the dashboard's Lovable templates tab, each template card has a ⋯ menu with Preview and Remix . Preview opens the template app in a preview window, and Remix makes your own copy of the template.
Preview PDF attachments in chat
PDF files you attach in chat as context now open in a readable preview on desktop. On a phone or tablet, the preview shows Open PDF , which opens the file in your browser.
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Sharing foreign schemas and tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Sharing and reading foreign schemas and foreign tables with OpenSharing is now generally available. Providers can share foreign schemas and tables federated from external data sources using Lakehouse Federation, without copying data into Databricks.
External secrets in Unity Catalog (Beta)
External secrets connect a Unity Catalog schema to AWS Secrets Manager. The secrets appear in Unity Catalog as read-only securable objects that you govern with Unity Catalog privileges. Databricks reads their values from AWS Secrets Manager on demand. See External secrets in Unity Catalog .
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta
ABAC DENY policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog. DENY policies can be used to explicitly deny the MANAGE ACCESS CONTROL privilege to prevent specified principals, including object owners, from performing access-management operations. They always take precedence over any grant. For details, see ABAC DENY policies (Beta) .
The READ METADATA privilege will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
The READ METADATA privilege will be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled in mid-October 2026. READ METADATA grants read-only visibility into an object's metadata, including security-sensitive information that BROWSE doesn't expose, such as privilege grants, row filters and column masks, and ABAC policies.
Sharing foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
Sharing and reading foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available. Providers can share Delta-format tables federated from OneLake, a Hive metastore, or AWS Glue, without copying data into Databricks. See Add foreign Delta tables to a share .
Data Classification now scans Unity Catalog views (Beta)
Data Classification can now scan Unity Catalog views in addition to tables, classifying columns for sensitive data using the same detection engine. This is a Beta feature. See Classify views .
VARIANT cast extends to ARRAY and MAP columns in ABAC column masks
You can now use a single VARIANT function to mask columns of type ARRAY and MAP , in addition to STRUCT and other types. This requires Databricks Runtime 19 or above. See Masking multiple column types with a single function .
Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta
Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta in Unity Catalog. You can now attach an ABAC policy (row filter, column mask, GRANT, or DENY) at the metastore level, so a single policy applies across every catalog in the metastore, including catalogs created later.