Releasesby IbisGoverned tag propagation is in Beta
BetayesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 13, 2026
Tag propagation in Unity Catalog is in Beta . When you enable tag propagation for a governed tag, Unity Catalog uses lineage to automatically apply that tag to derived tables and views whenever a supported operation runs, such as CREATE TABLE AS SELECT , CREATE VIEW , INSERT INTO ... SELECT , or MERGE .
Topics: Streaming, Governance, Observability
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Every Unity Catalog releaseJDBC Unity Catalog connections will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
In mid-November 2026, JDBC Unity Catalog connections, including support for SSL certificates, will be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. Use JDBC Unity Catalog connections to connect to external databases with a custom JDBC driver, with access governed by Unity Catalog. See JDBC connection .
Unity Catalog Scala and Java UDFs and Scalar and Batch Unity Catalog Python UDFs will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Unity Catalog Scala and Java UDFs and Scalar and Batch Unity Catalog Python UDFs will be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled in November 2026. See Python UDF feature requirements and Scala and Java user-defined functions (UDFs) in Unity Catalog .
The Discover page and domains are now GA
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The remote_query function will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
In November 2026, the remote_query table-valued function will be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. Use remote_query to run queries on external databases in their native SQL syntax, with credentials from a Unity Catalog connection. See Query external databases using the remote_query function .
JDBC Unity Catalog connections are now generally available
JDBC Unity Catalog connections are now generally available on serverless compute, Databricks Runtime 19 and above, and SQL warehouses 2025.40 and above, including support for SSL certificates. OAuth M2M authentication remains in Beta. See JDBC connection .
Cross-engine attribute-based access controls (ABAC) is now generally available
Cross-engine attribute-based access controls (ABAC) is now generally available. Supported external engines can read Unity Catalog managed tables with ABAC policies, row filters, and column masks enforced by Databricks serverless compute. See Cross-engine attribute-based access controls (ABAC) for requirements, supported clients, and serverless compute costs.
ABAC on views is in Beta
Attribute-based access control (ABAC) row filters and column masks now extend to views, in addition to tables. This lets you use ABAC policies to control access to sensitive data exposed through views. Account admins can enable the ABAC on Views preview from the account console's Previews page. This feature requires Databricks Runtime 19 or above.
Scalar and Batch Unity Catalog Python UDFs are now generally available
Scalar and Batch Unity Catalog Python UDFs are now generally available on all supported compute types. This release adds named handlers for row-at-a-time scalar UDFs, removes the five-UDF-call-per-query limit, and aligns scalar TIMESTAMP inputs with PySpark behavior.
Also shipped on Oct 12, 2026
Databricks in October 2026Change an incident’s conference bridge without leaving Slack with /pd meeting now Generally Available
Run /pd meeting during an incident, paste the new link, and PagerDuty updates the incident card instantly with a Join meeting button in the channel. Scribe Agent follows along to the new meeting on its own, so you keep the transcript for your post-incident review. Available to customers using the Pa...
New Incident Workflow action: Get Slack Mentions for Incident Participants now Generally Available
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Conference bridge selection in the Slack declare modal now Generally Available
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Incremental data transfers for the BigQuery Data Transfer Service for PostgreSQL and ServiceNow are now...
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Support for Budget spend caps to pause your Cloud Run workloads is in General Availability (GA)
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Announcing consumption-based pricing for short-term memory in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
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