Releasesby IbisFiles API 3.0 for Unity Catalog volumes is now in Beta
BetayesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 24, 2026
Unity Catalog Files API 3.0 is in beta, adding support for multipart uploads for files larger than 5 GB and conditional operations to prevent unintended changes.
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Every Unity Catalog releaseREAD METADATA privilege support for compliance security profile standards
The READ METADATA privilege now supports all compliance security profile standards supported by Databricks and is available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled. For a full list of supported compliance standards, see Compliance security profile .
Data Classification adds 50 new classes and support for 16 more countries and regions
Data Classification now detects 50 new classes of sensitive data, along with new regional support for 16 countries and regions: Payment card and financial data : Card security codes, card expiration dates, card track data, card PINs, SWIFT codes, and credit scores.
Data Classification API is now generally available
The Data Classification API and its Terraform resource are now generally available. Auto-tagging configuration ( auto_tag_configs ) remains in Public Preview . See the API reference .
Transactions support both managed Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg tables
Transactions are generally available for both Unity Catalog managed Delta Lake tables and Unity Catalog managed Apache Iceberg tables. Group multiple SQL statements across one or more managed Delta Lake or managed Apache Iceberg tables into a single atomic transaction using BEGIN ATOMIC ... END; or BEGIN TRANSACTION; ... COMMIT; syntax.
External access to views through the Unity REST API is generally available
External engines can now query Unity Catalog views over Delta Lake tables through the Unity REST API. See External access to views .
External writes to managed Delta tables are now generally available
Support for creating and writing to Unity Catalog managed Delta tables from external Apache Spark clients is now generally available. Tables must have catalog commits enabled. See Access Databricks tables from Delta clients .
Shared output in clean rooms is now generally available
Clean room runs can now write to a shared output schema that every collaborator can read as soon as each table is created, even before the run finishes. Use it to share results, logs, and debugging information with all collaborators. See Share output with all collaborators .
JAR workloads in clean rooms are now generally available
You can now run compiled Java or Scala code in clean rooms. Run a JAR as its own clean room analysis, or register a function from a JAR and call it from a clean room notebook as a temporary UDF. See Run JAR workloads in Databricks clean rooms .
Also shipped on Oct 23, 2026
Databricks in October 2026Retrieve Cortex Search (Public Preview)
The CORTEX_SEARCH_RETRIEVE table function is now in public preview, allowing users to execute low-latency search queries directly from SQL for RAG and chatbot applications.
Manage Test Engine workflows with Terraform and the REST API
Users can now manage Test Engine workflows using the buildkite_test_suite_workflow Terraform resource or the REST API, enabling code-based configuration of monitors and actions.
Flagship - Target Flagship feature flags with structured evaluation context
Flagship now supports nested objects and arrays in evaluation context, allowing developers to target feature flags based on complex user profiles and tags.
Responses API for the Cortex REST API (Preview)
The new Responses API in the Cortex REST API provides OpenAI-compatible endpoints for accessing models.
citus 14.3.0
Citus 14.3.0 adds sorted-merge execution for multi-shard queries, improves adaptive executor performance, and includes various bug fixes.
citus 13.5.0
Citus 13.5.0 includes performance improvements for extension updates and cluster health checks, along with several bug fixes.