Releasesby GlyphLakehouse//RT supports fine-grained access control (Beta)
You can now run read queries on tables protected by row filters, column masks, and attribute-based access control (ABAC) policies with Lakehouse//RT. See Fine-grained access control .
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Gemini Enterprise: Salesforce federated data store
Connecting a Salesforce data source with Gemini Enterprise using data federation is generally available (GA). You can use the Gemini Enterprise app assistant to search across your Salesforce accounts, contacts, opportunities, cases, leads, and custom objects, get answers grounded in that content, and create, update, and delete records without needing to...
[In preview] Public Preview: Extend immutability for PITR backups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
With this enhancement, you have the ability to lock your retention to the configured PITR retention, beyond the default 7 days of immutable backups that are already available. This is especially useful for financial customers who typically have 35 days of
UI improvements now generally available for PD Reliability Platform customers
Customers on PD Reliability Platform now have an improved UI experience, including: Consolidated settings: Brings all your configuration and admin settings together in one place. New nav: Provides streamlined access to your most important capabilities. Your Subscription: Shows where the opportunities are to shift work off humans and onto AI and automation.
Claude auto-connect (beta) for PagerDuty MCP Server now in Early Access
With Claude auto-connect, members with a matching PagerDuty account are connected to PagerDuty in Claude automatically, with no sign-in screen and no identity provider (IdP) configuration. Members act as themselves in PagerDuty, with the permissions they already have there.
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names. The Classic Explorer tab has been renamed to the Data tab, and the Repository tab has been renamed to the Source control tab. The Data tab now includes the Add data button and focuses on data hierarchies. These changes are generally available (GA).
Dependabot version updates support Agent Package Manager
You can now keep your AI agent skills, prompts, and instructions up to date with Dependabot version updates for Agent Package Manager (APM) . Dependabot opens pull requests to update supported git dependencies declared in apm.yml and regenerates apm.lock.yaml when it’s present. This support covers version updates, not security updates.
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Higher limits and BROWSE support for Unity Catalog secrets
A schema can now hold up to 1,000 Unity Catalog secrets, and a metastore up to 10,000, up from 100 and 1,000. The limits apply to Databricks-managed secrets and secrets backed by AWS Secrets Manager.
Unity Catalog wikis are in Beta
Unity Catalog wikis are now in beta, enabling teams to document table meanings and usage directly within Catalog Explorer. Users can collaborate on documentation manually or via Genie Code.
Restore a deleted Unity Catalog metastore with the REST API (Public Preview)
Databricks account admins can now restore a deleted Unity Catalog metastore by ID using the REST API for up to 5 days after deletion in public preview.
Install drivers for JDBC Unity Catalog connections from Maven
Databricks now allows installing the JDBC driver for Unity Catalog connections directly from Maven coordinates instead of manually uploading files to a volume.
Serverless GPU in clean rooms will soon be on by default for accounts where it's turned off
Starting November 26, 2026, serverless GPU in clean rooms will be enabled by default for Enterprise tier accounts in Databricks.
Serverless GPU for clean room notebooks is now generally available
Databricks has made serverless GPU compute generally available for clean room notebooks, enabling model inference and training over shared data.
Unpaginated requests to some Unity Catalog REST API operations will soon be rejected
Databricks will begin rejecting unpaginated requests to Unity Catalog REST API operations. Developers must update clients to use pagination to avoid HTTP 400 errors.
Request for access is now generally available
Request for access is now generally available. Users can request privileges on Unity Catalog objects from anywhere in Databricks and track request status in Catalog Explorer. See Access requests .