Releasesby GlyphExternal access to Unity Catalog managed Delta tables will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Starting December 10, 2026, external access to Unity Catalog managed Delta tables will be enabled by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile. This allows supported Delta clients to read and write managed tables.
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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore now offers a Web Search API
AWS launched the InvokeWebSearch API on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, enabling direct web search execution billed at $7 per 1,000 queries.
Flagship - Evaluate Flagship feature flags from Rust
Cloudflare released an official Rust SDK (`cloudflare-flagship`) for Flagship, enabling async Rust applications to evaluate feature flags via OpenFeature with remote or in-process local evaluation.
BigQuery generative AI functions support gemini-4-carbon
Google Cloud announced general availability for the gemini-4-carbon model across BigQuery generative AI functions.
Amazon OpenSearch Service announces managed cross-Region disaster recovery
AWS introduced managed cross-Region disaster recovery for Amazon OpenSearch Service, providing continuous data replication with an RPO under one minute and RTO under 20 minutes.
Amazon Bedrock adds bedrock-runtime endpoint support for Daybreak models
AWS added support for OpenAI Daybreak Red and Daybreak Blue cybersecurity models on Amazon Bedrock runtime endpoints via US and Global cross-Region inference profiles.
Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 4 Carbon available in web app, mobile app, Workflow Builder, and AI developer tools
Google Cloud generally released Gemini 4 Carbon across Gemini Enterprise web and mobile apps, Workflow Builder, and AI developer tools with multi-region availability.
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Pages are generally available
Databricks announced the general availability of Pages in Unity Catalog, providing governed definitions of business concepts organized by domain on the Discover page.
Recover dropped Unity Catalog volumes with UNDROP VOLUME
You can now recover a dropped Unity Catalog volume within 7 days. Find its ID with SHOW VOLUMES DROPPED , then run UNDROP VOLUME WITH ID to restore it with its privileges and tags. Requires Databricks Runtime 19 and above. See UNDROP VOLUME .
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.
Load Unity Catalog tables into PyTorch on AI Runtime (Beta)
UCDataset streams rows from Unity Catalog tables directly into PyTorch training loops on AI Runtime, without Spark or a SQL warehouse. It applies filter expressions and deletion vectors as it reads, and splits the matching rows across GPUs and data loader workers. See Load Unity Catalog tables into PyTorch with UCDataset .
All Unity Catalog managed tables will be upgraded to catalog commits
After Databricks Runtime 15.4 LTS reaches end of support on August 19, 2027, Databricks will upgrade all Unity Catalog managed tables to use catalog commits. With catalog commits, Unity Catalog becomes the system of coordination for your tables.
Lakehouse//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 .