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AWS Databricks release notes · September 2026

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September 2026#

  • Git Folder Serverless is in Beta — Sep 02 · AWS · Product You can now use Git Folder Serverless to share serverless compute and a pyproject.toml -managed environment across notebooks and files in a Git folder. See Git Folder Serverless.
  • Google Gemini 3.8 Flash now available as a Databricks-hosted model — Sep 02 · AWS · Product Model Serving now supports Google Gemini 3.8 Flash as a Databricks-hosted model. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs. Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with applicable terms.
  • AI Search supports struct and map columns and filter-only queries — Sep 02 · AWS · Product You can now index and filter struct and map columns in AI Search, and run filter-only queries that return rows matching a filter without vector or keyword retrieval. See Query an AI Search index.
  • Apache Arrow support for Zerobus Ingest is now generally available — Sep 01 · AWS · Product Apache Arrow support for Zerobus Ingest in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. See Use Arrow Flight with Zerobus Ingest.
  • Genie One web search is in Beta — Sep 01 · AWS · Product Genie One can now search the public web to answer questions that need current information, such as recent release notes, third-party documentation, or news. Genie One cites the external sources it uses as links in its response. See Search the web.
  • Genie One and Genie Agents can now use models served through OpenAI on Databricks — Sep 01 · AWS · Product Genie One and Genie Agents can now use models served through OpenAI on Databricks when partner-powered AI features are enabled. For the hosting provider used by each feature, see Hosting provider used when partner-powered AI features setting is enabled and disabled.
  • Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (09/01) — Sep 01 · AWS · Product New maintenance updates are available for supported Databricks Runtime versions. These updates include bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements. For details, see: Databricks Runtime 18 LTS Databricks Runtime 18.2 Databricks Runtime 18.1 Databricks Runtime 17.3 LT
  • Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted model — Sep 01 · AWS · Product Unity AI Gateway now supports Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 as a Databricks-hosted model. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs. Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with applicable terms.