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Azure Databricks release notes · July 2025

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  • Sankey visualization and table formatting improvements — Jul 31 · Azure · AI/BI Display name support for Sankey visualizations: Sankey charts now support display names for nodes. Fixed duplicate $ signs in table formatting: Resolved an issue where table visualizations sometimes displayed duplicate dollar signs.
  • Genie CSV downloads and caching enhancements — Jul 31 · Azure · AI/BI Fixed NULL value handling in downloaded CSVs: Genie no longer replaces NULL values with the string undefined when downloading CSV files. Improved caching of Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) context: Caching enhancements speed up question performance when starting a new Genie se
  • Preset date ranges for parameters in the SQL editor — Jul 31 · Azure · SQL In the new SQL editor, you can now choose from preset date ranges—such as This week, Last 30 days, or Last year when using timestamp, date, and date range parameters. These presets make it faster to apply common time filters without manually entering dates.
  • Databricks Terraform provider supports Lakebase resources — Jul 31 · Azure · Product You can use the Databricks Terraform provider to create Lakebase resources such as database catalogs, database instances, and synced tables. This lets you set up and manage Lakebase resources with infrastructure as code. See the Terraform documentation and changelog.
  • Synced tables are now metered and billed — Jul 31 · Azure · Product Synced tables are now automatically metered and billed. Synced tables use Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow to sync data from Unity Catalog tables into a Lakebase database instance. All usage is tracked and reported in system.billing.usage. See Billable usage system table r
  • New compute policy form (Public Preview) — Jul 31 · Azure · Product The new compute policy form uses UI elements to help you configure policy definitions, making it simpler to write compute policies in the UI. The new form includes the following changes: New definition dropdown menus allow you to configure rules without needing to reference the p
  • Delta Sharing supports sharing tables and schemas secured by ABAC policies (Beta) — Jul 31 · Azure · Product Delta Sharing providers can now add tables and schemas secured by attribute-based access control (ABAC) to a Delta share. The policy does not govern the recipient's access, so recipients have full access to the shared asset. Recipients can apply their own ABAC policies. See Add t
  • Sharing streaming tables and materialized views is GA — Jul 30 · Azure · Product Using Delta Sharing to share streaming tables and materialized views is generally available. There are fewer limitations for share recipients and providers when sharing streaming tables and materialized views. See Add streaming tables to a share, Add materialized views to a share
  • Jobs & Pipelines list now includes Databricks SQL pipelines — Jul 29 · Azure · SQL The Jobs & Pipelines list now includes pipelines for materialized views and streaming tables that were created with Databricks SQL.
  • Jobs & Pipelines list now includes Databricks SQL pipelines — Jul 29 · Azure · Product The Jobs & Pipelines list now includes pipelines for materialized views and streaming tables that were created with Databricks SQL.
  • Organization name required to enable Delta Sharing on metastore — Jul 29 · Azure · Product When enabling Delta Sharing on your metastore, an organization name must be specified if you are sharing data with a Azure Databricks recipient not in your account. When possible, existing provider names without an organization name are automatically updated to include account de
  • One-time job runs now correctly record the job name in usage system table — Jul 28 · Azure · Product The usage_metadata.job_name value in the system.billing.usage table now contains the run names for runs triggered through the one-time run API. If a run name isn't provided in the request body, the job_name field is recorded as Untitled.
  • Serverless compute runtime updated to 17.0 — Jul 28 · Azure · Product Serverless compute for notebooks and jobs now uses an upgraded runtime, which roughly corresponds to Databricks Runtime 17.0. See Serverless compute release notes.
  • Disable DBFS root and mounts is in Public Preview — Jul 28 · Azure · Product You can now disable access to the Databricks Filesystem (DBFS) root and mounts in existing Azure Databricks workspaces. See Disable access to DBFS root and mounts in your existing Azure Databricks workspace.
  • Improvements to the notebook editing experience — Jul 25 · Azure · Product The following improvements have been made to the notebook editing experience: Add a split view to edit notebooks side by side. See Edit notebooks side by side. Pressing Cmd + F (Mac) or Ctrl + F (Windows) in a notebook now opens the native Databricks find-and-replace tool. This a
  • Expanded region availability for ai_parse_document — Jul 25 · Azure · Product ai_parse_document is now available in the following regions: centralus eastus eastus2 northcentralus westus australiaeast brazilsouth canadacentral centralindia eastasia francecentral germanywestcentral japaneast koreacentral northeurope southeastasia swedencentral switzerlandnor
  • Dashboard performance optimizations and feature enhancements — Jul 24 · Azure · AI/BI Metric views dataset performance improvement: The dataset result table view for Metric views has been removed to reduce query executions and improve performance. Undo and redo support: Authors can now undo and redo actions on the canvas using keyboard shortcuts or the toolbar. Me
  • Genie column selection and query improvements — Jul 24 · Azure · AI/BI Improved column selection accuracy: Genie's ability to choose relevant columns based on user prompts has been improved, especially when the prompt contains a specific column value. Cross-geo processing error fix: Resolved an issue where customers based in Australia would receive
  • Inline execution history in SQL editor — Jul 24 · Azure · SQL Inline execution history is now available in the new SQL editor, allowing you to quickly access past results without re-executing queries. Easily reference previous executions, navigate directly to past query profiles, or compare run times and statuses—all within the context of y
  • New columns available in query history system table — Jul 24 · Azure · Product New columns are now available in the query history system table, providing additional query insights: cache_origin_statement_id: For query results fetched from cache, this field contains the statement ID of the query that originally inserted the result into the cache. query_param
  • Moving tables between Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow pipelines is now GA — Jul 24 · Azure · Product Tables created by Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow in Unity Catalog ETL pipelines can be moved from one pipeline to another. See Move tables between pipelines.
  • Dynamic partition overwrite with INSERT REPLACE USING (Public Preview) — Jul 23 · Azure · Product INSERT REPLACE USING is now in Public Preview for Databricks Runtime 16.3. This SQL command replaces part of the table with the result of a query. Rows are replaced when all columns listed in USING match with the = operator. For Public Preview, columns in the USING clause must be
  • Selectively replace data with INSERT REPLACE ON (Public Preview) — Jul 23 · Azure · Product INSERT REPLACE ON is now in Public Preview for Databricks Runtime 17.1. This SQL command replaces part of the table with the result of a query. Rows are replaced when they match the user-defined condition. See INSERT in the SQL language reference.
  • Create Dataverse virtual tables from Azure Databricks tables in Power Apps (Public Preview) — Jul 23 · Azure · Product You can create Dataverse virtual tables using the Azure Databricks connector in Power Apps to access your Azure Databricks data as if it were native Dataverse data. See Create Dataverse virtual tables with your Azure Databricks data.
  • Add Azure Databricks connector in Power Platform to a data policy (Public Preview) — Jul 23 · Azure · Product You can add the Azure Databricks connector to the Business data group of a data policy. Use data policies to manage and secure your data. See Add Azure Databricks to a data policy.
  • Supervisor Agent is in Beta — Jul 22 · Azure · Product In Beta, Supervisor Agent supports designing a multi-agent AI system that combines Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) and Knowledge Assistant agent endpoints to work together on complex tasks that require different specialized skills. Supervisor Agent integrates with the Review
  • Real-time mode in Structured Streaming (Public Preview) — Jul 22 · Azure · Product You can now use real-time mode, a trigger type for Structured Streaming that enables sub-second latency data processing. This mode is designed for operational workloads that require immediate response to streaming data. See Real-time mode concepts.
  • New workflow for creating metric views from dashboards — Jul 17 · Azure · AI/BI Create a metric view from a dashboard dataset: Authors can now promote a dashboard dataset to a metric view using the AI/BI dashboard data tab. See Export as a metric view.
  • Genie user experience and evaluation improvements — Jul 17 · Azure · AI/BI Feedback labels remain visible across conversation redirections: Feedback labels added to earlier messages now remain visible after users ask follow-up questions. Editable parameters supported for date and numeric fields: Genie now allows editable parameters on date and numeric f
  • Databricks SQL version 2025.20 is now available in Current — Jul 17 · Azure · SQL Databricks SQL version 2025.20 is rolling out in stages to the Current channel. For features and updates in this release, see 2025.20 features.
  • SQL editor updates — Jul 17 · Azure · SQL Improvements to named parameters: Date-range and multi-select parameters are now supported. For date range parameters, see Add a date range using.min and.max. For multi-select parameters, see Pass multiple values as a string. Updated header layout in SQL editor: The run button an
  • Git support for alerts — Jul 17 · Azure · SQL You can now use Databricks Git folders to track and manage changes to alerts. To track alerts with Git, place them in a Databricks Git folder. Newly cloned alerts only appear in the alerts list page or API after a user interacts with them. They have paused schedules and need to b
  • Databricks documentation release notes feed — Jul 16 · Azure · Product The Databricks documentation site now provides an RSS feed that contains updates to the product and other feature release notes. This feed can be used by any feed reader or client that can consume RSS, so that you can take advantage of feed reader features such as email notificat
  • Public network access disabled for Azure managed disks — Jul 16 · Azure · Product Public network access to Azure managed data disks used by Azure Databricks workspaces is now disabled by default. This change enhances data security by ensuring data disks are accessible solely through private network endpoints. Azure does not support disabling public network acc
  • Explore table data using an LLM (Beta) — Jul 16 · Azure · Product You can now ask natural language questions about the sample data using Catalog Explorer. The Assistant generates the SQL based on metadata context and table usage patterns. After the query is generated, you can validate the query and then run it against the underlying table. See
  • Databricks Runtime 17.1 and Databricks Runtime 17.1 ML are in Beta — Jul 15 · Azure · Product Databricks Runtime 17.1 and Databricks Runtime 17.1 ML are now in Beta. These releases include improvements to streaming, SQL functions, and connector behavior, along with reliability and performance enhancements across the platform. See Databricks Runtime 17.1 (EoS) and Databric
  • Google Gemma 3 12B now available on Mosaic AI Model Serving — Jul 15 · Azure · Product Google Gemma 3 12B is now available on Mosaic AI Model Serving as a Databricks-hosted foundation model. See Supported foundation models on Model Serving. Gemma 3 12B model supports text inputs for the following Model Serving features: Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token. Foundati
  • The CAN VIEW permission on SQL warehouses is now generally available — Jul 15 · Azure · Product The CAN VIEW permission allows users to view SQL warehouses, including query history and query profiles. These users cannot run queries on the warehouse. See SQL warehouse ACLs.
  • Simplified compute form enabled by default — Jul 15 · Azure · Product The simplified compute creation form is now enabled by default when you create all-purpose or jobs compute in the Databricks UI. See Use the simple form to manage compute.
  • Serverless notebooks: Restore Python variables after idle termination — Jul 14 · Azure · Product Databricks now snapshots your notebook’s Python variables before terminating idle serverless compute. When you reconnect, your notebook is automatically restored from its snapshot, letting you continue your work seamlessly. See Automated session restoration for serverless noteboo
  • Must be metastore admin to transfer share ownership for Delta Sharing — Jul 14 · Azure · Product To change the ownership of a share for Delta Sharing, you must now be the metastore admin. Share owners can no longer transfer ownership. See Update shares.
  • Queries in Power Automate can return null values — Jul 11 · Azure · Product The data returned from a query in Power Automate can now be null. See Azure Databricks and Microsoft Power Platform integration.
  • Git support for alerts — Jul 11 · Azure · Product You can now use Databricks Git folders to track and manage changes to alerts. To track alerts with Git, place them in a Databricks Git folder. Newly cloned alerts only appear in the alerts list page or API after a user interacts with them. They have paused schedules and need to b
  • Azure Databricks connector for Power BI now supports the ADBC driver (Public Preview) — Jul 11 · Azure · Product You can set the Azure Databricks connector for Power BI to use the Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC) driver instead of the ODBC driver. See Configure ADBC or ODBC driver for Power BI.
  • Dashboard visualization updates — Jul 10 · Azure · AI/BI Area chart error message fix: Fixed an error message that appeared when using disaggregated stacked area charts. Point map visualization UI update: Swapped the latitude and longitude sections in Point Map visualizations.
  • Genie interface, query, and data improvements — Jul 10 · Azure · AI/BI Editable filters displays multiple values: Editable filters now display multiple values when Genie generates a SQL filter clause that includes more than one filter value. Edit space descriptions: You can now edit Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) descriptions directly in place.
  • MLfLow support for compliance security profile standards — Jul 08 · Azure · Product MLflow now supports all compliance security profile standards supported by Azure Databricks, such as HIPAA. For a full list of supported compliance standards, see Compliance security profile.
  • Databricks Apps support for Lakebase resources — Jul 08 · Azure · Product Databricks Apps now supports adding Lakebase database instances as app resources. You can then include these resources as environment variables and access them from your app code. See Add a Lakebase resource to a Databricks app.
  • Parent tasks (Run job and For each) now have a separate limit — Jul 04 · Azure · Product Tasks that wait on child processes ( Run job and For each tasks) now have a separate limit for the number of tasks that can run simultaneously, and do not count against the overall limit. See Resource limits.
  • Dashboard theme settings and page enhancements — Jul 03 · Azure · AI/BI Dashboard import and export retains theme settings: When you import or export a dashboard as a file, theme settings are now preserved. To learn how to set a theme, see Theme settings. Dashboards now support up to 15 pages: The maximum number of pages per dashboard has increased f
  • Genie visualization and permissions improvements — Jul 03 · Azure · AI/BI Genie visualizations respect SQL sort order: Genie visualizations now default to the same sort order as returned by the SQL query. Permissions fix: Users with CAN MANAGE on a Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) can now delete it. Datatype interpretation fix: Resolved an issue wher
  • Databricks SQL version 2025.20 is now available in Preview — Jul 03 · Azure · SQL Databricks SQL version 2025.20 is now available in the Preview channel. Review the following section to learn about new features and behavioral changes.
  • Git folders now supports multiple Git credentials per user (Public Preview) — Jul 02 · Azure · Product Use the UI to add and manage multiple Git credentials in the workspace, from one or multiple Git providers. See Configure Git integration for Git folders.
  • Azure China North 3 region: Enhanced infrastructure support — Jul 01 · Azure · Product New and upgraded infrastructure support is now available for the Azure China North 3 ( chinanorth3) region. This update delivers improved performance, reliability, and scalability for Databricks users in China. See IP addresses and domains for Azure Databricks services and assets