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Azure Databricks release notes · February 2026

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  • Version 18.0 — Feb 27 · Azure · Serverless This serverless compute release roughly corresponds to Databricks Runtime 18.0. New features SQL scripting is now generally available: SQL scripting is now generally available. Redshift JDBC driver upgraded to 2.1.0.28: The Redshift JDBC driver has been upgraded to version 2.1.0.
  • Dashboard enhancements and improvements — Feb 26 · Azure · AI/BI Unity Catalog metric view lineage: Dashboard info now shows Unity Catalog metric views in the lineage section. Dashboard refresh cancellation: Cancelling a dashboard refresh now shows the last available data instead of an error. DD-MM-YYYY date format: The DD-MM-YYYY date format
  • Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and improvements — Feb 26 · Azure · AI/BI Metric view display names: Genie now uses metric view display names and display formats for query result tables. Automatic JOIN relationships: Creating and updating Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) using the API now automatically creates JOIN relationships based on the primar
  • Databricks Runtime 18: February 26, 2026 — Feb 26 · Azure · Runtime SET METADATA ON COLUMN and UNSET METADATA ON COLUMN SQL commands are now available for managing semantic metadata on Unity Catalog table columns. Use SET METADATA ON COLUMN to attach properties ( display_name, format, and synonyms) to columns. Use UNSET METADATA ON COLUMN to remo
  • ISMAP compliance support — Feb 26 · Azure · Product You can now configure Azure Databricks workspaces to support ISMAP, the Japanese government certification initiative for cloud services. See Information system Security Management and Assessment Program (ISMAP).
  • Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (02/26) — Feb 26 · Azure · 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 18.0 Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS Databricks Runtime 17.2 Databricks Runtime 16.4
  • Python unit testing in the workspace — Feb 26 · Azure · Product Azure Databricks now provides integrated Python unit testing tools in the workspace. Use the tests sidebar, inline execution glyphs, and testing results bottom panel tab to discover, run, and debug pytest-based tests. See Python unit testing in the workspace.
  • Serverless environment version 5 is now available — Feb 25 · Azure · Serverless You can now use serverless environment version 5 in your serverless notebooks and jobs. This includes both the CPU and GPU environment versions. See Environment version 5.
  • Databricks ODBC Driver renamed from Simba Spark ODBC Driver — Feb 25 · Azure · Product The Databricks ODBC driver has been renamed from Simba Spark ODBC Driver to Databricks ODBC Driver. Existing Simba driver versions remain supported for two years. See Migrate from Simba Spark ODBC Driver to Databricks ODBC Driver for instructions on updating your connections.
  • Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is rolling out in Current — Feb 23 · Azure · SQL Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is rolling out to the Current channel. See features in 2025.40.
  • COMMENT ON streaming tables is now GA — Feb 23 · Azure · Product COMMENT ON TABLE to add or update comments on streaming tables is now generally available. See COMMENT ON.
  • Personal access tokens preserved when CAN USE permission is revoked — Feb 23 · Azure · Product When you revoke a user's CAN USE permission, their personal access tokens become unusable but are not deleted. If the permission is restored, the same tokens become active again. See Manage personal access token permissions.
  • Azure virtual network service endpoint policies are now generally available — Feb 23 · Azure · Product Azure virtual network service endpoint policies for filtering outbound storage access from classic compute are now generally available. See Configure Azure virtual network service endpoint policies for storage access from classic compute.
  • JAR tasks on serverless compute is now in Public Preview — Feb 20 · Azure · Product Running JAR jobs on serverless compute is now in Public Preview. See JAR task for jobs.
  • ADBC driver is now the default driver for new Power BI connections — Feb 20 · Azure · Product New connections created in Power BI Desktop or Power BI Service now automatically use the Arrow Database Connectivity (ADBC) driver by default. Existing connections continue to use ODBC unless you manually update them to ADBC. You can still switch to ODBC drivers for new connecti
  • Dashboard visualization and interaction enhancements — Feb 19 · Azure · AI/BI Pivot table hierarchies: You can now expand and collapse hierarchies in pivot tables. Stacked bar chart labels: Stacked bar charts now support showing min/max label values and total labels. Area and line chart sorting: Area and line charts now support sorting axes by measures. Da
  • Databricks Runtime 18: February 19, 2026 — Feb 19 · Azure · Runtime When inferring the schema of Excel files, string cells are now inferred as Spark StringType, respecting the cell type set in Excel. Previously, strings with numeric values were auto-cast to narrower types like Long or Decimal. Update code that relied on the previous behavior. Dat
  • Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (02/19) — Feb 19 · Azure · 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 18.0 Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS Databricks Runtime 17.2 Databricks Runtime 16.4
  • Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) Agent mode rename and improvements — Feb 18 · Azure · AI/BI Research Agent renamed to Agent mode (Beta): The rename better aligns with the feature's function. See Genie Agents concepts. Improved Agent mode (Beta) responses: Agent mode now produces more concise and faster responses for "what" type questions through improved system promptin
  • TikTok Ads connector (Beta) — Feb 18 · Azure · Product Lakeflow Connect now supports a managed connector for ingestion from TikTok Ads. See TikTok Ads connector.
  • Discover page and domains (Beta) — Feb 18 · Azure · Product The Discover page provides a centralized interface for searching, browsing, and previewing data assets governed by Unity Catalog. This Beta release introduces: Domains: Business-aligned organization layer that groups data assets by functional area (for example, Marketing, or Fina
  • Scoped personal access tokens (Beta) — Feb 18 · Azure · Product You can now limit the permissions of personal access tokens by selecting a token type and adding API scopes. This restricts each token to only the API operations you specify. See Authenticate with Azure Databricks personal access tokens (legacy). This feature is in Beta.
  • Inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services (Beta) — Feb 18 · Azure · Product You can now configure inbound Private Link for private connectivity to performance-intensive services such as Zerobus Ingest and Lakebase Autoscaling. See Configure inbound Private Link for performance-intensive services.
  • Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B now available in Public Preview as a Databricks-hosted model — Feb 17 · Azure · Product Mosaic AI Model Serving now supports Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B in Public Preview as a Databricks-hosted model. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token.
  • Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 now available as a Databricks-hosted model — Feb 17 · Azure · Product Mosaic AI Model Serving now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 as a Databricks-hosted model. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token.
  • Databricks Runtime 18.1 and Databricks Runtime 18.1 ML are in Beta — Feb 17 · Azure · Product Databricks Runtime 18.1 and Databricks Runtime 18.1 ML are now in Beta, powered by Apache Spark 4.1.0. See Databricks Runtime 18.1 and Databricks Runtime 18.1 for Machine Learning.
  • OneLake catalog federation (Beta) — Feb 16 · Azure · Product OneLake catalog federation (Beta) allows you to read data in OneLake storage without copying it, bringing Azure Databricks analytics and AI/BI capabilities directly to your OneLake data. OneLake federation runs queries directly against file storage for better performance and cost
  • Automatic identity management deactivates deleted Entra ID users — Feb 16 · Azure · Product Automatic identity management now automatically deactivates users who are deleted from Microsoft Entra ID. When you remove a user from Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Databricks detects the deletion during the next identity sync and deactivates the user's Azure Databricks account. Prev
  • Dashboard enhancements and improvements — Feb 12 · Azure · AI/BI Workspace admin theme permissions: Fixed a bug where workspace admins couldn't edit workspace-level themes. Level of detail calculations: Level of detail calculations now support EXCLUDE syntax on multiple fields. See Defining expressions at a coarser level of detail. Color legen
  • Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and improvements — Feb 12 · Azure · AI/BI Heatmap and sankey visualizations: You can now generate heatmap and sankey visualizations in Genie. Query tagging for benchmarks: In query history, Genie attaches query tags to queries generated from benchmarks, helping you differentiate workloads from end users versus benchmarks
  • AI Gateway (Beta) — Feb 12 · Azure · Product AI Gateway (Beta) is the enterprise control plane for governing LLM endpoints and coding agents with enhanced features, including a rich UI, improved observability, and expanded API coverage. See AI governance with Unity AI Gateway.
  • File events enabled by default on new external locations — Feb 12 · Azure · Product File events are now enabled by default when you create new external locations. The Azure Databricks file events service sets up cloud resources to detect file changes, enabling more efficient, event-driven storage jobs and ingestion pipelines. When you create an external location
  • HubSpot connector (Beta) — Feb 12 · Azure · Product The managed HubSpot connector in Lakeflow Connect allows you to ingest data from HubSpot Marketing Hub into Azure Databricks. See HubSpot connector.
  • Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is now available in Preview — Feb 11 · Azure · SQL Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is now available in the Preview channel. Review the following section to learn about new features, behavioral changes, and bug fixes. SQL scripting is generally available SQL scripting is now generally available. Write procedural logic with SQL, inc
  • Serverless compute now available for compliance standards — Feb 11 · Azure · Product Serverless compute is now available for additional compliance standards: HITRUST PCI-DSS TISAX UK Cyber Essentials Plus For a list of compliance standards by region, see Compliance security profile.
  • Configure default Python package repositories for Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow (Public Preview) — Feb 11 · Azure · Product Workspace admins can now configure private or authenticated package repositories within workspaces as the default pip configuration for Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow. This allows users in the workspace to install packages from internal Python repositories without explic
  • Supervisor Agent is now Generally Available — Feb 10 · Azure · Product Use Supervisor Agent to create a multi-agent supervisor system that orchestrates AI agents and tools to work together on complex tasks. Supervisor Agent is now Generally Available in select US regions for workspaces without Enhanced Security and Compliance features.
  • New documentation for authoring and deploying agents on Databricks Apps — Feb 10 · Azure · Product New documentation and project templates are available for building and deploying AI agents on Databricks Apps. Author agents with popular libraries like LangGraph, PyFunc, and OpenAI Agent SDK, then deploy them on Databricks Apps. See Author an agent and deploy it on Databricks A
  • Deploy Databricks apps from Git repositories (Beta) — Feb 06 · Azure · Product You can now deploy Databricks apps directly from Git repositories without uploading files to the workspace. Configure a repository for your app and deploy from any branch, tag, or commit. See Deploy from a Git repository.
  • Query tags for SQL warehouses (Public Preview) — Feb 06 · Azure · Product You can now apply custom key-value tags to SQL workloads on Databricks SQL warehouses for grouping, filtering, and cost attribution. Query tags appear in the system.query.history table and on the Query History page of the Azure Databricks UI, allowing you to attribute warehouse c
  • Dashboard enhancements and new capabilities — Feb 05 · Azure · AI/BI Parameterized dashboard tasks: Dashboard tasks in Jobs can now be parameterized, allowing job parameters to dynamically set dashboard filter values at runtime. Workspace-level dashboard themes: Dashboard themes can now be configured at the workspace level. See Manage AI/BI dashbo
  • Genie One app thumbnail support — Feb 05 · Azure · AI/BI App thumbnail uploads: Customers can now upload thumbnails as the preview image for Databricks apps.
  • Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) improvements — Feb 05 · Azure · AI/BI Embedded compute credentials: Compute credentials are now embedded for all users of a Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space). These credentials are embedded when a Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) author changes the attached warehouse in the Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space). Pagi
  • Agent Bricks: Multi-Agent Supervisor is now Supervisor Agent — Feb 05 · Azure · Product Agent Bricks's Multi-Agent Supervisor has been renamed to Supervisor Agent. See Use Supervisor Agent to create a coordinated multi-agent system.
  • Google Ads connector (Beta) — Feb 05 · Azure · Product The managed Google Ads connector in Lakeflow Connect allows you to ingest data from Google Ads into Azure Databricks. See Google Ads connector.
  • Decrypt query history system table fields (Public Preview) — Feb 05 · Azure · Product For workspaces enabled for customer-managed keys (CMK) for managed services, the system catalog's data encryption settings can be configured to decrypt the statement_text and error_message fields in the query history system table. See Reading encrypted fields.
  • Applying filters, masks, tags, and comments to pipeline-created datasets is now GA — Feb 05 · Azure · Product Using CREATE, ALTER, or the Lakeflow UI to modify ETL and ingestion pipelines (Spark Declarative Pipelines on Lakeflow and Lakeflow Connect) is now GA. You can modify pipelines to apply row filters, column masks, table and column tags, column comments, and (for materialized views
  • Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 now available as a Databricks-hosted model — Feb 05 · Azure · Product Mosaic AI Model Serving now supports Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 as a Databricks-hosted model. To access this model, use: Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token Query reasoning models Query vision models
  • Default SQL warehouse settings (General Availability) — Feb 05 · Azure · Product Default SQL warehouse settings are now generally available. Workspace administrators can set a default SQL warehouse that is automatically selected in SQL authoring surfaces, including the SQL editor, AI/BI dashboards, Genie Agents, Alerts, and Catalog Explorer. Individual users
  • Partner-powered AI features are now supported in the Canada, Brazil, and United Kingdom Azure Geographies — Feb 04 · Azure · AI/BI Partner-powered AI features in Canada, Brazil, and the United Kingdom that run with cross-Geo processing disabled now use models hosted in the same Azure Geography as the workspace. This aligns model hosting with Azure Geographies and ensures consistent regional availability. Imp
  • Lakebase now available on Azure (Beta) — Feb 04 · Azure · Other Lakebase Postgres is now available on Azure in Beta. Access the Lakebase app from the app switcher to use autoscaling compute, scale-to-zero, database branching, and instant restore. Supported Azure regions: eastus2 (East US 2) westeurope (West Europe) westus (West US) See Get st
  • Partner-powered AI features are now supported in the Canada, Brazil, and United Kingdom Azure Geographies — Feb 04 · Azure · Product Partner-powered AI features in Canada, Brazil, and the United Kingdom that run with cross-Geo processing disabled now use models hosted in the same Azure Geography as the workspace. This aligns model hosting with Azure Geographies and ensures consistent regional availability. Imp
  • Connect Databricks Assistant to MCP servers — Feb 04 · Azure · Product You can now connect Databricks Assistant in Agent mode to external tools and data sources through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The Assistant can use any MCP servers that have been added to your workspace and that you have permission to use. See Connect Genie Code to MCP serv
  • Select tables and create pivot tables in Google Sheets — Feb 03 · Azure · Product You can now directly select Azure Databricks tables from the Catalog Explorer and import data as pivot tables in Google Sheets using the Databricks Connector. See Databricks Connector for Google Sheets.
  • Genie Agents are now available in the Japan and Korea Azure Geographies — Feb 02 · Azure · AI/BI Genie Agents are now available in-Geo for Japan and Korea. Workspaces in the Japan and Korea Azure Geographies no longer require cross-Geo processing to use Genie Agents. See Availability of Designated Services in each Geo for more information on which features require cross-geo
  • Genie Agents are now available in the Japan and Korea Azure Geographies — Feb 02 · Azure · Product Genie Agents are now available in-Geo for Japan and Korea. Workspaces in the Japan and Korea Azure Geographies no longer require cross-Geo processing to use Genie Agents. See Availability of Designated Services in each Geo for more information on which features require cross-geo
  • Tag Databricks Apps (Public Preview) — Feb 02 · Azure · Product You can now apply tags to Databricks apps to organize and categorize them. See Apply tags to Databricks apps. Search is not supported using Databricks apps tags.
  • Zendesk Support connector (Beta) — Feb 02 · Azure · Product The Zendesk Support connector allows you to ingest ticket data, help center content, and community forum data from Zendesk Support. See Zendesk Support connector overview.
  • Data Quality Monitoring Anomaly Detection public preview — Feb 02 · Azure · Product Databricks Data Quality Monitoring Anomaly Detection is now in Public Preview. The feature is enabled at the schema level and learns from historical data patterns to detect data quality anomalies. The health of all monitored tables is consolidated into a single system table and a