September 2026

Azure Databricks released these features and improvements in September 2026.

Note

Releases are staged. Your Azure Databricks account might not be updated until a week or more after the initial release date.

Share metric views with OpenSharing (Beta)

September 3, 2026

You can now share metric views with Azure Databricks users in other metastores or accounts using OpenSharing. See Add metric views to a share and Read shared metric views.

Private network gateway is in Beta

September 3, 2026

Private network gateway is in Beta. A private network gateway connects Azure Databricks serverless compute to resources in your VNet, on-premises systems, and the internet through a single managed gateway, reusing your existing network connectivity configuration (NCC). Use it for broad private connectivity without onboarding each resource individually, to route serverless egress through your own security appliances for content inspection, or to send egress from a stable set of IP addresses. Account admins can enable it from the account console Previews page. See Private network gateway.

Git Folder Serverless is in Beta

September 2, 2026

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

September 2, 2026

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

September 2, 2026

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

September 1, 2026

Apache Arrow support for Zerobus Ingest in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. See Use Arrow Flight with Zerobus Ingest.

HITRUST and IRAP compliance controls are now generally available

September 1, 2026

HITRUST and IRAP compliance controls are now generally available through the compliance security profile. In addition, HIPAA, HITRUST, and IRAP now require the compliance security profile. See HITRUST and Infosec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP).

Genie Code scheduled tasks are now generally available

September 1, 2026

Genie Code scheduled tasks are now generally available. You can schedule Genie Code to run a prompt on a recurring schedule. Each run executes your prompt as a full Genie Code session and produces a continuable Genie chat with the results, so you can turn recurring analysis and other work into an unattended background task. Create a scheduled task by asking Genie Code in chat or from the Schedules menu. See Genie Code scheduled tasks.

Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (09/01)

September 1, 2026

New maintenance updates are available for supported Databricks Runtime versions. These updates include bug fixes, security patches, and performance improvements. For details, see:

Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted model

September 1, 2026

Unity 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.

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