Databricks Releases
Databricks blog and Terraform provider releases. New features, breaking changes, security advisories and deprecations - each summarised in plain English and updated continuously.
Tracking 180 Databricks releases · Updated
- Databricks Blog blogdataazuredatabricksengineer ·
Guide: Migrating Azure Synapse workloads to Databricks Lakehouse
This guide provides a practical playbook for migrating workloads from Azure Synapse Analytics (Dedicated SQL, Serverless SQL, and Spark pools) to a unified Databricks Lakehouse. It details how to consolidate multiple services, enable AI and ML capabilities, and improve operational efficiency, leading to simpler architecture, better performance, and lower costs. The document outlines a phased migration strategy, emphasizing discovery, assessment, and design with field-tested engineering tips for successful execution.
announcement - Databricks Java SDK Releases sdkinfraawsazuregcpdatabricksengineer ·
Databricks SDK Java v0.105.0: AI agent detection, breaking changes, new APIs
Databricks SDK Java v0.105.0 introduces automatic detection of AI coding agents in HTTP request headers, enhancing environment identification. It also includes breaking changes by removing the experimental unified host flag and several API method path updates. Several new APIs and fields have been added across services like secrets, supervisor agents, and postgres, with bug fixes for SPOG host compatibility.
breaking patch - Databricks Java SDK Releases sdkinfraazuredatabricksdeprecationengineer ·
Databricks SDK Java v0.104.0: New Auth, AI Agent Support, API Updates
Databricks SDK Java v0.104.0 introduces Azure Managed Service Identity (MSI) authentication and automatic detection of AI coding agents in user-agent strings. It enhances error handling for non-JSON responses and fixes token scope mismatches for Databricks CLI authentication. The release also includes numerous API additions and two breaking changes affecting the `com.databricks.sdk.service.postgres.SyncedTableSyncedTableSpec` and `com.databricks.sdk.service.settings.CustomerFacingIngressNetworkPolicyRequestDestination` configurations.
breaking patch - Terraform Databricks Provider Releases terraforminfraawsazuregcpdatabricksengineer ·
Databricks Terraform Provider v1.113.0: New PostgreSQL resources, explicit cloud config
Version 1.113.0 of the Databricks Terraform provider introduces new resources for managing PostgreSQL catalogs and synced tables, alongside Databricks environments. It enhances configuration by allowing explicit cloud provider specification and control over account-level versus workspace-level API usage for dual resources. These updates benefit engineers and architects managing Databricks infrastructure via Terraform by improving flexibility and resolving import inconsistencies.
patch - Databricks Go SDK Releases sdkazuregcpdatabricksgadeprecationengineer ·
Databricks SDK for Go v0.127.0 Release
Databricks SDK for Go v0.127.0 introduces several new features, including host metadata customization and lazy iteration with limits. It also contains numerous bug fixes, particularly around token acquisition and caching for various credential providers. Breaking changes include raising the minimum Go version and removing a field from the Postgres SyncedTableSpec. These updates affect developers using the Go SDK for interacting with Databricks services.
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