Databricks Release Notes

Because SQL statements can contain sensitive information, Databricks now masks query text in the following places:

• statement_text in system.query.history returns <REDACTED>.
• query_text in the Query History API and the List Queries API returns <REDACTED>.
• Keys in request_params in system.access.audit that contain SQL definitions are omitted.

Account admins and members of the databricks_pii_access account group can read unmasked query text. To grant access, an account admin creates the group and adds members. See Access masked statement text and Access masked request parameters.

LTAP Direct Writes speeds up how synced tables load into Lakebase. When you create a synced table, Lakebase loads a full copy of your Unity Catalog data into your Postgres branch. LTAP Direct Writes accelerates that initial load and full refreshes by writing directly to the storage layer instead of through your compute endpoint, so large loads finish faster without competing with your queries. It requires a project running Postgres 17, and a workspace admin enables it from the Previews page. See Serve lakehouse data with synced tables.

Querying Unity AI Gateway model services and model provider services with Consumer access is currently opt-in through the Consumer access to Unity AI Gateway Public Preview. When this capability becomes generally available, consumer access users will be able to query these services without the preview enabled. This can increase model traffic from consumer users, including traffic to model provider services that route to external providers.

Before this change, account admins should set budgets and rate limits, or disable direct model access, for consumer access users so these controls are in effect when the capability becomes generally available. See Manage budgets for Unity AI Gateway, Apply rate limits to model and MCP services, and Manage entitlements.

Context attributes for attribute-based access control (ABAC) policies are in Beta. You can now write Unity Catalog ABAC policy conditions that target the context of a request, such as which OAuth application is calling (request.client_id) and whether the request runs on behalf of a user (request.is_on_behalf_of). The has_context_attribute and has_context_attribute_value functions are supported in the WHEN clause of row filter and column mask policies.

A common use is to restrict the data an agent reads on a user's behalf when it connects through a registered OAuth application, while the user can still read the full data when they query it directly in the workspace.

See Context attribute functions (Beta).

Import from Power BI and Tableau

Importing reports and data models from Power BI and Tableau with Genie Code (/importBI) is now generally available. See Import BI files using Genie Code.

Larger Excel downloads

You can now download up to 1 million rows from a dashboard widget to Excel (.xlsx), up from 100,000. See Download results.

Multi-select and move widgets

Dashboard authors can now select multiple widgets and move them together on the canvas by holding Cmd or Ctrl while clicking. See Keyboard shortcuts.

Full-width tables in text widgets

Markdown tables in text widgets now use the full width of the widget instead of a fixed width.

Hide the sparkline and date labels on counters

You can now hide the sparkline and date labels on counter widgets. See Hide date labels and the sparkline.

Consistent colors across widgets

Charts that color by a categorical field now use the same color for the same value across every widget on a dashboard. See Consistent colors across widgets.

Duplicate subscriber prevention in the API

Dashboard subscription APIs now prevent duplicate recipients from being added.

Unsubscribe removes duplicate subscriptions

Unsubscribing from a schedule by email or from the dashboard now removes all duplicate subscriptions for that recipient. See Manage scheduled dashboard updates and subscriptions.

Local metric views

Local metric views are now generally available. Define fields, measures, and join relationships directly in an AI/BI dashboard with a visual interface, without first publishing them to Unity Catalog. See Local metric views.

Low-code UI for Unity Catalog metric views in dashboards

When you add a Unity Catalog metric view to a dashboard, it now uses the same low-code UI as local metric views, replacing the legacy UI. You can edit the metric view in Unity Catalog, or extend it locally to add dashboard-specific measures and fields. Unity Catalog metric views that use parameters can't be extended. See Extend a Unity Catalog metric view.

Genie Code for dashboard authoring

New authoring capabilities and fixes for Genie Code:

• Undo and redo: You can now undo and redo edits made by Genie Code. See Use Genie Code for dashboard authoring.
• Materialize datasets: Genie Code can now optionally materialize datasets.
• Manage email schedules: You can now manage dashboard email schedules directly from Genie Code.
• Set a schedule's tabular attachment: Genie Code can now set a schedule's tabular attachment, so a scheduled email includes widget data. See Email attachments.
• Improved layout placement: Genie Code now places widgets in appropriate locations instead of leaving large gaps in the dashboard layout. See Dashboard layout and organization.
• Visualization title fix: Fixed a bug where visualization title text overlapped the action icons in a Genie Code chat response.
• Choropleth map fix: Fixed a bug that caused choropleth maps to crash when filtered results returned no data.
• Waterfall cross-filtering fix: Fixed a bug where waterfall charts did not trigger cross-filtering.