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January 2026

These features and Databricks platform improvements were released in January 2026.

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

Ingest Salesforce formula fields incrementally (Beta)​

January 13, 2026

By default, Lakeflow Connect doesn't ingest Salesforce formula fields incrementally. Instead, it takes a snapshot of these fields on each pipeline run, then joins them with the rest of the table. However, you can now enable incremental formula field ingestion, which often significantly improves performance and reduces costs. See Ingest Salesforce formula fields incrementally.

Agent Bricks: Knowledge Assistant is now generally available​

January 13, 2026

Agent Bricks: Knowledge Assistant is now generally available in select US regions.

Agent Bricks provides a streamlined approach to operationalize data into production-grade AI agents.

Use Agent Bricks: Knowledge Assistant to create a chatbot that can answer questions about your documents and provide high-quality responses with citations.

See Use Agent Bricks: Knowledge Assistant to create a high-quality chatbot over your documents.

Row filtering for managed ingestion connectors (Beta)​

January 13, 2026

Lakeflow Connect now offers row filtering for managed ingestion connectors to improve performance and minimize data duplication. Row filtering applies conditions similar to a SQL WHERE clause, allowing you to ingest only the data you need from your source systems.

This feature is available for the Google Analytics, Salesforce, and ServiceNow connectors.

See Select rows to ingest.

Databricks Runtime maintenance updates (01/09)​

January 9, 2026

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

Create skills for Databricks Assistant​

January 6, 2026

You can now create skills to extend Databricks Assistant in agent mode with specialized capabilities for domain-specific tasks. User skills follow the open Agent Skills standard and are automatically loaded when relevant.

See Extend the Assistant with agent skills.

Automatic email notifications for expiring personal access tokens (GA)​

January 6, 2026

Automatic email notifications for expiring personal access tokens are now generally available. For more information, see Set the maximum lifetime of new personal access tokens.