September 2026
Databricks released these features and improvements in September 2026.
Releases are staged. Your Databricks account might not be updated until a week or more after the initial release date.
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.
Genie One web search is in Beta
September 1, 2026
Genie One can now search the public web to answer questions that need current information, such as recent release notes, third-party documentation, or news. Genie One cites the external sources it uses as links in its response. See Search the web.
Genie One and Genie Agents can now use models served through OpenAI on Databricks
September 1, 2026
Genie One and Genie Agents can now use models served through OpenAI on Databricks when partner-powered AI features are enabled. For the hosting provider used by each feature, see Hosting provider used when partner-powered AI features setting is enabled and disabled.
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:
- Databricks Runtime 18 LTS
- Databricks Runtime 18.2
- Databricks Runtime 18.1
- Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS
- Databricks Runtime 16.4 LTS
- Databricks Runtime 15.4 LTS
- Databricks Runtime 14.3 LTS
- Databricks Runtime 13.3 LTS
Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
September 1, 2026
Unity AI Gateway now supports Anthropic Claude Fable 5.1 as a Databricks-hosted model. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs.
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