March 2026
These features and Databricks platform improvements were released in March 2026.
Releases are staged. Your Databricks account might not be updated until a week or more after the initial release date.
Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite now available as a Databricks-hosted model
March 6, 2026
Mosaic AI Model Serving now supports Google Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite as a Databricks-hosted model.
To access this model, use:
Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints (Beta)
March 6, 2026
You can now configure endpoint telemetry to persist logs, traces, and metrics from custom model serving endpoints into Unity Catalog Delta tables using OpenTelemetry. This enables root cause analysis, application health monitoring, and compliance retention using standard SQL queries.
See Persist custom model serving data to Unity Catalog.
Databricks Apps telemetry (Beta)
March 6, 2026
You can now configure telemetry for your Databricks apps to collect traces, logs, and metrics and persist them to Unity Catalog tables using the OpenTelemetry (OTel) protocol. After you enable app telemetry, Databricks automatically captures system logs and usage events.
See Configure telemetry for Databricks Apps.
OpenAI GPT-5.4 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
March 5, 2026
Mosaic AI Model Serving now supports OpenAI GPT-5.4 as a Databricks-hosted model. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token.
Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with the terms of OpenAI's Acceptable Use Policy.
Tree view of the workspace browser side panel (Public Preview)
March 5, 2026
The workspace browser side panel now includes a tree view that provides a flexible, tree-based view of your workspace folder hierarchy. The tree view allows you to expand descendant folders, change the root of the tree, and navigate your workspace while keeping the tree steady. This improves the multi-asset authoring experience by providing better control over workspace navigation.
See Tree view of the workspace browser side panel (Public Preview).
Lakebase Autoscaling now available with compliance security profile
March 4, 2026
Lakebase Autoscaling is now available for workspaces with the compliance security profile when the compliance standard is set to HIPAA, C5, TISAX, or None.
See Lakebase Autoscaling limitations.
Agent Bricks: Supervisor Agent is now available in additional regions
March 3, 2026
Agent Bricks: Supervisor Agent is now available in additional regions. For the full list of supported regions, see Features with limited regional availability.
Agent Bricks: Knowledge Assistant is now available by default for Enhanced Security and Compliance customers
March 3, 2026
Agent Bricks: Knowledge Assistant is now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled and HIPAA controls selected.
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.
Managed OAuth flows for external MCP servers
March 2, 2026
Databricks now provides managed OAuth flows for select external MCP servers, eliminating the need to register your own OAuth app or manage credentials. Supported providers include Glean MCP, GitHub MCP, Google Drive API, and SharePoint API.
See Install an external MCP server.
Notebook tagging (Public Preview)
March 2, 2026
You can now apply tags to notebooks to organize and categorize them for easier management. Notebooks also support governed tags, including certification and deprecation system tags, to indicate trust levels or lifecycle status directly within the notebook interface. See Apply tags to notebooks.
Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog (Public Preview)
March 2, 2026
You can now protect data in Unity Catalog catalogs with your own encryption keys using customer-managed keys (CMK). See Customer-managed keys for Unity Catalog.
Lakebase Autoscaling now available in three additional regions
March 2, 2026
Lakebase Autoscaling is now available in three additional regions:
ca-central-1(Canada Central)eu-west-2(Europe – London)sa-east-1(South America – São Paulo)
See Get started with Lakebase Autoscaling.
Schedule data refreshes in Google Sheets (Public Preview)
March 2, 2026
You can now schedule automatic data refreshes in the Databricks Connector for Google Sheets on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis. See Schedule data refreshes in Google Sheets.
Connect to Databricks from Microsoft Excel (Public Preview)
March 2, 2026
The new Databricks Excel Add-in is in Public Preview and allows you to connect Microsoft Excel to your workspace, import data from tables or Metric Views, execute SQL queries, and analyze data directly in Excel. See Connect to Databricks from Microsoft Excel.