Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines release 2025.20

May 19 - 21, 2025

These features and improvements were released with the 2025.20 release of Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines.

Databricks Runtime versions used by this release

Channel:

• CURRENT (default): Databricks Runtime 16.1
• PREVIEW: Databricks Runtime 16.1

note

Because Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines channel releases follow a rolling upgrade process, channel upgrades are deployed to different regions at different times. Your release, including Databricks Runtime versions, might not be updated until a week or more after the initial release date. To find the Databricks Runtime version for a pipeline, see Runtime information.

New features and improvements

• Added logic to detect ORDER BY ties in window functions and append enzyme_row_id to ensure deterministic results.
• Fixed an issue where DATABASE_TABLE_SYNC pipelines missed setting serverless=true in their raw spec, causing continuous pipelines to restart in a loop.
• Fixed errors in the auto-maintenance client by ensuring it always runs with the correct activity context, even when triggered from components like PipelineUpgradeMonitor or event loops.