Databricks Previews support & details
Databricks regularly provides previews to give you a chance to evaluate and provide feedback on features before they’re generally available (GA). Previews come in various degrees of maturity, each of which is defined in this article. The following tables list Databricks support options that are associated with the corresponding release type.
For access to preview releases, see Manage Databricks Previews.
Platform previews
Databricks platform features can be released at any of the following preview levels:
Release type |
Who can use? |
For production? |
Interface stable |
SLA |
Support |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Invite only |
No |
No |
No |
Engineering team |
Available by invite-only and usually for a small set of customers. Previews are OFF by default and admins can enable (or disable) the preview on workspaces. Usually not documented in public Databricks documentation. |
|
Everyone |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Support team |
Available to all customers. The default preview state can be enabled or disabled. Admins can opt out of the preview by disabling it on workspaces. The preview state set during the private preview phase does not change for public preview. Documented in the public Databricks documentation, also stable and intended to advance to GA. |
|
Everyone |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Support team |
Nearing general availability and available to all customers. The preview state set during the public preview phase does not change in this phase. |
When previews become Generally Available, they are removed from the Previews page. General availability is fully supported and production-ready.
Databricks Runtime previews
Previews of Databricks Runtime are always labeled Beta.
Release type |
Who can use? |
Maturity |
For production? |
Interface stable |
SLA |
Support |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beta |
Everyone |
Low-Med |
No |
No |
No |
Engineering team |
Features included in a Databricks Runtime can be released at any of the following preview levels:
Release type |
Who can use? |
Maturity |
For production? |
Interface stable |
SLA |
Support |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private Preview |
Invite only |
Low-Med |
No |
No |
No |
Engineering team |
Features are usually not documented in the public Databricks documentation. The API may change. |
Experimental |
Everyone |
Low-Med |
No |
No |
No |
Engineering team |
Features are documented in the public Databricks documentation. The API may change. |
Public Preview |
Everyone |
Med-High |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Support team |
Features are documented in the public Databricks documentation. The API will not change, either during the Public Preview or when the feature becomes GA. Most public previews are open to all customers. Some, however, require that you request access. |
For more information about Databricks Runtime releases, including support lifecycle and long-term-support (LTS), see Databricks runtime support lifecycles.