January 2026
These features and Databricks platform improvements were released in January 2026.
Releases are staged. Your Databricks account might not be updated until a week or more after the initial release date.
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:
- Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS
- Databricks Runtime 17.2
- Databricks Runtime 17.1
- Databricks Runtime 16.4 LTS
- Databricks Runtime 15.4 LTS
- Databricks Runtime 14.3 LTS
- Databricks Runtime 13.3 LTS
- Databricks Runtime 12.2 LTS
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.