Engineering
Databricks Genie One MCP GA: governed data for agents
Any MCP agent can now query Databricks data through the GA Genie One MCP server, with Unity Catalog permissions enforced on every request.
Unity Catalog
Governance on the lakehouse: ABAC, masking, governed tags, lineage, and Delta Sharing, locked down without grinding the data team to a halt.
Databricks
Databricks Genie MCP connectors hit GA with governed tool use
Seven external tools now connect to Genie One and Genie Code through GA Databricks MCP connectors, governed by Unity Gateway with per-user OAuth.
Databricks
Automatic change data feed GA: write faster, query-time CDC
Automatic change data feed (Auto CDF) GA shifts CDC from write time to query time. MERGE and UPDATE run 15% faster, but read costs move the other way.
Databricks
Databricks ABAC context attributes: agent-aware data governance
Since a Beta on August 21, 2026, Databricks ABAC context attributes bind row filters to the calling OAuth app, so agents see only the user's rows.
Databricks
Databricks Unity AI Gateway hits GA: a governance guide
Centralized AI traffic control, provider routing, MCP governance and cost monitoring arrive under Unity Catalog as Unity AI Gateway goes GA.
Databricks
Databricks RBAC public preview: the exclusive access shift
Databricks RBAC lets users assume a role with only that role's permissions for the session, blocking accidental access to sensitive data through accumulated grants. The feature entered Public Preview on July 22, 2026.
Databricks
Databricks Lakehouse//RT: sub-second SQL reads in beta
Built for sub-second reads on Unity Catalog tables, the Lakehouse Real-Time Beta warehouse serves thousands of users but runs SELECT only.