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.
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Any MCP agent can now query Databricks data through the GA Genie One MCP server, with Unity Catalog permissions enforced on every request.
Generally available Lakebase Search adds pgvector-compatible vector search and BM25 to Lakebase Postgres at 1B vector scale with 32x compression.
Seven external tools now connect to Genie One and Genie Code through GA Databricks MCP connectors, governed by Unity Gateway with per-user OAuth.
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.
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.
Centralized AI traffic control, provider routing, MCP governance and cost monitoring arrive under Unity Catalog as Unity AI Gateway goes GA.
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.
Managed Iceberg materialized views let external engines like Trino read your Databricks MVs. Now in Public Preview, they shift the lock-in calculus.
Built for sub-second reads on Unity Catalog tables, the Lakehouse Real-Time Beta warehouse serves thousands of users but runs SELECT only.
Unity AI Gateway budgets set shared and per-user AI spend limits for Genie and gateway traffic, with alerts and blocking for admins.
Analyst-built, governed data prep is now GA in Databricks Lakeflow Designer. Use it for visual transforms, but meter previews and jobs.
Databricks PAT auto-scoping narrows long-lived tokens after 30 days of observed API use. Audit automation now before jobs fail.
Storage, compute, governance and AI on open Delta tables: how the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform fits together and where the cost goes.