Runtime 18 GA

Hubert-Dudek
Databricks MVP

Runtime 18, including Spark 4.1, is no longer in Beta. You can start migrating now. Runtime 18 is available now only for classic compute. Serverless, or SQL warehouse, still using older runtimes. Once 18 is everywhere, we will be able to use identifiers and parameter makers everywhere.

https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-2026-week-2-12-january-2026-to-18-january-2026-5d87...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LsC3l6twMw

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My blog: https://databrickster.medium.com/