Direct mode is GA and is now the default for bundles created from the workspace (since 13th August 2026); it will become the general CLI default on 26th August 2026. Let's see what direct mode brings and what will come next.
https://medium.com/databrickscommunity/dabs-go-direct-ga-faster-better-and-life-after-terraform-edc5...
https://www.sunnydata.ai/blog/databricks-dabs-direct-mode-ga
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