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databricks Platform · Updated May 4, 2026

Databricks Runtime 18: May 4, 2026

Behavioral changes Review the following changes, which take effect when clusters restart on this runtime.

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What it does

Behavioral changes Review the following changes, which take effect when clusters restart on this runtime. XPath: When evaluating XPath over XML, Databricks no longer loads external Document Type Definitions (DTDs). Queries that previously failed only because of an unreachable external DTD reference can now succeed.

Why it matters

New features and improvements The following features and improvements are available in this release.

Key capabilities
Auto Loader
Auto Loader
Incrementally and efficiently process new
Incrementally and efficiently process new data files as they arrive in cloud storage.
Delta Lake table streaming reads
Delta Lake table streaming reads and writes
Use Delta Lake tables as
Use Delta Lake tables as streaming sources and sinks with exactly-once processing guarantees.
Architecture
Databricks Platform → Platform
In short

Behavioral changes Review the following changes, which take effect when clusters restart on this runtime. XPath: When evaluating XPath over XML, Databricks no longer loads external Document Type Definitions (DTDs).

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Key takeaway
Behavioral changes Review the following changes, which take effect when clusters restart on this runtime.
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