On July 24, 2026, Declarative Automation Bundles will start using the direct deployment engine by default instead of the Terraform deployment engine.
On July 24, 2026, Declarative Automation Bundles will start using the direct deployment engine by default instead of the Terraform deployment engine. This will trigger a migration for all bundles still using the Terraform deployment engine. The Terraform deployment engine will eventually be removed and no longer available.
The new direct deployment engine uses the Databricks Go SDK and has the following benefits: Avoids issues with firewalls, proxies, and custom provider registries Detailed diffs of changes available using bundle plan o json Faster deployment No requirement to download Terraform and terraform provider databricks before deployment Reduced time to release new bundle resources, because there is no need to align with a Terraform provider release How do I start using direct deployment?
On July 24, 2026, Declarative Automation Bundles will start using the direct deployment engine by default instead of the Terraform deployment engine. This will trigger a migration for all bundles still using the Terraform deployment engine.
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