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Scala UDFs can access Unity Catalog secrets

Session scoped and Unity Catalog Scala UDFs can now access secrets managed in Unity Catalog.

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What it does

Session scoped and Unity Catalog Scala UDFs can now access secrets managed in Unity Catalog. Session scoped UDFs use the caller's permissions. A Unity Catalog Scala UDF declares secrets in its SECRETS clause and uses the function owner's permissions, so callers do not need direct access to the secrets.

Why it matters

This page describes how to create, read, govern, and manage secrets in Unity Catalog.

Key capabilities
Serverless jobs and notebooks using
Serverless jobs and notebooks using environment version 4 or above.
Classic compute in standard access
Classic compute in standard access mode running Databricks Runtime 17.3 LTS or above. To retrieve secrets with dbutils, the…
Architecture
Databricks Platform → Platform
In short

Session scoped and Unity Catalog Scala UDFs can now access secrets managed in Unity Catalog. Session scoped UDFs use the caller's permissions.

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Key takeaway
Session scoped and Unity Catalog Scala UDFs can now access secrets managed in Unity Catalog.
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