Metastore-level ABAC policies
Unity Catalog now has Beta support for attaching an ABAC policy at the metastore level.
What Beta promises
Open to most customers but not for production: support runs through engineering, and the shape of it can still move. On by default on Premium, off on Enterprise.
| Who can use it | Most customers |
|---|---|
| Production use | No |
| Support | Engineering only |
| On by default | Premium yes, Enterprise no |
The definitions are Databricks' own, on its release types page. The label on this page is the one the feature's documentation states, last checked on 17 Sept 2026.
Where to read more
It is part of something we wrote up: ABAC policies in Unity Catalog — ABAC policies apply row filters and column masks at the catalog or schema level based on governed tags. A rule written once with CREATE POLICY covers every tagged table, present and future.
The Databricks documentation for Metastore-level ABAC policies