On the radar·Unity Gateway·since August 2026 Beta

Unified trace table

Every request and response across the gateway in one Unity Catalog table, in OpenTelemetry format.

Why it is worth watching

The observability half of Unity Gateway reaching general availability.

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 itMost customers
Production useNo
SupportEngineering only
On by defaultPremium 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 14 Sept 2026.

Where to read more

It is part of something we wrote up: Gateway inference tables and usage tracking — Three records of what went through Unity Gateway: payload logging to a Unity Catalog table, the usage system table, and where spend lands, plus the request tags that make attribution possible.

The Databricks documentation for Unified trace table

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