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Scalar and Batch Unity Catalog Python UDFs are now generally available
Wed, September 23, 2026
2 mo agoUnverified
Scalar and Batch Unity Catalog Python UDFs are now generally available on all supported compute types. This release adds named handlers for row-at-a-time scalar UDFs, removes the five-UDF-call-per-query limit, and aligns scalar TIMESTAMP in.
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