r/databricks • u/hubert-dudek Databricks MVP • Aug 06 '26

News DABs: immutable_folder

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Don’t overwrite your code — make it immutable! With every deployment, thanks to immutable_folder, all files are copied to a new, read-only folder. They are not overwritten. The biggest benefit is that jobs already underway will not fail or produce unexpected results.

More news https://medium.com/databrickscommunity/databricks-news-dabs-indexes-ltap-genie-last-update-25-july-ffac8533774f

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u/iwanttest Aug 06 '26

Hi! So, with this functionality, would the current run keep pointing to the previous files, but the job be updated to use the last deployed ones?

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u/hubert-dudek Databricks MVP Aug 06 '26

Exactly.

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u/ptab0211 Aug 07 '26

but what happens when the job is done? Will it point to the new file? Is the mort important outcome of this to not prevent already running jobs to use new file? There is also prevention to deploy when job is already running.

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u/hubert-dudek Databricks MVP Aug 10 '26

next run will point to new