Compliance Automation - February 20, 2026 - 202602.1.0 (Winter Release)

General Availability

AI Evidence Analysis

|Available with Solution Packaging Only

Run AI-powered analysis for files uploaded on the evidence collection pane of the Evidence tasks screen when the Record recommendations setting is enabled in Global Settings. This feature allows you to evaluate how well files submitted during evidence collection align with defined controls and evidence requirements. The analysis will provide guidance that highlights validated content and flag gaps or incomplete information.

Important:

This feature is currently available for customers in the following environments: APP, APP-FR, APP-EU, APP-DE. AI Evidence Analysis will be available for all environments in a future release.

For more information, see Using AI for Evidence Analysis.

Databricks AI Governance and Security Framework

Embed governance directly into AI development workflows to automatically align controls across related frameworks, track compliance continuously, and apply consistent, measurable guardrails across assets built in Databricks and beyond. Seeding Databricks AI Governance and Security Framework in OneTrust delivers:

  • Out-of-the-box alignment with Databricks AI Security practices

  • Standardized mappings to global frameworks (ISO, NIST, EU AI Act)

  • Future extensibility for Databricks policy enforcement and evidence automation

For more information, see Creating and Managing Compliance Initiatives and Supported Control Frameworks.

Fixed

  • Resolved an issue that prevented users from deleting an initiative that contained more than 2,000 evidence tasks.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented users from navigating between pages on the Issues tab of the Initiative details screen.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented the Initiative owner field from displaying users from the selected initiative organization.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented control GUIDs from appearing when exporting the controls library.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented users from accessing the evidence tasks and intervals they were assigned.

  • Resolved an issue that prevented custom attributes from displaying on the Controls tab of the Initiative details screen.

Existing Public Preview Features

Evidence Task Review Workflow

Enable a default workflow for evidence task intervals when a reviewer is assigned. This enhancement introduces a structured set of stages to track the lifecycle of evidence, while also supporting notifications and task creation to keep teams informed and on track.

Note:

The Evidence Task Approval Bypass permission is required to allow evidence task assignees to bypass approval stages and send an evidence task interval to be collected.

Things to Know

Permission changes have been retroactively included inCompliance Automation202512.1.0 release notes. For more information, seePermissions Release Notes: Compliance Automation. For a complete list of products with permission updates in this release, seePermissions Release Notes Catalog.

About Known Defects

Issues that may impact our customers are documented in our Known Defects Database located here with approved workarounds and targeted releases for resolving the issue.