[Release] Release v0.296.0

## Release v0.296.0

### Notable Changes
* Direct deployment engine for DABs is now in Public Preview. Documentation at [docs/direct.md](docs/direct.md).

### CLI
* Auth commands now error when --profile and --host conflict ([#4841](#4841))
* Add `--force-refresh` flag to `databricks auth token` to force a token refresh even when the cached token is still valid ([#4767](#4767))

### Bundles
* Deduplicate grant entries with duplicate principals or privileges during initialization ([#4801](#4801))
* Fix `bundle deployment bind` to always pull remote state before modifying ([#4892](#4892))
* engine/direct: Fix drift in grants resource due to privilege reordering ([#4794](#4794))
* engine/direct: Fix 400 error when deploying grants with ALL_PRIVILEGES ([#4801](#4801))
* engine/direct: Fix unwanted recreation of secret scopes when scope_backend_type is not set ([#4834](#4834))
* engine/direct: Fix bind and unbind for non-Terraform resources ([#4850](#4850))
* engine/direct: Fix deploying removed principals ([#4824](#4824))
* engine/direct: Fix secret scope permissions migration from Terraform to Direct engine ([#4866](#4866))

Author: deco-sdk-tagging[bot]

.release_metadata.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "timestamp": "2026-03-18 14:06:29+0000"
+    "timestamp": "2026-04-08 08:53:45+0000"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Version changelog
 
+## Release v0.296.0 (2026-04-08)
+
+### Notable Changes
+* Direct deployment engine for DABs is now in Public Preview. Documentation at [docs/direct.md](docs/direct.md).
+
+### CLI
+* Auth commands now error when --profile and --host conflict ([#4841](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4841))
+* Add `--force-refresh` flag to `databricks auth token` to force a token refresh even when the cached token is still valid ([#4767](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4767))
+
+### Bundles
+* Deduplicate grant entries with duplicate principals or privileges during initialization ([#4801](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4801))
+* Fix `bundle deployment bind` to always pull remote state before modifying ([#4892](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4892))
+* engine/direct: Fix drift in grants resource due to privilege reordering ([#4794](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4794))
+* engine/direct: Fix 400 error when deploying grants with ALL_PRIVILEGES ([#4801](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4801))
+* engine/direct: Fix unwanted recreation of secret scopes when scope_backend_type is not set ([#4834](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4834))
+* engine/direct: Fix bind and unbind for non-Terraform resources ([#4850](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4850))
+* engine/direct: Fix deploying removed principals ([#4824](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4824))
+* engine/direct: Fix secret scope permissions migration from Terraform to Direct engine ([#4866](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4866))
+
+
 ## Release v0.295.0 (2026-03-18)
 
 ### Notable Changes

NEXT_CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,23 +1,12 @@
 # NEXT CHANGELOG
 
-## Release v0.296.0
+## Release v0.297.0
 
 ### Notable Changes
-* Direct deployment engine for DABs is now in Public Preview. Documentation at [docs/direct.md](docs/direct.md).
 
 ### CLI
-* Auth commands now error when --profile and --host conflict ([#4841](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4841))
-* Add `--force-refresh` flag to `databricks auth token` to force a token refresh even when the cached token is still valid ([#4767](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4767))
 
 ### Bundles
-* Deduplicate grant entries with duplicate principals or privileges during initialization ([#4801](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4801))
-* Fix `bundle deployment bind` to always pull remote state before modifying ([#4892](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4892))
-* engine/direct: Fix drift in grants resource due to privilege reordering ([#4794](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4794))
-* engine/direct: Fix 400 error when deploying grants with ALL_PRIVILEGES ([#4801](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4801))
-* engine/direct: Fix unwanted recreation of secret scopes when scope_backend_type is not set ([#4834](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4834))
-* engine/direct: Fix bind and unbind for non-Terraform resources ([#4850](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4850))
-* engine/direct: Fix deploying removed principals ([#4824](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4824))
-* engine/direct: Fix secret scope permissions migration from Terraform to Direct engine ([#4866](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4866))
 
 ### Dependency updates
 

libs/template/templates/default/library/versions.tmpl

@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@
   3.12
 {{- end}}
 
-{{define "latest_databricks_bundles_version" -}}0.295.0{{- end}}
+{{define "latest_databricks_bundles_version" -}}0.296.0{{- end}}

libs/template/templates/experimental-jobs-as-code/library/versions.tmpl

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
   >=15.4,<15.5
 {{- end}}
 
-{{define "latest_databricks_bundles_version" -}}0.295.0{{- end}}
+{{define "latest_databricks_bundles_version" -}}0.296.0{{- end}}

python/README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Reference documentation is available at https://databricks.github.io/cli/python/
 
 To use `databricks-bundles`, you must first:
 
-1. Install the [Databricks CLI](https://github.com/databricks/cli), version 0.295.0 or above
+1. Install the [Databricks CLI](https://github.com/databricks/cli), version 0.296.0 or above
 2. Authenticate to your Databricks workspace if you have not done so already:
 
    ```bash

python/databricks/bundles/version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.295.0"
+__version__ = "0.296.0"

python/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "databricks-bundles"
 description = "Python support for Declarative Automation Bundles"
-version = "0.295.0"
+version = "0.296.0"
 
 authors = [
     { name = "Gleb Kanterov", email = "gleb.kanterov@databricks.com" },