[Release] Release v0.297.0

## Release v0.297.0

### CLI
* Auth commands now accept a profile name as a positional argument ([#4840](#4840))

* Add `auth logout` command for clearing cached OAuth tokens and optionally removing profiles ([#4613](#4613), [#4616](#4616), [#4647](#4647))

### Bundles
* Added support for lifecycle.started option for apps ([#4672](#4672))
* engine/direct: Fix permissions for resources.models ([#4941](#4941))
* Fix resource references not correctly resolved in apps config section ([#4964](#4964))
* Allow run_as for dashboards with embed_credentials set to false ([#4961](#4961))
* direct: Pass changed fields into update mask for apps instead of wildcard ([#4963](#4963))
* engine/direct: Fix deploy of configurations with dots in maps keys ([#4977](#4977))

Author: deco-sdk-tagging[bot]

.release_metadata.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "timestamp": "2026-04-08 08:53:45+0000"
+    "timestamp": "2026-04-15 13:43:07+0000"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Version changelog
 
+## Release v0.297.0 (2026-04-15)
+
+### CLI
+* Auth commands now accept a profile name as a positional argument ([#4840](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4840))
+
+* Add `auth logout` command for clearing cached OAuth tokens and optionally removing profiles ([#4613](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4613), [#4616](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4616), [#4647](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4647))
+
+### Bundles
+* Added support for lifecycle.started option for apps ([#4672](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4672))
+* engine/direct: Fix permissions for resources.models ([#4941](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4941))
+* Fix resource references not correctly resolved in apps config section ([#4964](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4964))
+* Allow run_as for dashboards with embed_credentials set to false ([#4961](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4961))
+* direct: Pass changed fields into update mask for apps instead of wildcard ([#4963](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4963))
+* engine/direct: Fix deploy of configurations with dots in maps keys ([#4977](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4977))
+
+
 ## Release v0.296.0 (2026-04-08)
 
 ### Notable Changes

NEXT_CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
 # NEXT CHANGELOG
 
-## Release v0.297.0
+## Release v0.298.0
 
 ### Notable Changes
 
 ### CLI
-* Auth commands now accept a profile name as a positional argument ([#4840](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4840))
-
-* Add `auth logout` command for clearing cached OAuth tokens and optionally removing profiles ([#4613](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4613), [#4616](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4616), [#4647](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4647))
 
 ### Bundles
-* Added support for lifecycle.started option for apps ([#4672](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4672))
-* engine/direct: Fix permissions for resources.models ([#4941](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4941))
-* Fix resource references not correctly resolved in apps config section ([#4964](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4964))
-* Allow run_as for dashboards with embed_credentials set to false ([#4961](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4961))
-* direct: Pass changed fields into update mask for apps instead of wildcard ([#4963](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4963))
-* engine/direct: Fix deploy of configurations with dots in maps keys ([#4977](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/4977))
 
 ### Dependency updates
 

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

@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@
   3.12
 {{- end}}
 
-{{define "latest_databricks_bundles_version" -}}0.296.0{{- end}}
+{{define "latest_databricks_bundles_version" -}}0.297.0{{- 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" -}}0.296.0{{- end}}
+{{define "latest_databricks_bundles_version" -}}0.297.0{{- 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 0.296.0 or above
+1. Install the [Databricks CLI](https://github.com/databricks/cli), version 0.297.0 or above
 2. Authenticate to your Databricks workspace if you have not done so already:
 
    ```bash

python/databricks/bundles/version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.296.0"
+__version__ = "0.297.0"

python/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "databricks-bundles"
 description = "Python support for Declarative Automation Bundles"
-version = "0.296.0"
+version = "0.297.0"
 
 authors = [
     { name = "Gleb Kanterov", email = "gleb.kanterov@databricks.com" },