Summary
This release ensures that explicitly selected profiles now take precedence over authentication environment variables and fixes intermittent crashes during API page processing. Databricks Asset Bundles receive several updates, including a fix for PyDABs permission deployment errors, support for applying grants during selective deployments, and new Lakebase branch management properties.
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