Databricks Lakebase Postgres: projects, scaling, connectivity, Lakebase synced tables, and Data API. Use when asked about Lakebase databases, OLTP storage, or connecting apps to Postgres on Databricks.
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name: databricks-lakebase
description: "Databricks Lakebase Postgres: projects, scaling, connectivity, Lakebase synced tables, and Data API. Use when asked about Lakebase databases, OLTP storage, or connecting apps to Postgres on Databricks."
compatibility: Requires databricks CLI (>= v0.294.0)
metadata:
version: "0.1.0"
parent: databricks-core
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# Lakebase Postgres Autoscaling
**FIRST**: Use the parent `databricks-core` skill for CLI basics, authentication, and profile selection.
Lakebase is Databricks' serverless Postgres-compatible database, available on both AWS and Azure (GA). It provides fully managed OLTP storage with autoscaling, branching, and scale-to-zero.
> **Autoscaling by Default (March 2026):** All new Lakebase instances are Autoscaling projects. The `/database/` APIs now create autoscaling instances behind the scenes. Existing provisioned instances are unchanged.
**Compliance:** Supports HIPAA, C5, TISAX, or None.
## Capabilities
- **Project lifecycle** -- create, update, delete Lakebase Postgres Autoscaling projects
- **Branching** -- copy-on-write branches with TTL, point-in-time recovery, and reset
- **Compute scaling** -- autoscale 0.5--32 CU, fixed 36--112 CU, scale-to-zero
- **High availability** -- 1 primary + 1--3 secondaries, automatic failover… install to load the full skill