feat: New apps commands #4247

MarioCadenas · 2026-01-11T10:43:37Z

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Overview

This PR adds new AppKit development commands to databricks apps, making them first-class citizens alongside the auto-generated Apps API commands. The implementation follows the same pattern established by the pipelines commands.

New Command Structure

databricks apps now has three command groups:

Group	Commands	Description
Available Commands	`deploy`, `dev-remote`, `init`, `logs`, `run-local`, `validate`	Custom development commands
Management Commands	`create`, `delete`, `get`, `list`, `start`, `stop`, etc.	Auto-generated API commands
Permission Commands	`get-permissions`, `set-permissions`, etc.	Permission management

Key Features

databricks apps init - Initialize new AppKit projects from templates with interactive prompts, but also allowing full prompt override via flags.
databricks apps dev-remote - Run local Vite dev server with WebSocket bridge to remote app (this command already exists, but now has some improvements like deriving the project from the folder and reconnecting).
databricks apps validate - Run validation of the app running type checking, linting and building.
databricks apps deploy - Dual-mode deployment:
- Bundle mode (when databricks.yml exists): Validates → Deploys bundle → Runs app
- API mode: Standard API deployment with APP_NAME argument

Directory Structure

cmd/apps/                    # Custom commands
├── apps.go                  # Commands() + ManagementGroupID
├── init.go                  # Initialize projects
├── dev.go                   # Dev-remote command
├── deploy_bundle.go         # Bundle-aware deploy
├── logs.go                  # App logs
├── run_local.go               # Run locally
└── validate.go             # Validate the project compiles

cmd/workspace/apps/          # Auto-generated + overrides
├── apps.go                  # SDK commands
├── overrides.go             # Imports cmd/apps, groups commands
└── errors.go                # Error handling

libs/apps/                   # Shared libraries
├── features/                # Feature definitions
├── prompt/                  # Interactive prompts
├── validation/              # Project validation
└── vite/                    # Vite bridge

Why

Tests

eng-dev-ecosystem-bot · 2026-01-14T09:24:55Z

Commit: abb8f84

Run: 21284128563

	Env	🟨KNOWN	🔄flaky	💚RECOVERED	🙈SKIP	✅pass	🙈skip	Time
🟨	aws linux	3		5	7	411	700	20:22
🟨	aws windows	3	1	4	7	413	698	20:08
💚	azure linux			2	9	411	699	18:36
🔄	azure windows		2	2	9	411	697	19:17
💚	gcp linux			2	9	400	705	20:19
💚	gcp windows			2	9	402	703	22:19

17 interesting tests: 7 SKIP, 4 RECOVERED, 3 KNOWN, 3 flaky

	Test Name	aws linux	aws windows	azure linux	azure windows	gcp linux	gcp windows
🟨	TestAccept	🟨K	🟨K	💚R	💚R	💚R	💚R
🙈	TestAccept/bundle/deployment/bind/alert	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S
🙈	TestAccept/bundle/generate/alert	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S
🙈	TestAccept/bundle/invariant/no_drift	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S
🙈	TestAccept/bundle/resources/alerts/basic	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S
🙈	TestAccept/bundle/resources/alerts/with_file	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S
🙈	TestAccept/bundle/resources/permissions	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S
🟨	TestAccept/bundle/resources/permissions/jobs/destroy_without_mgmtperms/with_permissions	🟨K	🟨K	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S
🟨	TestAccept/bundle/resources/permissions/jobs/destroy_without_mgmtperms/with_permissions/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct	🟨K	🟨K
💚	TestAccept/bundle/resources/permissions/jobs/destroy_without_mgmtperms/with_permissions/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform	💚R	💚R
💚	TestAccept/bundle/resources/permissions/jobs/destroy_without_mgmtperms/without_permissions	💚R	💚R	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S
💚	TestAccept/bundle/resources/permissions/jobs/destroy_without_mgmtperms/without_permissions/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct	💚R	💚R
💚	TestAccept/bundle/resources/permissions/jobs/destroy_without_mgmtperms/without_permissions/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform	💚R	💚R
🙈	TestAccept/bundle/resources/synced_database_tables/basic	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S	🙈S
🔄	TestAccept/ssh/connection	💚R	🔄f	💚R	💚R	💚R	💚R
🔄	TestFilerWorkspaceNotebook	✅p	✅p	✅p	🔄f	✅p	✅p
🔄	TestFilerWorkspaceNotebook/sqlJupyterNotebook.ipynb	✅p	✅p	✅p	🔄f	✅p	✅p

Top 20 slowest tests (at least 2 minutes):

duration	env	testname
6:03	aws windows	TestAccept/bundle/resources/clusters/deploy/update-after-create/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform
5:59	gcp linux	TestAccept/bundle/resources/clusters/deploy/update-after-create/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform
5:28	gcp windows	TestAccept/bundle/resources/clusters/deploy/update-after-create/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform
5:16	gcp linux	TestAccept/bundle/resources/clusters/deploy/update-after-create/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct
5:03	gcp windows	TestAccept/bundle/resources/clusters/deploy/update-after-create/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct
3:14	gcp linux	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform
3:12	gcp windows	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform
3:07	gcp windows	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct
2:49	aws linux	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform
2:48	aws windows	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct
2:45	gcp linux	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct
2:45	aws windows	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform
2:32	aws linux	TestAccept/bundle/resources/clusters/deploy/update-after-create/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform
2:19	azure windows	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform
2:17	aws linux	TestAccept/bundle/resources/clusters/deploy/update-after-create/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct
2:15	aws windows	TestAccept/bundle/resources/clusters/deploy/update-after-create/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct
2:14	azure windows	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct
2:11	aws linux	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct
2:07	azure linux	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=terraform
2:06	azure linux	TestAccept/bundle/resources/apps/inline_config/DATABRICKS_BUNDLE_ENGINE=direct

experimental/dev/cmd/app/import.go

cmd/apps/import.go

experimental/apps-mcp/templates/appkit/generic/client/index.html

experimental/apps-mcp/templates/appkit/generic/databricks.yml.tmpl

experimental/dev/cmd/app/app.go

experimental/dev/cmd/app/deploy.go

fjakobs · 2026-01-14T10:49:50Z

experimental/dev/cmd/app/prompt.go

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+package app


check with @pietern. He wants to unify CLI UX.

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pietern

Remaining things 1) the title doesn't reflect this PR changes the apps commands, please update to make it clear this PR changes/adds to the apps commands. 2) you can add an entry in NEXT_CHANGELOG.md under the CLI header to explain what's happening.

pietern · 2026-01-23T07:45:05Z

libs/apps/prompt/prompt.go

+		return err
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		close(spinner)
+		cmdio.Wait(ctx)


FYI, to avoid this pattern I have #4351 pending. Can update this when it is merged. Not blocking.

MarioCadenas · 2026-01-23T09:18:40Z

Remaining things 1) the title doesn't reflect this PR changes the apps commands, please update to make it clear this PR changes/adds to the apps commands. 2) you can add an entry in NEXT_CHANGELOG.md under the CLI header to explain what's happening.

Done
Commands are hidden for now, but we will add it once the commands are public.

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