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+---
+name: bump-serverless-env-version
+description: "Use when bumping or upgrading the default serverless environment version shipped by Databricks bundle templates, including its coupled Python and DB Connect pins."
+user-invocable: true
+allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Write, Bash, Glob, Grep, WebFetch, AskUserQuestion
+---
+
+# Bump the serverless environment version
+
+Read `.agents/rules/template-versions.md` first for compatibility and
+synchronization policy. Never hand-edit generated acceptance output.
+
+## 1. Resolve a compatible version set
+
+Use the requested environment version, or the newest published version when none
+was specified. Confirm its runtime Python version from the
+[environment release notes](https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/release-notes/serverless/environment-version/)
+and [databricks/environments](https://github.com/databricks/environments).
+
+Apply `.agents/rules/template-versions.md` to the environment, Python, and DB
+Connect pins. Check Python compatibility in the
+[DB Connect requirements](https://docs.databricks.com/dev-tools/databricks-connect/python/index.html#requirements).
+Advance `conservative_db_connect_version_spec` only when its DBR line is no longer
+supported, using the supported-LTS table in the
+[Databricks Runtime release notes](https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/release-notes/runtime/).
+Do not advance it merely to match the environment version.
+
+## 2. Update every template source
+
+Find both macro definitions and hardcoded literals; trust the search results:
+
+```bash
+grep -rn 'environment_version\|environment-version' libs/template/templates/
+```
+
+Inspect every hit and change only values that pin a version. Re-run the command
+after editing and confirm every version-bearing template hit uses the target.
+If all sources and coupled pins already match the resolved set and the worktree has
+no partial bump, report that no changes are needed and stop.
+
+Current sources include:
+
+- `serverless_environment_version` definitions in `default/library/versions.tmpl`
+  and `dbt-sql/library/versions.tmpl`;
+- a hardcoded value in the `default-scala` job template;
+- three hardcoded values in `lakeflow-integrations`, including its
+  `--environment-version` argument.
+
+In `default/library/versions.tmpl`, update `python_version_spec` and
+`default_python_version` when the runtime Python version changes. Update
+`conservative_db_connect_version_spec` only under the support rule above. Keep the
+version-specific compatibility comments accurate even when their pin is unchanged.
+Do not synchronize unrelated DBR or SQL-template DB Connect macros.
+
+Update version-specific examples in `.agents/rules/template-versions.md` so its
+policy remains accurate; do not change the policy itself as part of the bump.
+
+Also inspect `defaultServerlessVersion` in `libs/localenv/envkey.go`. It is the
+product-spec fallback for `databricks environments setup-local`, not a template
+pin; do not infer that it should move with the templates. Change it only when the
+user or current product specification also requires the fallback to move, and first
+confirm `python/serverless/serverless-v{N}/pyproject.toml` exists in
+`databricks/environments`. Then update default-version help, error, and test
+expectations under `libs/localenv` and `cmd/environments`; verify with
+`go test ./libs/localenv ./cmd/environments`, then update and verify with:
+
+```bash
+go test ./acceptance -run '^TestAccept/localenv' -update -timeout=60m
+go test ./acceptance -run '^TestAccept/localenv' -timeout=60m
+```
+
+Otherwise leave it unchanged and record why. Do not change the intentionally older
+SSH fixtures in `acceptance/ssh/connect-serverless-*`.
+
+## 3. Regenerate and verify targeted goldens
+
+Update and verify both template acceptance trees:
+
+```bash
+./task test-update-templates
+go test ./acceptance -run '^TestAccept/pipelines' -update -timeout=60m
+
+go test ./acceptance -run '^TestAccept/bundle/templates' -timeout=60m
+go test ./acceptance -run '^TestAccept/pipelines' -timeout=60m
+```
+
+Both non-update commands must pass. Update mode selects covering `EnvMatrix`
+variants; the non-update runs verify every variant against the regenerated goldens.
+
+## 4. Add the changelog fragment
+
+Add `.nextchanges/bundles/serverless-environment-version-v{N}.md`. Follow the
+`pr-checklist` skill's changelog conventions. Describe a benefit stated in the
+target version's release notes, link the actual version page, and mention the DB
+Connect version only if it changed.
+
+Cross-check the final source and generated-output footprint against the prior
+template bumps in [PR #3897](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/3897) and
+[PR #6378](https://github.com/databricks/cli/pull/6378). Explain material
+differences in the final handoff or PR description. Prior PRs are not sources of
+truth: revalidate their compatibility decisions, wording, URLs, and file lists.
+
+## 5. Finish only when requested
+
+**Required sub-skill:** use `pr-checklist`, run its checks, and inspect the final
+diff. If formatting or linting changes generated acceptance files, fix the source
+and regenerate them.
+
+Commit, push, or create/update a PR only when the user explicitly requests that
+operation. When requested, follow `pr-checklist` rather than duplicating its commit
+and PR-body instructions here.