Hi all, We've made significant progress cleaning up the 1.11.0 blockers, especially around license issues. Thanks to everyone who helped drive that forward. I believe all license concerns are now resolved — please let me know if I'm missing anything.
Maximilian flagged a Flink update to remove the flink-metrics-dropwizard dependency (PR <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16155>). This doesn't appear to be a release blocker to me, but please let me know if you see it differently. We have one remaining blocker: Core: Propagate server error message in failed remote scan planning responses (PR <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16024>). I've checked with Prashant and it's very close to merging. Please help review when you get a chance. Thanks, Aihua On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 12:37 AM Maximilian Michels <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I couldn't make any changes to the tracking doc > ( > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ydSqC1L210-gny4p1RgvhufRSFlK9PeFWyiTghSqoFk/edit > ), > so I'm putting this here so we don't forget: > https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/16170. > > Thanks, > Max > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 3:40 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Sure! Manu created the PR for open-api. I will do a complete pass (I > finished the check/fix for 1.10.x). > > > > Regards > > JB > > > > Le mer. 22 avr. 2026 à 22:49, Aihua Xu <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> > >> Thanks Steven for following up while I'm OOO. We are down to the only > LICENSE issue. JB, can you help followup on this LICENSE one? > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 6:25 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I will work with Manu on the OpenAPI LICENSE/NOTICE issue. > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> JB > >>> > >>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 7:16 PM Steven Wu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> It seems we have two blockers left > >>>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/milestone/59 > >>>> > >>>> 1) LICENSE issue. Manu has a PR for the Open API. It looks like the > GitHub issue opened by Russel identified that more modules may need > updating. > >>>> 2) Spark bug for deleting from a branch. It is under review, awaiting > the author's follow-up > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 4:12 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks Aihua ! > >>>>> > >>>>> Much appreciated. > >>>>> I updated the spreadsheet to set > https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15449 as P0/Blocker. > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards > >>>>> JB > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM Aihua Xu <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> JB, I gave you editor permission and Eduard, I have changed the > priorities for https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15368 and > https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15439 to P0 as blockers for 1.11.0 > now. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks for reaching out. > >>>>>> Aihua > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 10:29 PM Eduard Tudenhöfner < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> @Aihua can you also please update > https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15368 and > https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15439 to be P0? Both fix important > issues with remote scan planning > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 7:02 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Hi Aihua, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I have requested editor access to the tracking spreadsheet. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I want to flag a "blocker" regarding the upcoming release. During > my legal checks, I found that many LICENSE and NOTICE files are outdated; > several dependencies need to be documented, while others should be removed. > I am particularly concerned about the addition of several new Google > dependencies (GAX, Google API, BigQuery client, etc.) in the bundle and > runtime artifacts. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I currently have two work streams in progress: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> 1. PR #15449: This PR aims to relax dependency versions to > simplify future updates and correct the LICENSE/NOTICE files to accurately > reflect what is bundled. It also includes consistency and wording > improvements across these files. Please let me know if you would prefer > this PR to be split by purpose. > >>>>>>>> 2. Dependency Investigation: I am investigating whether the new > Google dependencies are strictly required or if they were unintentionally > pulled in through transitivity. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> In my view, this is a release blocker as the LICENSE and NOTICE > files are currently incorrect (from legal standpoint). > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>>>> JB > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM Aihua Xu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> I'm using this spreadsheet to track the 1.11.0 release tasks. > The P0 items are targeted as required. Let me know if you see it > differently. We will start to build RC after they are completed. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>>> Aihua > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2026 at 5:25 PM Aihua Xu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Want to send out a reminder for the 1.11.0 release. Can you > help move forward with the tasks targeting the 1.11.0 milestone? > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>>>> Aihua > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM Aihua Xu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Yes. Please use the milestone to track the tasks to be > included in the 1.11.0 release. I saw many have been added there. Thanks. > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 3:12 AM Manu Zhang < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Shall we remove Spark 3.4 support in 1.11.0? I still see > back-port PR being merged for 3.4 recently[1]. > >>>>>>>>>>>> If it's removed, those efforts are wasted. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> 1. https://github.com/apache/iceberg/commits/main/spark/v3.4 > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>>>>>>>> Manu > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM Fokko Driesprong < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Aihua for bringing this up! > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Let's use the milestone to track what's pending for the > release. Excited to see these new features being released to the public! > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Kind regards, > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Fokko > >>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>> Op wo 7 jan 2026 om 08:38 schreef Péter Váry < > [email protected]>: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Aihua for driving this! > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would love to see the File Format API in the 1.11.0 > release too. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> We are near, but still need some reviews! > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Peter > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aihua Xu <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. dec. > 19., P, 20:38): > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi community, > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Following up on the Java 1.11.0 release we discussed > during our last Iceberg community sync. We're targeting an early February > 2026 release and below are the features currently planned for this release. > Please let me know if you have concerns or any additional feature requests. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Geo predicates > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> REST scan planning > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Flink 2.1 (already in main) > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Add Spark 4.1(https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14155 > ) > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Remove Spark 3.4 > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Drop java 11 > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aihua >
