FYI, we uncovered an issue in 1.11.0 which appears related to https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15150. Sort order specs are now serialized in SerializedTable. During deserialization, the sort order specs are bound to the current schema. If an old sort order spec refers to a field that had been dropped, the sort order validation fails.
I thought I'd raise awareness about this until there's a fix. -Bryan > On May 21, 2026, at 8:59 AM, Anurag Mantripragada <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Congratulations everyone. This is a big release! > > On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 8:01 AM John Zhuge <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Thanks Aihua and everyone who helped make this release happen! >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 7:16 PM roryqi <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Congrats to AIhua! Thanks for everyone! >>> >>> Kurtis Wright <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> 于2026年5月21日周四 07:48写道： >>> > >>> > Congratulations to Aihua and everyone who helped make this release happen! >>> > >>> > On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM Talat Uyarer via dev >>> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Thanks Aihua for driving this release. I also agree with the point >>> >> regarding our release cadence; I support moving toward more frequent >>> >> releases to ensure we stay closer to our 3-4 month target. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM Yufei Gu <[email protected] >>> >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Congratulations on the new release! Thanks everyone for working on it. >>> >>> Thanks Aihua for driving it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Yufei >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 4:20 PM Steve <[email protected] >>> >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Thanks Aihua for driving the 1.11 release since Dec last year. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM Kevin Liu <[email protected] >>> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > Thanks Aihua for driving the release! Very excited to see this go >>> >>>> > out to all the Iceberg users. >>> >>>> > It's been a while since the last release, the Iceberg community has >>> >>>> > accomplished so much! Onwards and upwards! >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > > git rev-list --count apache-iceberg-1.10.0..apache-iceberg-1.11.0 >>> >>>> > 1117 >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> > On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM Steven Wu <[email protected] >>> >>>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> Thanks, Aihua for driving this release, and thanks to everyone for >>> >>>> >> contributing to it. >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> This is probably our largest release (besides the initial one). It >>> >>>> >> has been over 8 months since the last minor release 1.10.0. We even >>> >>>> >> hit the size limit on GitHub release notes auto-generation due to >>> >>>> >> the large number of commits. >>> >>>> >> There was an error creating your Release: body is too long (maximum >>> >>>> >> is 125000 characters). >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> On a related note, 8 months is probably too long between minor >>> >>>> >> version releases. Previously, we discussed targeting a 3-4 month >>> >>>> >> cadence. Hopefully, the next minor version release (1.12.0) can >>> >>>> >> stay close to the target. >>> >>>> >> >>> >>>> >> On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM Neelesh Salian >>> >>>> >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> Congratulations! >>> >>>> >>> Thanks for running the release, Aihua and everyone for >>> >>>> >>> contributing! >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 3:40 PM Aihua Xu <[email protected] >>> >>>> >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> I'm pleased to announce the release of Apache Iceberg 1.11.0! >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> Apache Iceberg is an open table format for huge analytic >>> >>>> >>>> datasets. Iceberg >>> >>>> >>>> delivers high query performance for tables with tens of petabytes >>> >>>> >>>> of data, >>> >>>> >>>> along with atomic commits, concurrent writes, and SQL-compatible >>> >>>> >>>> table >>> >>>> >>>> evolution. >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> This release can be downloaded from: >>> >>>> >>>> https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/iceberg/apache-iceberg-1.11.0/apache-iceberg-1.11.0.tar.gz >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> Release notes: https://iceberg.apache.org/releases/#1.11.0 >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> Java artifacts are available from Maven Central. >>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> Thanks to everyone for contributing! >> >> >> >> -- >> John Zhuge
