Sending the Release summary here. *Releases:* - Java 1.12.0 was released on 2026-09-29.
*Java (1.12.0 highlights):* - Variant: vectorized Parquet reads for unshredded Variant columns (Spark 4.0, 4.1); stricter shredding rule (only single-type fields are shredded); shredded Variant writes in Flink and Kafka Connect. - Geospatial: read/write geometry and geography in Parquet and Avro; end-to-end in Spark 4.1. - Flink: maintenance task to convert equality deletes into deletion vectors (ConvertEqualityDeletes); Iceberg view support in SQL. - Data layout: Hilbert-curve clustering strategy for rewrite_data_files (Spark 4.1). - REST: read restrictions (column masking, row filters) added to the REST spec. - Format V4: foundations (V4 manifest reader/writer, tracked-file adapters, relative paths, content statistics). - Engine support: added Flink 2.2 and 2.3; removed Spark 3.4 and Flink 2.0. - Security: Jackson CVE fixes (CVE-2026-54512, CVE-2026-54513, GHSA-r7wm-3cxj-wff9) - 777 commits from 142 contributors since 1.11.0. Thanks, Neelesh On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 09:58 Neelesh Salian <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm pleased to announce the release of Apache Iceberg 1.12.0! > > 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-1.12.0/apache-iceberg-1.12.0.tar.gz > > Release notes: https://iceberg.apache.org/releases/#1.12.0 > > Java artifacts are available from Maven Central. > > Thanks to everyone for contributing! >
