Hi all, FYI, according to the community versioning policy, here is the planned schedule for Apache Spark 4.1 (and its subprojects): 1. Release 4.1.0-preview3 2. Create branch-4.1 for soft feature freeze — 2025-11-01 3. Begin QA period — 2025-11-15 4. Start RC1 — 2025-11-23
Please stay tuned for upcoming tasks: • SPARK-51166: Prepare Apache Spark 4.1.0 • SPARK-53726: Release Spark Kubernetes Operator 0.6.0 • SPARK-53749: Release Spark Connect Swift Client 0.5.0 Best regards, Dongjoon Hyun
