Hi all, We've now merged the last breaking change for 7.0 (22 in all), and the 7.0 release branch has been cut. I will now start work to prepare for the first release candidate.
Ville On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 9:29 AM Ville Brofeldt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > quick update on preparations for 7.0: We’ve been making good progress on > the breaking change proposals: > - 10 pending > - 3 in progress > - 11 completed > > I’m planning to cut 7.0 on July 31st, so please make an effort to merge > your breaking change PRs by then. If any of the items you’re working on are > critical but won’t make the July 31 deadline, please reach out to me on > Slack so we can discuss. Any remaining unfinished breaking changes will be > deferred to the 8.0 release. > > Ville > > On Jun 22, 2026, at 1:42 PM, Ville Brofeldt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > We're starting preparations for the 7.0 release, and for that reason we'd > like to propose opening the breaking change window for 7.0 with the > proposals listed below. Some of these are new, and some are carried over > from previous releases. > > As before, each of these is seeking individual lazy consensus. If you > object > to any of them or wish for further clarification, please let us know which > you would like to stop or discuss, and we can hash it out here on the list, > on Slack, in Town Hall, etc. > > Each proposal is numbered to make sure it is unique — please use this > number > when referencing a proposal. Carried-over proposals keep their original > numbers; new proposals are numbered sequentially starting at 110. > > New proposals: > > [110] - Introduce Subject model and entity editors/viewers > <https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/38831> > > [111] - Deprecate Helm chart in favor of operator > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=200424030 > > > > [112] - Restructure official docker images > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=200424385 > > > > [113] - Update counties of Kenya map > <https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/38019> > > [114] - Default SMTP_SSL_SERVER_AUTH to True > <https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/40647> > > [115] - Introduce a manager for SQLAlchemy engines > <https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/34826> > > [116] - Deprecate Slack v1 and harden Slack v2 > <https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/39914> > > [117] - Bump echarts from 5.6.0 to 6.1.0 > <https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/40264> > > [118] - Cap parser input length via SQL_MAX_PARSE_LENGTH config > <https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/40499> > > [119] - Replace hard deletion with soft-deletion/archiving for charts, > dashboards and datasets > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=201250683 > > > > [120] - Add version history/restoration for charts, dashboards and datasets > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=201250796 > > > > [121] - Replace Selenium with Playwright > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=202278139 > > > > [122] - Forward-compat fixes for TypeScript 6.0 (Phase B) > <https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/39535> > > Carried over from previous releases: > > 15 - Convert Config values affecting UI into Feature Flags > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=202277749 > > > > 72 - Change primary Superset branch from master to main > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=200345509&issue=apache%7Csuperset%7C31356 > > > > 82 - Add CHART_PLUGINS_DEPRECATED feature flag > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=200347547&issue=apache%7Csuperset%7C41048 > > > > 83 - Make the Deck.GL plugin non-legacy > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=200347387&issue=apache%7Csuperset%7C41047 > > > > 89 - Migrate and remove the legacy Nightingale chart > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=200347238&issue=apache%7Csuperset%7C41046 > > > > 93 - Deprecate/remove JS-based tooltips (and vm2 dependency) > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=200346962&issue=apache%7Csuperset%7C41045 > > > > 104 - Remove deprecated AVOID_COLORS_COLLISION feature flag > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=200346835&issue=apache%7Csuperset%7C41044 > > > > 108 - Remove docs for from_dttm and to_dttm in favor of get_time_filter > Jinja macro > < > https://github.com/orgs/apache/projects/607/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=202276985 > > > > [109] - Clean up statsd logging > <https://github.com/apache/superset/pull/25847> > > Best regards, > Ville Brofeldt > > >
