apache/gravitino v1.1.1

Apache Gravitino 1.1.1

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We are glad to announce the release of Apache Gravitino 1.1.1! This is a patch release that focuses on stability, correctness, and performance improvements. It includes bug fixes across the core server, authorization, Iceberg REST, Spark connector, OAuth, and various catalog implementations.

Improvements

Core & Server

• Cache: Cache non-existent relational data to avoid repeated backend lookups on missing entities. #9799
• Performance: Reduce the number of catalogInUse calls on the server hot path. #9474
• Metadata API: Support batchGet for metadata objects to reduce round-trips. #9893
• Managed entities: Include lakehouse-generic catalogs in managed entities for proper drop behavior. #9490
• Error handling: Preserve the post-hook exception when rollback fails, so the original error is not swallowed. #10217
• Partition API: Include partition path parameter in getPartition error messages for easier debugging. #10175

Authorization

• Performance: Avoid authorization-plugin overhead when the plugin is not configured. #9170
• Performance: Convert Jcasbin internal map to a cache to speed up permission lookups. #9770
• Batch authorization: Support preloading table metadata in batch metadata authorization. #9802

Iceberg REST Server

• Performance: Improve the performance of loading tables by reducing redundant HMS calls. #9765
• Cache: Optimize the catalog wrapper and entity cache expiry strategy. #9782
• Rename: Support renaming a table across different namespaces in the Gravitino Iceberg catalog. #9571

Lance REST Server

• Column operations: Support drop and rename column for Lance tables. #9113
• Empty table: Refine the concept of createEmptyTable in Lance REST for clearer semantics. #9520
• Statistics: Add maxStatisticsPerUpdate configuration for Lance partition storage. #9650
• Helm: Add a complete Lance REST server Helm chart. #9403

Common

• Version parsing: Enhance version parsing to support release candidate tags with validation. #9482
• Code quality: Refactor to reduce duplicated code across modules. #9294
• Logging: Update log4j2 configuration for Iceberg/Lance REST servers. #9547
• Build: Add MCP-server changes handling in build workflow. #9921
• Build: Remove release task and centralize JDK 8 compatibility handling. #10262

Bug Fixes

Core & Server

• Fix loading table failure caused by incorrect SQL in the fetch-column-info query. #10034
• Fix tag association problem that caused tags to be incorrectly linked. #9635
• Fix credential issue for filesets with multiple locations. #9500
• Fix equals and hashCode missing from Policy.java, causing incorrect policy comparison. #10009
• Default ifExists to true when deleting a table index to prevent spurious errors. #10380

Authorization

• Fix NoSuchEntityException caused by schema entity not being imported before authorization checks. #10055
• Fix schema import to avoid setOwner failures when the schema had not been ingested. #9809
• Fix PassThroughAuthorizer user verification logic that incorrectly rejected valid users. #9616

Iceberg

• Fix wrong namespaces returned when listing tables or views in multi-level namespace configurations. #10397
• Fix URL decoding of table names in Iceberg REST server request paths. #9936
• Fix authorization decode issue for table names containing special characters. #9936
• Fix migrate procedure by preserving the stageCreate flag. #9666

OAuth

• Allow JWKS validators to operate without serverUri or tokenPath being mandatory. #9713

Catalogs

• Fix altering the JDBC catalog column default value problem. #9816
• Fix UnsupportedOperationException when updating aliases for a model version created without aliases. #9727

Hive

• Perform proper resource cleanup in HiveClientPool.close() to prevent connection leaks. #9581

Lance REST

• Handle null mode in registerTableRequest to prevent NPE. #9512

Spark Connector

• Fix No SLF4J providers warning/error in Spark connector 3.3. #6906

CI & Infrastructure

• Pin all docker/* GitHub Actions to SHA-based references (v4.0.0) to comply with ASF policy. #10502
• Fix Python CI pipeline failures due to runner image upgrade. #9919
• Fix Docker container startup failures due to GitHub CI runner image upgrade. #9990
• Fix MCP-server fastmcp version to avoid breaking CI changes from 3.0.x. #10035
• Fix UV CI pipeline. HOTFIX
• Fix JDK8 compatibility issues across modules. #10373

Documentation

• Add documents about the Flink catalog name limitation. #9973
• Update OAuth documentation to clarify correct version endpoints for Azure authentication. #9868
• Fix the incorrect curl command in the migration guide for set the owner. #10041
• Add documentation for docker run command in the Hive section. #9876
• Improve lakehouse-paimon-catalog documentation. #9957
• Add a guide for Lance REST integration with Spark and Ray. #9622
• Add REST catalog backend documentation for Iceberg REST Catalog (IRC). MINOR
• Add warehouse documentation for the REST catalog backend in Iceberg. MINOR
• Add missing DescribeTable endpoint to lance-rest-service.md. #9662

Acknowledgements

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the 1.1.1 work — code, reviews, tests, issue triage, design, and feedback.

@FANNG1, @agnes-xinyi-lu, @bharos, @chl-wxp, @danhuawang, @echonesis, @jerryshao, @joeyutong, @mchades, @pandeysambhi, @pythaac, @qqqttt123, @roryqi, @tedyu, @yuqi1129