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• Revert "[SPEC] Add implementation note about schema evolution (#13936)" by @emkornfield in #14002
• Fixing AssertJ assertions in TestS3FileIOProperties by @AnatolyPopov in #14005
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.4.Final to 4.2.5.Final by @dependabot[bot] in #14008
• Build: Bump com.azure:azure-sdk-bom from 1.2.37 to 1.2.38 by @dependabot[bot] in #14010
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.66.0 to 26.67.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #13952
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.33.0 to 2.33.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #14009
• bump Spark version to 4.0.1 by @drexler-sky in #14019
• Site: Bump up mkdocs-monorepo-plugin to 1.1.2 by @manuzhang in #14015
• [docs] Move third-party integrations to root level of left-hand nav, add more catalogs by @rmoff in #13753
• Core: Extended header support for RESTClient implementations by @gaborkaszab in #12194
• Revert "Site: Bump up mkdocs-monorepo-plugin to 1.1.2" by @manuzhang in #14022
• Build: Bump org.openapitools:openapi-generator-gradle-plugin from 7.14.0 to 7.15.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14011
• Spark 4.0: Add Support for PartitionStatistics Files in RewriteTablePath. by @slfan1989 in #13956
• docs: flink: Fix updated link by @Fokko in #14024
• Build: Add Docs Build CI by @manuzhang in #14025
• Spark: Support Trigger AvailableNow in SS by @alexprosak in #13824
• Test: Avoid running redundant tests by @ebyhr in #14036
• Spark 4.0, 3.4: Backport #13824 to Support Trigger AvailableNow in SS by @alexprosak in #14026
• Remove BladePipe due to broken links by @Fokko in #14033
• Flink: Fix flaky tests for Iceberg sink by @mxm in #14044
• Flink: Backport #14044: Fix flaky tests for Iceberg sink by @mxm in #14050
• Core: Refactor: Rename resp to response in RESTCatalogAdapter by @gaborkaszab in #14051
• Site, Build: finalize 1.10.0 release with notes and update revapi and links by @stevenzwu in #13996
• Compulsorily close coordinator if task is stopped by the connect framework. by @kumarpritam863 in #13756
• Docs: Fix style of row-level deletes in spec by @JeonDaehong in #13851
• docs: Add link to BladePipe by @Fokko in #14047
• Site: fix up 1.10.0 release notes by @stevenzwu in #14055
• Docs: Remove extra \ in Kafka Connect Configuration docs by @raveendra11 in #13240
• Docs: Update supported Flink versions by @mxm in #13611
• fix: Make TableMetadataV3ValidMinimal actually v3 by @c-thiel in #14061
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.5.Final to 4.2.6.Final by @dependabot[bot] in #14075
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.33.4 to 2.33.9 by @dependabot[bot] in #14073
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.18 to 9.6.19 by @dependabot[bot] in #14074
• Arrow: delete outdated comment by @nandorKollar in #14068
• Core: Don't copy stats of delete files in DeleteFileIndex by @ebyhr in #13161
• Core: Refactor: Move properties of REST catalog into RESTCatalogProperties by @gaborkaszab in #13991
• Spec: Deprecate Position delete files with row data by @pvary in #14045
• Azure: Don't fetch credential from endpoint if properties contain a valid credential by @smaheshwar-pltr in #13966
• API: Follow up on adding Variant data type to implement sanitizing for Variant #11479 by @manirajv06 in #13137
• docs: use * for path expansion instead of hardcoding version by @kevinjqliu in #13989
• Infra: update how-to-release doc and site scripts on releasing versioned doc and javadoc based on learnings from 1.10.0 release by @stevenzwu in #14066
• Site: change default remote name back to origin. otherwise, site CI could fail by @stevenzwu in #14086
• Infra: add .sdkmanrc to .gitignore file by @stevenzwu in #14085
• Spark 3.4: Backport: Add procedure and action to compute partition stats. by @slfan1989 in #14034
• Docs: Update Spark Structured Streaming docs for Rate Limiting & Triggers by @alexprosak in #14030
• Update vendors.md adding Fivetran by @fivetran-caseykarst in #14088
• Backport Parquet encoding tests for Spark 3.5 by @eric-maynard in #13859
• Core: Add CountNull Aggregation Support by @jackylee-ch in #13981
• Core: Allow reading metadata table when scanning table with dropped partition source field by @gabeiglio in #14089
• Spark 3.4, 3.5: Backport Add Support for PartitionStatistics Files in RewriteTablePath. by @slfan1989 in #14032
• Add StreamNative to the vendor list by @hangc0276 in #14097
• Spec: bring back added-rows in snapshot fields by @stevenzwu in #14048
• AWS, Core, Data, Spark: Remove deprecations for 1.11.0 by @dogukancagatay in #14059
• API: required nested fields within optional structs can produce null by @dejangvozdenac in #13804
• Core: Make deprecated method package-private in PartitionStats by @ebyhr in #14119
• Doc: Add Spark v4.0 to lifecycle status by @ronkapoor86 in #14116
• Flink: Add support for Flink 2.1.0 by @mxm in #13714
• Add "stop signs" for sensitive information/issues to all issue templates by @snazy in #14103
• BigQuery: Add table validity check for BigQueryMetastoreCatalog by @thomaschow in #14113
• [Core] Add mergeAppendTest to ensure consist distribution of data files in manifests by @dramaticlly in #14111
• Core: Fix Scan Plan API resource paths by @singhpk234 in #14120
• Build: Bump hadoop from 3.4.1 to 3.4.2. by @slfan1989 in #14125
• Fix variant type filtering in ParquetMetricsRowGroupFilter by @geruh in #14081
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.33.9 to 2.34.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14133
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.19 to 9.6.20 by @dependabot[bot] in #14131
• Build: Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.27.4 to 3.27.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #14130
• Manifest list encryption by @ggershinsky in #7770
• Flink: Add support for Flink 2.1.0 follow-up by @manuzhang in #14156
• Build: Bump guava from 33.4.8-jre to 33.5.0-jre by @dependabot[bot] in #14128
• Flink: add _row_id and _last_updated_sequence_number readers by @Guosmilesmile in #14148
• Spark 4.0: Pass format-version when creating a snapshot in table migration actions by @Fokko in #14163
• Flink: Backport add _row_id and _last_updated_sequence_number readers to 2.1 and 1.20 by @Guosmilesmile in #14168
• Spark 3.5: Pass format-version when creating a snapshot by @Fokko in #14169
• Spark 3.4: Pass format-version when creating a snapshot by @Fokko in #14170
• Build: Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.41.0 to 2.42.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14132
• API, Spark 4.0: Add create_file_list option to RewriteTablePathProcedure. by @slfan1989 in #13837
• Spark 4.0: Refactor Spark procedures to consistently use ProcedureInput for parameter handling. by @slfan1989 in #13913
• Docs: Add REST catalog authentication properties (addresses - #13209) by @piyushdubey in #14065
• Doc: Enhance RewriteTablePath procedure documentation with parameter details. by @slfan1989 in #14181
• Spark 3.5: Backport: Refactor Spark procedures to consistently use ProcedureInput for parameter handling. by @slfan1989 in #14179
• Expose variantShreddingFunc() in Parquet.DataWriteBuilder by @deniskuzZ in #14153
• Spark 3.4: Refactor Spark procedures to consistently use ProcedureInput for parameter handling. by @slfan1989 in #14185
• Spark 3.5: Upgrade to Spark 3.5.7 by @manuzhang in #14114
• Flink: Adds uid-suffix write option to prevent operator UID hash collisions by @rodmeneses in #14063
• Spark 3.4,3.5: Backport: Add create_file_list option to RewriteTablePathProcedure. by @slfan1989 in #14180
• REST: Add missing "added-rows" field to snapshot metadata by @c-thiel in #14177
• Add reference to the Starburst connector by @findinpath in #14188
• Flink: backport PR #14063 to add uid-suffix write option to prevent operator UID hash collisions by @rodmeneses in #14193
• Build: Bump org.immutables:value from 2.11.3 to 2.11.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #14205
• Build: Bump org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5 from 5.5 to 5.5.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #14202
• Build: Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.27.5 to 3.27.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #14201
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.34.0 to 2.34.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #14206
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.104.5 to 0.105.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #14204
• Docs: Document max-files-to-rewrite in Spark rewrite_data_files by @alessandro-nori in #14211
• Flink: Ensure DynamicCommitter idempotence in the presence of failures by @mxm in #14182
• AWS, Spark, Flink: Remove org.jetbrains.annotations by @manuzhang in #14192
• Core: Implement refs snapshot mode in reference IRC by @gaborkaszab in #14060
• Flink: Backport #14182: Ensure DynamicCommitter idempotence in the presence of failures by @mxm in #14213
• Build: Bump mkdocs-macros-plugin from 1.3.9 to 1.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14203
• Parquet, Core: Allows Internal Parquet Readers to use Custom Types by @RussellSpitzer in #14040
• Azure: add support to specify token credential provider by @munendrasn in #14136
• Site: Remove Blogs and Talks From Site by @RussellSpitzer in #14110
• core: Adding read vector to range readable interface and adding mappe… by @stubz151 in #13997
• Core: Fixed the unpartitioned check in replace partitions by @yuboxx in #14186
• AWS: exclude logging dependencies from bundle by @danielcweeks in #14225
• BigQuery: Add iceberg-bigquery dependency to spark and flink build scripts by @vsamorokov in #14221
• REST, OAuth2: Remove deprecated RefreshingAuthManager by @adutra in #14229
• Spark: Log failed catalog load in Spark3Util::catalogAndIdentifier by @Hugo-WB in #14183
• infra: add analytics for iceberg.apache.org by @kevinjqliu in #14158
• Build: Bump runner image from Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04. by @slfan1989 in #14240
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.34.5 to 2.35.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14252
• Build: Bump org.openapitools:openapi-generator-gradle-plugin from 7.15.0 to 7.16.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14253
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.20 to 9.6.21 by @dependabot[bot] in #14255
• Build: Bump com.azure:azure-sdk-bom from 1.2.38 to 1.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14257
• Build: Bump jackson-bom from 2.19.2 to 2.20.0 and jackson-annotations to 2.20 by @ebyhr in #13961
• Spark 3.4: Deprecate support by @kevinjqliu in #14099
• Core, Spark: Deprecate write.metadata.path and use location to customize view location by @tomtongue in #14212
• Core: Deprecate Namespace Joiner/Splitter and use separate methods by @nastra in #14274
• OpenAPI: Fix inconsistent error example names by @huaxingao in #14248
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.67.0 to 26.68.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14134
• Handle NPE for VariantLogicalType in TypeWithSchemaVisitor by @aihuaxu in #14261
• Docs: Mention Hive 4.1 by @okumin in #14282
• Build: Upgrade datafusion-comet to 0.10.1 by @manuzhang in #14273
• Parquet,Docs: Add new table property to configure bloom-filter ndv by @andreffrosa in #14244
• API: Detect whether required fields nested within optionals can produce nulls by @nastra in #14270
• Add kms.endpoint AWS property by @tom-s-powell in #14246
• Build: Bump org.scala-lang.modules:scala-collection-compat_2.13 from 2.13.0 to 2.14.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14303
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.35.0 to 2.35.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #14302
• Build: Bump org.immutables:value from 2.11.4 to 2.11.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #14301
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.68.0 to 26.70.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14298
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.105.3 to 0.105.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #14299
• Build: Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.26.1 to 3.27.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14304
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.33.0 to 0.35.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14300
• Test: Fix package of TestParquetPartitionStatsHandler and TestOrcPartitionStatsHandler by @ebyhr in #14307
• Flink:clear globalStatisticsState in init to avoid duplication by @Guosmilesmile in #14294
• Flink: Backport clear globalStatisticsState in init to avoid duplication to Flink 2.0 and 1.20 by @Guosmilesmile in #14315
• Core: Refactor: Separate Route from RESTCatalogAdapter by @gaborkaszab in #14313
• Spark: Removed the unused imports in Scala Files by @jackylee-ch in #14311
• Test: Remove unused methods and fix typo by @ebyhr in #14305
• Flink: Move write from AppenderFactory to FileWriterFactory by @pvary in #14271
• Flink: Backport move write from AppenderFactory to FileWriterFactory by @pvary in #14325
• docs: add Microsoft Onelake to docs by @kevinjqliu in #14331
• Spark: Refactor to use ArrayUtils by @1raghavmahajan in #14291
• Spec: Clarify restrictions for geometry types in V3 by @szehon-ho in #14250
• Hive : Fixing the trailing slash issue for the database paths in HMS by @Rajeev-01 in #14295
• Docs: add DuckDB to vendors.md by @guillesd in #14327
• Data, Parquet: Fix UUID ClassCastException when reading Parquet files with UUIDs by @ndrluis in #14027
• Kafka Connect: Use GenericFileWriterFactory instead of GenericAppenderFactory by @pvary in #14328
• Spark 4.0: Add variant round trip test for Spark by @huaxingao in #14276
• Core, Flink, Spark: Further deprecations for the positional deletes with row data by @pvary in #14210
• Core: Explicitly close SeekableInput in the AvroIterable by @ebyhr in #14322
• Core: Fix for respecting custom location providers in SerializableTable #12564 by @przemekd in #14280
• Add Google Cloud vendor description by @rambleraptor in #14338
• Data: Replace LongMath.checkedMultiply with Math.multiplyExact by @ebyhr in #14346
• Deprecate and remove GenericAppenderFactory from tests by @pvary in #14353
• Parquet: Treat VARIANT like nested for eq/in in ParquetMetricsRowGroupFilter by @huaxingao in #14279
• Parquet: Fix UnnecessaryParentheses warning by @ebyhr in #14361
• API, Core: Fix byte buffer conversion for Variant in bounds by @amogh-jahagirdar in #14362
• Build: bump testcontainers from 1.21.3 to 2.0.1 by @sullis in #14366
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.21 to 9.6.22 by @dependabot[bot] in #14371
• Build: Don't override checkstyle version in baseline-checkstyle plugin by @manuzhang in #14365
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.35.5 to 2.35.10 by @dependabot[bot] in #14368
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.6.Final to 4.2.7.Final by @dependabot[bot] in #14372
• Build: Bump org.apache.avro:avro from 1.12.0 to 1.12.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #14369
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.105.4 to 0.105.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #14370
• REST: Reconcile on CommitStateUnknown for simple update by @huaxingao in #14320
• Spark 3.5, 4.0: Fix the test parameters to match the corresponding values by @tomtongue in #14376
• Hive: Fix lock selection during table creation to respect table properties by @s-sanjay in #14236
• Flink: Prevent recreation of ManifestOutputFileFactory during flushing by @mxm in #14358
• Build: Add unused imports check for scala code by @jackylee-ch in #14344
• Encryption integration and test by @ggershinsky in #13066
• Hotfix: adapt HMS tests to HiveTableOperations ctor (add KeyManagementClient) by @huaxingao in #14384
• Flink: Backport #14358: Prevent recreation of ManifestOutputFileFactory during flushing by @mxm in #14385
• Flink 2.1: Enhance ZkLockFactory: add maxSleepTimeMs and retryPolicyName to support multiple retry policies. by @slfan1989 in #14243
• Flink: flink delta write support dvs by @Guosmilesmile in #14197
• Flink:Backport Support writing DVs in IcebergSink to Flink 2.0 and 1.20 by @Guosmilesmile in #14390
• Flink: add serializer test for StatisticsOrRecord by @stevenzwu in #14381
• Flink: backport PR #14381 for TestStatisticsOrRecordSerializer by @stevenzwu in #14393
• Core: Remove duplicate test assertion in delete file index tests by @amogh-jahagirdar in #14382
• Core: Remove usage of deprecated TableProperties.MANIFEST_LISTS_ENABLED by @gaborkaszab in #14347
• Flink: Backport Enhance ZkLockFactory: add maxSleepTimeMs and retryPolicyName to support multiple retry policies. by @slfan1989 in #14389
• REST: Remove deprecated allowEmptyValue from REST spec by @ebyhr in #14364
• Remove dependency on Hadoop util classes by @aiborodin in #14405
• Docs: recommendation for packaging uberjars by @qinghui-xu in #14292
• Docs: Remove expired Tabular links by @ebyhr in #14399
• [SPEC] Removing trailing whitespace by @emkornfield in #14416
• [Doc Update] Iceberg type to Spark type table by @Kurtiscwright in #14413
• Build: Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.42.0 to 2.43.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14418
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.105.5 to 0.105.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #14419
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.35.10 to 2.36.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #14420
• Build: Bump mkdocs-macros-plugin from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #14421
• Core: Use time-travel schema when resolving partition spec in scan by @chenjian2664 in #13301
• Core: Reference IRC to return 304-NotModified by @gaborkaszab in #14035
• Spark: Deprecate unused methods in SparkTableUtil and SparkSchemaUtil by @ebyhr in #14308
• Flink: add jmh benchmark for StatisticsOrRecordSerializer by @stevenzwu in #14394
• Docs: lint markdown files in site build by @manuzhang in #13977
• Hive: Fix newly added encryption keys getting lost in transactions by @szlta in #14427
• Core: Fix view version ID deduplication with schema ID assignment by @nastra in #14434
• Auto rotation of key encryption keys by @ggershinsky in #14396
• Spark 4.0: Add schema conversion support for default values by @geruh in #14407
• Core: Fix failure when finding a column during time travel by @ebyhr in #14438
• API: Add exception definitions for scan planning by @amogh-jahagirdar in #14442
• Spark: Fix Z-order UDF to correctly handle DateType by @ronkapoor86 in #14108
• Core, Spark 4.0: Remove usage of deprecated avro/DataReader class by @gaborkaszab in #14387
• site: use jinja comment in header.html override by @kevinjqliu in #14459
• infra: cleanup remove unused functions from site/ script by @kevinjqliu in #14466
• Spark 4.0: Support recursive delegate unwrapping to find ExtendedParser in parser chains by @majian1998 in #13625
• Build: Bump pymarkdownlnt from 0.9.32 to 0.9.33 by @dependabot[bot] in #14473
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.22 to 9.6.23 by @dependabot[bot] in #14474
• Build: Bump junit-platform from 1.13.4 to 1.14.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #14469
• Build: Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.27.0 to 3.27.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #14468
• Build: Bump calcite from 1.40.0 to 1.41.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14470
• Build: Bump jackson-bom from 2.20.0 to 2.20.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #14471
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.70.0 to 26.71.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14475
• Build: Bump junit from 5.13.4 to 5.14.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #14476
• Build: Bump org.openapitools:openapi-generator-gradle-plugin from 7.16.0 to 7.17.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14477
• site: use virtualenv and add make lint by @kevinjqliu in #14428
• Spark 3.5: Support recursive delegate unwrapping to find ExtendedParser in parser chains by @majian1998 in #14483
• Core: Prevent dropping namespace when it contains views by @nastra in #14456
• Core: Minor code improvements by @nastra in #14489
• site: faster make lint by @kevinjqliu in #14492
• Test: Verify variant logical type annotation of Parquet writer by @ebyhr in #14306
• Core: Check table UUID in RESTTableOperations by @ebyhr in #14363
• REST: Restrict visibility of spec-by-id API for scan planning responses by @singhpk234 in #14485
• Core: Fix overflow due to default value on timestamp nanos by @ebyhr in #14359
• Kafka Connect: Don't check that consumer group is stable for coordinator leader election by @fenil25 in #14395
• Spark: Implement ArrayData.getVariant for row-based Parquet readers by @huaxingao in #14349
• Spark: Improve namespace existence verification logic by @roryqi in #14507
• Follow-up: Optimize support recursive delegate unwrapping to find ExtendedParser in parser chains by @majian1998 in #14497
• Spark: enable stream-results option for remove orphan files by @arifazmidd in #14278
• Flink: Preserve row lineage in RewriteDataFiles by @Guosmilesmile in #14149
• Flink: BackPort Preserve row lineage in RewriteDataFiles to Flink 2.1 and 1.20 by @Guosmilesmile in #14520
• Add Fast Mode for Documentation Builds by @talatuyarer in #14267
• Docs: 2.13 scala runtime addition to multi-engine support page by @ronkapoor86 in #14288
• Docs: add Delta Lake Migration to nav (fix #14309) by @MeongSuper in #14323
• Spark: Backport stream-results for remove orphan files to 3.4 and 4.0 by @arifazmidd in #14522
• Spark: Improve the table, view, and function existence verification logic by @roryqi in #14457
• Kafka Connect: add task ID snapshot property by @bryanck in #14493
• Add SnapshotUpdateValidator to validate snapshots on commit by @danielcweeks in #14509
• Core: Avro logical timestamp-millis support by @jamespfaulkner in #14401
• Merge control topic and last persisted offests by @danielcweeks in #14525
• AWS, S3 Signing: Fix leaked credentials when contacting multiple catalogs by @adutra in #14178
• Kafka Connect: validate offsets for refreshed table state on commit by @danielcweeks in #14510
• support StructInternalRow.getVariant by @huaxingao in #14379
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.105.6 to 0.105.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #14535
• Build: Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.50.3.0 to 3.51.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14536
• Build: Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.43.0 to 2.44.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14538
• Build: Bump com.azure:azure-sdk-bom from 1.3.0 to 1.3.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #14539
• Build: Bump org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty:hadoop-shaded-guava by @ebyhr in #14542
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.36.2 to 2.38.2 by @ebyhr in #14541
• API, Spark, Core, Hive: Remove redundant String.format from tests by @ebyhr in #14544
• Core, Spark: Handle unknown type during deletes by @nastra in #14356
• Docs: add missing pages (about, benchmarks, fileio, security) to site… by @enesyesil in #14481
• Doc: Remove Spark 3 specific wordings in docs by @jackylee-ch in #14357
• Spec: minor corrections by @wypoon in #14495
• Update docs to refer to table format-version in spec definition by @mrcnc in #14410
• docs: remove hidden spark-runtime-jar link by @kevinjqliu in #14555
• site: remove site/docs/about.md by @kevinjqliu in #14554
• Build: Restore JVM 11 for build-checks and build-javadoc by @manuzhang in #14534
• Core: Fix validation of PlanTableScanRequest by @nastra in #14561
• core: Use EncryptionUtil's classloader by @hsiang-c in #14452
• Core: Fix PlanTableScanResponse validation by @nastra in #14562
• API, Core: Introduce classes for content stats by @nastra in #13933
• Preserve DV-specific fields for deletion vectors by @adawrapub in #14351
• Core: Add server-side implementation of remote scan planning to RESTCatalogAdapter by @amogh-jahagirdar in #14480
• Flink: Fix writeDataFiles with hardcoded formatVersion by @Guosmilesmile in #14570
• Core: Increase visibility of builder of ParserContext by @singhpk234 in #14572
• Core: Fix RESTFileScanTaskParser to handle empty delete file references list by @ajreid21 in #14568
• Spec: minor clarification, Parquet int type is int32, long is int64 by @nandorKollar in #14546
• REST: Fix serde of tasks with multiple deletes by @singhpk234 in #14573
• Build: Bump testcontainers from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #14595
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.38.2 to 2.38.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #14596
• Build: Bump software.amazon.s3.analyticsaccelerator:analyticsaccelerator-s3 from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #14597
• Build: Bump mkdocs-macros-plugin from 1.4.1 to 1.5.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14598
• Spark: Custom snapshot property from session configuration by @owen6314 in #14545
• Flink: Add TableCreator interface to set table properties/location on DynamicIcebergSink table creation by @jordepic in #14578
• API: Add geospatial bounding box types and implement intersects checking by @Kontinuation in #12667
• Flink initial table properties backport by @jordepic in #14607
• Core, Flink: Use helper method to filter by prefix by @ebyhr in #14610
• Refactor: populate writeOptions in extraSnapshotMetadata using common util by @yingjianwu98 in #14604
• Core: Classify RowDelta with data files only as APPEND by @mxm in #14581
• Flink: add append capability to dynamic iceberg sink (#14526) by @bezdomniy in #14559
• Add variant type support to ParquetTypeVisitor by @tmater in #14588
• OpenAPI: Add planId as query param to /credentials endpoint by @nastra in #14519
• Arrow: Fix vectorized reads for Parquet TIMESTAMP_MILLIS types by @shubham19may in #14499
• Validate concurrent commits in DynamicIcebergSink to prevent commit duplication by @aiborodin in #14517
• Flink: DynamicSink support dvs by @Guosmilesmile in #14414
• Flink:Backport DynamicSink support dvs to Flink 2.0 and 1.20 by @Guosmilesmile in #14623
• Encryption clean up by @ggershinsky in #14579
• Build: Upgrade setup-java to v5 by @nastra in #14616
• Document Idempotency-Key semantics in OpenAPI by @huaxingao in #14196
• Test: Avoid deprecated AvroParquetWriter.builder(Path file) by @ebyhr in #14620
• Flink: Port validation of concurrent commits in DynamicIcebergSink to Flink 2.0/2.1 by @aiborodin in #14637
• Build: Allow overriding the default test parallelism of 1 by @mxm in #13675
• OpenAPI: Add storage-credentials to CompletedPlanningResult by @ajreid21 in #14563
• Core: Make plan status consistent with the SPEC by @singhpk234 in #14642
• Core: Move deleted files to Hadoop trash if configured by @jordepic in #14501
• Core: Fix RESTCatalogAdapter for Remote Scan Planning by @singhpk234 in #14629
• OpenAPI: Add min-rows-requested field to PlanTableScanRequest by @ajreid21 in #14565
• Core: Add min-rows-requested to PlanTableScanRequest by @nastra in #14614
• Flink: Update Flink 1.18 status to 'End of Life' by @mxm in #14152
• SPEC: Mark plan-id as required for submitted status by @singhpk234 in #14626
• REST: Mark plan-id as required on CompletedPlanningWithIDResult result by @singhpk234 in #14631
• Core: Deprecate PositionDeleteReaderWriter.writer with rowSchema by @pvary in #14651
• Core, API: Support cleanupMode in snapshot expiration by @dramaticlly in #14287
• Core: Align PlanTableScanRequest filter with OpenAPI spec by @geruh in #14657
• Core: Add storage credentials to PlanTableScanResponse by @nastra in #14518
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.38.7 to 2.39.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #14666
• Build: Bump org.immutables:value from 2.11.6 to 2.11.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #14665
• Build: Bump com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties:gradle-git-properties from 2.5.2 to 2.5.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #14664
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.71.0 to 26.72.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14663
• Core: Wrong reported length of encrypted Puffin files by @szlta in #14645
• Core: Support incremental Scan in RESTCatalogAdapter for RemoteScanPlanning by @singhpk234 in #14661
• Fix NameMapping loss in ParquetUtil.footerMetrics by @tmater in #14617
• Docs: Add gc.enabled table property by @ebyhr in #14676
• Core: Add idempotency-key-lifetime to ConfigResponse by @huaxingao in #14649
• Build: Don't ignore major version upgrade for GH actions in dependabot by @manuzhang in #14687
• Build: Bump actions/labeler from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #14689
• Build: Bump actions/setup-python from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #14690
• Build: Bump actions/stale from 9.1.0 to 10.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14692
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.39.2 to 2.39.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #14693
• Build: Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #14688
• Core: Allow overriding view location for subclasses by @tmater in #14653
• Core: Handle empty tables in RESTCatalogAdapter for server side planning by @geruh in #14660
• Build: Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #14691
• Spark: Fix scala warnings in View code by @nastra in #14703
• infra: notify on github workflow failure by @kevinjqliu in #14609
• Docs: Fix package of iceberg.catalog.io-impl by @ebyhr in #14711
• Spark 4.0: expire-snapshots with cleanupLevel=None by @alessandro-nori in #14695
• infra: use new del_branch_on_merge in .asf.yaml by @kevinjqliu in #14710
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.39.4 to 2.39.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #14718
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.35.0 to 0.36.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14716
• Build: Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.44.0 to 2.45.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14715
• Parquet: Move unchecked suppression down to violating assignment in ParquetMetricsRowGroupFilter by @smaheshwar-pltr in #14013
• Build: Bump com.azure:azure-sdk-bom from 1.3.2 to 1.3.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #14717
• Core: Fix NAN_VALUE_COUNTS serialization for ContentFile by @huaxingao in #14721
• Core: Use @TempDir in TestTableMetadataParser by @ebyhr in #14732
• Core: Add UUIDv7 generator by @huaxingao in #14700
• Build: Apply spotless for scala code by @ConeyLiu in #8023
• Refactor SnapshotAncestryValidator by @aiborodin in #14650
• Core: Align ContentFile partition JSON with REST spec by @geruh in #14702
• open-api: use uv and python virtual env by @kevinjqliu in #14684
• Core: Support Custom Table/View Operations in RESTCatalog by @XJDKC in #14465
• Spark: Analyze but don't optimize view body during creation by @jbewing in #14681
• Spark 4.0, Core: Add Limit pushdown to Scan by @nastra in #14615
• Spark 3.4,3.5: Add LIMIT pushdown to Scan by @nastra in #14741
• Spark: Move DeleteFiltering out from the vectorized reader by @pvary in #14652
• Docs: encryption by @ggershinsky in #14621
• Nit: Prefer Preconditions in StandardEncryptionManager by @smaheshwar-pltr in #14753
• Spark: Backport move DeleteFiltering out from the vectorized reader by @pvary in #14745
• Flink: Dynamic Sink: Document writeParallelism and fail on invalid configuration by @mxm in #14191
• Flink: Backport: Dynamic Sink: Document writeParallelism and fail on invalid configuration by @mxm in #14758
• Core: Align ContentFile Enum Serialization with REST Spec by @geruh in #14739
• Exception on encryption key altering by @ggershinsky in #14723
• Docs: fix rendering issues in encryption doc by @huaxingao in #14756
• Fix cache refreshing in DynamicIcebergSink by @aiborodin in #14406
• Flink: Port fix cache refreshing in DynamicIcebergSink by @aiborodin in #14765
• OpenAPI: use yaml linter by @kevinjqliu in #14686
• Core: Reference IRC to return 204 by @gaborkaszab in #14724
• Core: Send Idempotency-Key on mutation requests when advertised by @huaxingao in #14740
• Spark: ORC vectorized reader to use the delete filter by @pvary in #14746
• AWS: Configure builder for reuse of http connection pool in SDKv2 by @anuragmantri in #14161
• site: Update Slack link by @Fokko in #14772
• Update configuration.md by @Kurtiscwright in #14771
• Revert "Update configuration.md" by @manuzhang in #14780
• Build: Bump actions/stale from 10.1.0 to 10.1.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #14784
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.105.7 to 0.106.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14785
• Build: Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.51.0.0 to 3.51.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14786
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.39.5 to 2.40.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #14788
• Core: Disallow encryption table properties in v1 and v2 by @ebyhr in #14668
• OpenAPI: Use PrimitiveTypeValue rather than object by @Fokko in #14184
• Flink: Dynamic Sink: Add support for dropping columns by @mxm in #14728
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.36.0 to 0.41.0 by @ebyhr in #14791
• Backport: Flink: Dynamic Sink: Add support for dropping columns (#14728) by @mxm in #14799
• OpenAPI: Make namespace separator configurable by server by @nastra in #14448
• OpenAPI: Add idempotency key for the mutating plan endpoints by @singhpk234 in #14730
• Hive: Metadata integrity check for encrypted tables by @szlta in #14685
• Core: Make namespace separator configurable by @nastra in #10877
• Spark: Backport ORC vectorized reader to use the delete filter by @pvary in #14794
• Flink: Fix write unknown type to ORC exception and add ut for unknown type by @Guosmilesmile in #14761
• Flink:Backport fix write unknown type to ORC exception and add ut for unknown type by @Guosmilesmile in #14806
• Spark: Add comet reader test by @pvary in #14807
• Spark: Backport add comet reader test by @pvary in #14809
• GCS: Integrate GCSAnalyticsCore Library by @prudhvimaharishi in #14333
• Core: REST Scan Planning Task Implementation by @singhpk234 in #13400
• API: Reduce 'Scanning table' log verbosity for long list of strings by @raunaqmorarka in #14757
• Flink: Dynamic Sink: Handle NoSuchNamespaceException properly by @mxm in #14812
• Spark: Test all simple types in TestSelect by @nastra in #14804
• Encryption: Simplify Hive key handling and add transaction tests by @smaheshwar-pltr in #14752
• Handle SupportsWithPrefix in EncryptingFileIO by @tom-s-powell in #14727
• API: Align CharSequenceSet impl with Data/DeleteFileSet by @nastra in #11322
• Throw CommitFailedException when BQ returns FAILED_PRECONDITION. by @vladislav-sidorovich in #14801
• Build: Improvements around applying spotless for Scala by @ConeyLiu in #14798
• Core: Implement newBatchScan in RESTTableScan by @singhpk234 in #14776
• Support for TIME, TIMESTAMPNTZ_NANO, UUID types in Inclusive Metrics Evaluator by @manirajv06 in #13195
• Log on cache refresh in dynamic sink by @aiborodin in #14792
• Core: disable flaky test for batchScan RemoteScanPlanning by @singhpk234 in #14826
• Flink: Backport: Dynamic Sink: Handle NoSuchNamespaceException properly (#14812) by @mxm in #14819
• Flink: Backport: Log on cache refresh in dynamic sink by @aiborodin in #14828
• Core: Expose the stats of the manifest file content cache by @gaborkaszab in #13560
• Docs: Add Apache Fluss integration link by @MehulBatra in #14829
• Azure: KeyManagementClient implementation for Azure Key Vault by @nandorKollar in #13186
• Docs: Update community meetup guidelines by @danicafine in #14770
• Spark, Flink: replace deprecated cleanExpiredFiles in expireSnapshots by @dramaticlly in #14832
• Core: Adjust namespace separator in TestRESTCatalog by @gaborkaszab in #14808
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.40.3 to 2.40.8 by @dependabot[bot] in #14843
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.41.0 to 0.43.1 by @ebyhr in #14845
• Build: Bump org.immutables:value from 2.11.7 to 2.12.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14844
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.7.Final to 4.2.8.Final by @dependabot[bot] in #14841
• Build: Bump actions/upload-artifact from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #14840
• Build: Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #14839
• Core: Change removal of deprecations to 1.12.0 by @gaborkaszab in #14392
• Core: Deprecate scan response builder deleteFiles API by @amogh-jahagirdar in #14838
• SPEC: Add NoSuchPlanId to cancel endpoint by @singhpk234 in #14796
• Flink,Core: RewriteDataFiles add max file group count by @Guosmilesmile in #14837
• Docs: Add schema selection example for time travel queries by @pallevam in #14825
• API, Core: Fix typo in assert message by @huaxingao in #14855
• Core: Address Race Condition in ScanTaskIterable by @singhpk234 in #14824
• API: Remove redundant } from Transforms javadoc by @ebyhr in #14866
• Flink:Backport RewriteDataFiles add max file group count to Flink 1.20 and 2.0 by @Guosmilesmile in #14861
• GCS: bump up gcs-analytics-core version from 1.2.1 -> 1.2.3 by @ajayky-os in #14873
• Spark: Enable remote scan planning with REST catalog by @nastra in #14822
• Core: Simplify handling of the current planId by @nastra in #14883
• Core: Enable metadata tables support for REST scan planning by @singhpk234 in #14881
• Spark: Order results to fix test flakiness with remote scan planning by @nastra in #14894
• Core: Close planFiles() iterable by @nastra in #14891
• Hive: Fix HiveViewOperations does not update view query upon alteration by @stuxuhai in #14831
• Add service account impersonation support for BigQueryMetastoreCatalog by @joyhaldar in #14447
• OpenAPI: Etag for CommitTableResponse by @c-thiel in #14760
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.8.Final to 4.2.9.Final by @dependabot[bot] in #14897
• Build: Bump testcontainers from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #14898
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.40.8 to 2.40.13 by @dependabot[bot] in #14904
• Build: Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.27.1 to 3.28.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14899
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.72.0 to 26.73.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14902
• Build: Bump org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5 from 5.5.1 to 5.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #14900
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.43.1 to 0.46.0 by @ebyhr in #14905
• Site: Updates for 1.10.1 Release by @huaxingao in #14907
• Issue template: add 1.10.1 to version dropdown by @huaxingao in #14916
• Site: corrected the release time to Dec 22, 2025 by @huaxingao in #14918
• Spark: Add support for Spark 4.1 by @manuzhang in #14155
• DOAP: add release 1.10.1 by @huaxingao in #14917
• INFRA: Skip running CI for doap.rdf file by @singhpk234 in #14919
• Core: Cleaning up uncommitted cleanup logic in SnapshotProducer implementations by @amogh-jahagirdar in #14923
• [doc] Add highlight note for Hadoop S3A FileSystem by @nhuantho in #14913
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.46.0 to 0.49.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14938
• Build: Bump pymarkdownlnt from 0.9.33 to 0.9.34 by @dependabot[bot] in #14937
• Aliyun: Update tests per new SDK behaviour by @singhpk234 in #14939
• Build: Bump org.openapitools:openapi-generator-gradle-plugin from 7.17.0 to 7.18.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #14934
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.40.13 to 2.40.16 by @dependabot[bot] in #14936
• Docs: Fix MERGE INTO example in Getting Started by @varun-lakhyani in #14943
• Spec: fix impl note about snapshot ID generation by @dalaro in #14720
• Spark: Fix flaky ordering in Spark TestSelect by @huaxingao in #14956
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.40.16 to 2.41.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #14961
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.49.0 to 0.52.1 by @ebyhr in #14962
• Flink: Dynamic Sink: Fix serialization issues with schemas larger than 2^16 bytes by @mxm in #14880
• Flink: Report records/bytes send metrics in DynamicWriter by @aiborodin in #14878
• Spark 3.4 | 3.5: Backport enable remote scan planning by @singhpk234 in #14963
• Flink: Backport: Dynamic Sink: Fix serialization issues with schemas larger than 2^16 bytes (#14880) by @mxm in #14967
• Flink: Backport: DynamicSink: Report writer records/bytes send metrics by @aiborodin in #14971
• Flink: Fix equalityFieldColumns always null in IcebergSink by @Guosmilesmile in #14952
• Flink: Backport fix equalityFieldColumns always null in IcebergSink by @Guosmilesmile in #14975
• [Core] Reduce manifest logging on table drop by @dramaticlly in #14969
• API, Spark: Optimize NOT IN and != predicates for single-value files by @joyhaldar in #14593
• Flink: fix VisibleForTesting import in ZkLockFactory by @huaxingao in #14977
• site: fix live loading in make serve-dev by @kevinjqliu in #14978
• Add Spark app name to env context by @teamurko in #14976
• AWS: Merge catalog properties with properties prefixed with client.credentials-provider. by @tom-s-powell in #14608
• Spark: Backport #14976: Add Spark app name to env context for Spark v3.4, 3.5, 4.0 by @varun-lakhyani in #14981
• API, Core: Scan API for partition stats by @gaborkaszab in #14640
• Handle TIMESTAMP_NANO in InternalRecordWrapper by @ayushtkn in #14974
• Site: Add Iceberg Summit 2026 section to homepage by @RussellSpitzer in #14988
• Include key metadata in manifest tables by @tom-s-powell in #14750
• fix(Catalog): Handle NotFound exception for missing metadata file by @coded9 in #13143
• Spark 4.1: Initial support for MERGE INTO schema evolution by @szehon-ho in #14970
• docs: update spark 3.4 latest iceberg support to 1.10.1 by @kevinjqliu in #14993
• site infra: when running make serve, add a tip on using make serve-dev instead by @kevinjqliu in #14992
• Kafka Connect: Fix CVE-2025-55163 in grpc-netty-shaded by @rmoff in #14985
• Core: unlink table metadata's last-updated timestamp from snapshot timestamp by @dramaticlly in #14504
• Use SnapshotRef.MAIN_BRANCH instead of the 'main' string by @pvary in #14999
• Spark 4.1: Fix spark 4.1 test for unlink table metadata's last-updated timestamp by @dramaticlly in #15004
• infra: add gradle cache to github workflows by @kevinjqliu in #15005
• Core: Add storage credentials to FetchPlanningResultResponse by @nastra in #14994
• Flink: Refactor WriteResult aggregation in DynamicIcebergSink by @aiborodin in #14810
• Core: Support case-insensitive field lookups in SchemaUpdate by @mxm in #14734
• Kafka Connect: validate table uuid on commit by @danielcweeks in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14979
• Kafka Connect: fix table UUID check by @bryanck in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15011
• Spark: Add location overlap validation for SnapshotTableAction by @varun-lakhyani in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14933
• Spark: Backport #14933: Snapshot location overlap check to spark v3.4, v3.5, v4.0 by @varun-lakhyani in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15016
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.52.1 to 0.52.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15018
• Build: Bump io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded from 1.76.2 to 1.78.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15024
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.106.0 to 0.106.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15019
• Build: Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.45.0 to 2.46.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15020
• Build: Bump junit-platform from 1.14.1 to 1.14.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15021
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.41.1 to 2.41.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15022
• Build: Bump org.immutables:value from 2.12.0 to 2.12.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15026
• Build: Bump orc from 1.9.7 to 1.9.8 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15025
• Build: Bump junit from 5.14.1 to 5.14.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15023
• Spark 4.1: Upgrade to Spark 4.1.1 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14946
• Core: Use scan API to read partition stats by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14989
• Core: Drop support for Java 11 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14400
• AWS, Azure, Core, GCP: Pass planId when refreshing vended credentials by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14767
• Core, Data, Spark: Use partition stats scan API in tests by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14996
• Include key metadata in manifest tables (Spark 4.1) by @tom-s-powell in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15041
• site: Apache Iceberg Project News and Blog by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15013
• site: add registration link closer to the top by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15044
• Core, Hive: Detect if a view already exists when registering a table by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15010
• Bump to Parquet 1.17.0 by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14924
• Spark 4.1: Add test coverage for Hive View catalog by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15048
• Spark 3.5,4.0: Add test coverage for Hive View catalog by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15052
• REST Spec: clarify uniqueness of ETags for table metadata responses by @danielcweeks in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15045
• BigQuery: Eliminate redundant table load by using ETag for conflict detection by @joyhaldar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14940
• Spark:Add branch support to rewrite_data_files procedure by @97harsh in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14964
• API,Core: Support registerView for view catalog by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14868
• Spark 3.5: Upgrade to Spark 3.5.8 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15033
• Add idempotency adapter and E2E coverage by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14773
• OpenAPI: Add REST endpoint for registering views by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14869
• Aliyun: Add RRSA support for OSS authentication by @zhaoyunjiong in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14443
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.52.2 to 0.53.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15074
• Build: Bump yamllint from 1.37.1 to 1.38.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15075
• Build: Bump com.aliyun:credentials-java from 0.3.2 to 0.3.12 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15076
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.41.5 to 2.41.10 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15077
• Build: Bump com.aliyun:tea from 1.2.1 to 1.4.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15078
• Core: Freshness-aware table loading in REST catalog by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14398
• Core: Add RegisterViewRequest, parser, and serializers by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15068
• Core: Remove unused import in ParquetConversions by @ts-tarou in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15081
• Flink: Dynamic Sink: Add case-insensitive field matching by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14729
• API: Use Transform#isIdentity in PartitionSpec#identitySourceIds by @raunaqmorarka in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15066
• Build: Bump roaringbitmap from 1.3.0 to 1.6.0 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14991
• Flink: Backport refactor WriteResult aggregation in DynamicIcebergSink by @aiborodin in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15054
• Flink: Backport: Add test to ensure that append commits are created in dynamic iceberg sink when possible by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15088
• Flink: Backport: Dynamic Sink: Add case-insensitive field matching (#14729) by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15089
• Make StandardEncryptionManager serializable by @tom-s-powell in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14751
• Spark: Backport branch support for rewrite_data_files to Spark 4.0, 3.5, and 3.4 by @97harsh in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15067
• Spark 4.1: Add tests for MERGE INTO schema evolution nested case by @varun-lakhyani in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15028
• Core: Implement register view for REST catalog by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14870
• API, Core: Move partition stat schema creation to API by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15083
• API: Optimize NOT IN and != predicates for single-value partition manifests by @joyhaldar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15064
• Docs: Fix publish_changes wap_id parameter type by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15117
• Site: Add RSS feed for blogs by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15071
• Flink: Test Parquet writer default handling via core's DataTestBase by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15123
• Build: Bump comet version from 0.10.1 to 0.12.0 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15105
• Flink: Backport: Test Parquet writer default handling via core's DataTestBase (#15123) by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15125
• Spark 4.1: Add Merge WriteSummary to Snapshot Summary by @szehon-ho in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15014
• Build: Bump pymarkdownlnt from 0.9.34 to 0.9.35 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15130
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• Build: Bump com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations from 2.20 to 2.21 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15136
• Docs: Add C++ library to implementation status by @HeartLinked in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15107
• Core: Refactor: Test suite for freshness-aware loading by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15082
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.41.10 to 2.41.14 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15134
• Core: Invalidate ShreddedObject serialization cache on remove by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15097
• Build: Bump gradle-wrapper to 8.14.4 by @HITzengyz in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15143
• Docs: add blog post for C++ 0.2.0 release by @wgtmac in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15141
• Flink: Fix test assumption which can produce flakiness by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15147
• site: add slug to be explicit about blog url by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15149
• Build: Bump spotless gradle plugin to 8.2.0 by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15156
• Build: Bump gradle-git-version to 4.2.0 by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15157
• Test: Fix typo in variable name spaceSeparatedPlanId by @ts-tarou in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15158
• Api, Spark: Add orphanFilesCount to DeleteOrphanFiles.Result by @alessandro-nori in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14886
• Build: Bump gradle-baseline-java to 6.90.0 by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15160
• Core: Fix Internal to Generic conversion of TIMESTAMP_NANO by @ayushtkn in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15099
• site: add docs about Requesting Slack Integrations by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15170
• Build/Release: Upgrade to RAT 0.17 by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15145
• Core: Fix incorrect partition bounds calculation in manifest on deletion by @hantangwangd in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15127
• Build/Release: use RAT collection for ignore file patterns by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15174
• Docs: Fix bullet list formatting in fileio usage section by @dbjnbnrj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15106
• Docs: fix iceberg-cpp website link by @zhjwpku in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15177
• backport #14886 to older Spark versions by @alessandro-nori in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15178
• Docs: Add Ryft to third-party integrations by @yguy-ryft in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15179
• Spark 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.4: Fail publish_changes procedure if there's more than one matching snapshot by @SamWheating in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14955
• GCP: Add gcp.auth.credentials-json property by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14713
• Core: Fix data loss in partial variant shredding by @dirtysalt in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15087
• API, Hive, Spark: Fix typos in comments and error messages by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15181
• AWS, Azure, GCP: Configure headers in HTTPClient from properties by @tom-s-powell in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15110
• Remove HEAD operation from AnalyticsAcceleratorUtil by @vaibhav5140 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15116
• AWS: set retry policy on glue and dynamo clients by @edgao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15094
• Build/Release: fix RAT command by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15194
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.106.1 to 0.107.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15197
• Build: Bump com.aliyun.oss:aliyun-sdk-oss from 3.18.4 to 3.18.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15198
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• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.74.0 to 26.75.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15202
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.41.14 to 2.41.19 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15203
• Build: Bump com.azure:azure-sdk-bom from 1.3.3 to 1.3.4 by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15204
• ORC: Fix typos in IdToOrcName and ORC JavaDoc by @HennesyChihiro in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15214
• Flink: Dynamic Sink: Fix partition field check in non-immediate update path by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15190
• Core: do not cleanup 503s for CREATE transaction by @alessandro-nori in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15051
• Core: Skip unnecessary metadata refresh after merge append by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14709
• Flink: Backport: Dynamic Sink: Fix partition field check in non-immediate update path (#15190) by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15216
• doc: Update AWS vendor doc by @CTTY in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15222
• ORC: Fix additional typos in ORCSchemaUtil, OrcMetrics, and others by @HennesyChihiro in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15219
• API: Simplify sanitization of literals in predicates by @Kontinuation in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15224
• Docs: add blog post for iceberg-rust 0.8.0 release by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15221
• Core: Adding additional information in RestException by @masfworld in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14927
• Fix TableUpdate union to include partition statistics updates by @logesh45 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15115
• Flink: Dynamic Sink: Resolve effective write config at runtime by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15237
• Core: Fix compute_table_stats failures with concurrent writes by @hemanthboyina in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15148
• SPEC: Add SQL UDF spec by @flyrain in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14117
• Spark 4.0: Upgrade to Spark 4.0.2 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15218
• Flink: Backport: Dynamic Sink: Resolve effective write config at runtime by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15247
• Avro: Row Lineage Column (ROW_ID) is not populated correctly in case the Data File doesn't have them by @ayushtkn in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15187
• Core: Remove deprecation from ViewProperties.WRITE_METADATA_LOCATION by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15250
• Core, Data: File Format API interfaces by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12774
• AWS: Prefer custom credential provider if specified by @bryanck in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15249
• Spark 4.1: Introduce constants for Spark metadata columns by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15245
• Build: Remove JDK17 target configuration for Spark 4.1 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15256
• Build: Bump io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded from 1.78.0 to 1.79.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15262
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.107.0 to 0.107.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15259
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• Build: Bump com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties:gradle-git-properties from 2.5.4 to 2.5.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15263
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.9.Final to 4.2.10.Final by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15260
• OpenAPI: Add support for data access parameter to registerTable by @adutra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15231
• Core: Prevent exceptions in ExpressionUtil for unpartitioned tables by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15243
• Document v3 types by @evindj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14888
• Core: FormatModelRegistry javadoc tweaks by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15257
• Core, Spark 4.1: Fix distributed planning for CoW operations by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15246
• SPEC: Add AccessDelegation header to planAPI calls which vend creds by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14781
• Core, REST: Add support for overwrite in RegisterTableRequest by @adutra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15248
• Core, Spark 4.1: Fix querying equality deletes with schema evolution by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15268
• Core: Include query params into ETag calculation in reference IRC by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15057
• Core: Fix metadata table scans with useRef by preserving metadata schema by @lirui-apache in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15276
• Core: Convert metrics to Content Stats by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15251
• Add DataLakeFileSystemClient constructor in ADLSFileIO by @sarthaksin1857 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14966
• Spark 4.1: Simplify description and toString in scans by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15281
• Core: Fix relativize() to handle path equal to prefix (#15172) by @Baunsgaard in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15173
• API: Implement properties method in EncryptingFileIO by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15289
• Build: Remove unused jackson versions in libs.versions.toml by @jsssun in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15295
• Core: Rename RequiresRemoteScanPlanning to SupportsDistributedScanPlanning by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15184
• Docs: add blog post for iceberg-python 0.11.0 release by @geruh in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15290
• OpenAPI: Remove specific table spec versions from description by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15277
• SPEC: Add referenced-by in loadTable API by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13810
• API, Spark: Support StringLiteral to Fixed and StringLiteral to Binary Conversions by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14882
• Core: Add org.apache.iceberg.DataFiles.Builder#withSortOrderId by @raunaqmorarka in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15217
• Core, Data: Implementation of AvroFormatModel by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15254
• docs: Fix uuid type formatting in schemas.md by @answndud in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15309
• Spark 4.1: Refactor SparkMicroBatchStream to SyncPlanner by @RjLi13 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15298
• Build: Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.51.1.0 to 3.51.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15320
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• Parquet, Data: Implementation of ParquetFormatModel by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15253
• Core, Orc, Data: Implementation of ORCFormatModel by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15255
• Core: Add support for encryption.kms-type with aws/azure/gcp by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15272
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.107.1 to 0.107.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15323
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.53.0 to 0.54.0 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15331
• Site: Remove redundant --watch flag from serve scripts by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15330
• Doc: Guidelines for AI-Generated Contributions by @zhjwpku in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15213
• Build: Support building site with uv by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15118
• infra: remove explicit GITHUB_TOKEN export from labeler workflow by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15335
• Add Flink Quickstart docker image by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15124
• Core, Arrow: Implementation of ArrowFormatModel by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15258
• Data, MR: Moving other reader usages to the new FormatModel API by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15333
• infra: set github actions max-parallel to 15 by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15339
• Spark 4.1: Simplify handling of metadata columns by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15297
• Spark 4.1: Separate compaction and main operations by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15301
• Build: Enable JavaUtilDate ErrorProne rule by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15346
• Bump lz4-java to 1.10.3 for CVE-2025-12183 & CVE-2025-66566 fixes. by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14941
• Spark 4.1: Align handling of branches in reads and writes by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15288
• Data: Moving GenericFileWriterFactory to the new FormatModel API by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15334
• Core, Data, Flink: Moving Flink to use the new FormatModel API by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15329
• Docs: Add documentation pointers in README files and fix typos in Spark quickstart by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15350
• Core, Data, Spark: Moving Spark to use the new FormatModel API by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15328
• Flink: Backport moving Flink to use the new FormatModel API by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15354
• Spark: Backport moving Spark to use the new FormatModel API by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15355
• Spark: Various fixes for SparkFileWriterFactory by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15356
• Spark: Backport various fixes for SparkFileWriterFactory by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15357
• Spark 4.1: Add BaseSparkScanBuilder by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15360
• Revert "Build: Bump roaringbitmap from 1.3.0 to 1.6.0 (#14991)" by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15358
• Spark 4.1: Remove unnecessary stats reporting from scan builder by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15364
• Spark 4.1: Use enum conf parser for isolation level by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15361
• Spark 4.1: Use table IDs in scan equals/hashCode by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15363
• Spark 4.1: Use scan filter for conflict detection by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15365
• Spark 4.1: Fix IcebergSource doc by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15359
• Add Flink quickstart by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15062
• Core: populate manifest created/replaced/kept count when commit a snapshot by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15003
• Spark 4.1: Rename expectedSchema to projection for clarity by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15366
• Spark 4.1: Introduce modes in SparkWriteBuilder by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15374
• Spark 4.1: Simplify time travel option extraction in IcebergSource by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15375
• Spark 4.1: Refactor metadata column references to use asRef() method by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15376
• Fix typos in contribute.md documentation by @MosheBlumbergX in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15383
• Core: Avoid exceptions for selecting schema for metadata tables in SnapshotUtil by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15387
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• Spark 4.1: Display write metrics on SQL UI by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15104
• Flink: SQL support for dynamic iceberg sink by @swapna267 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15279
• Core: Add test for freshness-aware table loading with lazy snapshot loading by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15274
• Docs: Fix several nit issues in docs by @anshulbaliga7 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15419
• Docs: Add blog post about File Format API by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15380
• Revert "Move deleted files to Hadoop trash if configured (#14501)" by @danielcweeks in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15386
• chore(ci): add explicit least-privilege workflow permissions by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15409
• Build: Exclude roaringbitmap dependency from Spark and update LICENSE files by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15405
• Flink: TableMaintenance Support Coordinator Lock by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15151
• OpenAPI: Add SetPartitionStatisticsUpdate/RemovePartitionStatisticsUpdate to TableUpdate by @feefs in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14957
• Flink: Backport TableMaintenance Support Coordinator Lock to 1.20 and 2.0 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15438
• Spark, Arrow, Parquet: Add vectorized read support for parquet BYTE_STREAM_SPLIT encoding by @jbewing in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15373
• API, Core: Align offsets of field stats with Design doc / Spec by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15432
• Docs: Add informational properties section for table comment by @yguy-ryft in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15367
• Build: Bump hadoop from 3.4.2 to 3.4.3. by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15431
• Flink: Support Variant to Flink 2.1 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15265
• #13924: in Iceberg catalog, JdbcTableOperations should catch and handle PostgresSQL's exception for duplicated keys by @sqd in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15434
• API: Use correct method name in exception message by @waterlx in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15453
• [Docs] Add Spark MERGE INTO fields in snapshot summary by @szehon-ho in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15390
• Flink: Backport SQL support for dynamic iceberg sink by @swapna267 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15444
• Core: Support parallel execution when scanning entries in ManifestGroup by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15426
• Core: Add properties to InMemoryFileIO by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15469
• Core: Detect and merge duplicate DVs for a data file and merge them before committing by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15006
• Build: Bump openapi-spec-validator from 0.7.2 to 0.8.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15480
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• Build: Bump kafka from 3.9.1 to 3.9.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15478
• Build: Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15477
• Spark 4.0: Display write metrics on SQL UI by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15468
• Build: use ubuntu-slim for lightweight jobs by @zhjwpku in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15457
• Core, Spark: Adds a Table Property for Relying on Identifier Fields by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15372
• Core: Don't fail when bulk deleting metadata in CatalogUtil by @sumtiogo in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15464
• Docs: Add UDF spec to website navigation by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15491
• Rely - Rename read.identifier-fields.rely to identifier-fields.rely by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15495
• Core: Track & close FileIO used for remote scan planning by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15439
• Build, Kafka-Connect: Disable publishing for empty grouping project by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15496
• Docs: Improve json readability in view spec by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15505
• Docs: Add missing CREATE DATABASE step to Spark quickstart by @rameshreddy-adutla in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15513
• docs: udf spec, add newline to properly render lists by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15516
• OpenAPI: Include storage credentials for PlanTableScanResponse/FetchPlanningResultResponse when include-credentials flag is set by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15524
• Build: Bump lz4-java 1.10.4 by @pan3793 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15518
• infra: restore github.del_branch_on_merge in .asf.yaml by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15517
• Spark 4.1: Migrate to new version framework in DSv2 by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15240
• Build: Bump docker/build-push-action from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15532
• Build: Bump docker/setup-buildx-action from 3 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15533
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.54.0 to 0.54.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15535
• Build: Bump com.azure:azure-sdk-bom from 1.3.4 to 1.3.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15539
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.76.0 to 26.77.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15538
• Build: Bump com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle from 8.2.1 to 8.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15537
• Build: Bump openapi-spec-validator from 0.8.3 to 0.8.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15536
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.42.4 to 2.42.8 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15540
• Build: Bump docker/setup-qemu-action from 3 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15534
• Spark: Fix javadoc mentioning Spark 3.3 in Spark 3.4 benchmark classes by @anshulbaliga7 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15544
• Core, Spark: Unify bulk deletion by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15501
• Core: Deprecate unused methods in TableScanUtil by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15543
• Flink: Add the possibility to use Coordinator Lock when using Flink SQL by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15459
• API, CORE, Flink, Spark: Deprecate Snapshot Change Methods by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15241
• Spark: Add ExecutorService support to RewriteTablePath by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15381
• Spark: Add sort_by parameter to rewrite_manifests procedure by @hemanthboyina in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15467
• Flink:Backport Add the possibility to use Coordinator Lock when using Flink SQL to 2.0 and 1.20 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15562
• docs: reformat mailing list by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15527
• spark: Don't use table FileIO for checkpointing files by @c2zwdjnlcg in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15239
• Spark: Backport: Add ExecutorService support to RewriteTablePath (#15381) by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15578
• Core: Make sequence number conflicts retryable in concurrent commits by @agnes-xinyi-lu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15126
• Core, Spark: add the comment table property key by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15531
• Spark 3.4, 3.5, 4.0: Don't Use table FileIO for Spark Checkpoints by @c2zwdjnlcg in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15574
• Core: Rename tableIo to tableIO by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15582
• Core, Flink, Spark: Deprecate Manifest read methods which rely manifest Metadata by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15575
• Core, Spark: Fix equality deletes non-deterministic schema ordering (#13873) by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15514
• chore: several fixes on the LICENSE/NOTICE by @jbonofre in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15449
• Spark: Delegate temp file deletion to JUnit in TestParquetVectorizedReads by @moomindani in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15557
• API, Core: Add FileIO to Scan API by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15561
• Spark 4.0: Fix "AlreadyExistsException: Location already exists" at rewrite_table_path by @Bhargavkonidena in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14859
• Add TCK for File Format API by @joyhaldar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15441
• Build: Flink CI: Define timeout to avoid CI jobs running indefinitely by @jbonofre in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15617
• Spark, Flink: Backport add TCK for File Format API by @joyhaldar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15619
• Core: Move Hadoop conf serialization into SerializableConfiguration by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15583
• SPEC : Allow table level override for scan planning by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14867
• Infra: Remove legacy github.del_branch_on_merge flag by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15620
• Core: Replace Failsafe with Tasks by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15613
• Core: Rename MAX_ATTEMPTS to MAX_RETRIES in RESTTableScan by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15627
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.107.3 to 0.107.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15636
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.77.0 to 26.78.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15637
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.42.8 to 2.42.13 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15638
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.54.1 to 0.55.0 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15641
• Core: Load snapshot after it has been committed to prevent accidental cleanup of files by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15511
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.23 to 9.7.5 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15643
• Rename cleanUpOnCommitFailure to cleanUp by @deniskuzZ in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15389
• API: Fix javadoc of ManageSnapshots.setMaxRefAgeMs by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15642
• Spark 4.1: New Async Spark Micro Batch Planner by @RjLi13 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15299
• Avro: Reading files using DataFileStream with ROW LINEAGE fails if the column isn't projected by @ayushtkn in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15508
• Spark: Deprecate constructor with branch in SparkReadConf/SparkWriteConf by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15591
• Fix JDBC resource leaks in JdbcCatalog and JdbcUtil by @PDGGK in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15463
• Spark: Fix aggregate pushdown by @psvri in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15070
• Core: Fix rewriting delete manifests in RewriteTablePathUtil by @wobu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15155
• site: add back privacy plugin by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15657
• Core: Fix BinPackRewriteFilePlanner producing incorrect output file count with max-files-to-rewrite by @hemanthboyina in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15576
• Docs: Add HadoopTables lock configuration to Hadoop configuration section by @anshulbaliga7 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15520
• Flink: Allow arbitrary post-commit maintenance tasks via IcebergSink Builder by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15566
• Add AGENTS.md with project conventions for AI coding agents by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15529
• Core: Sent minRowsRequested to REST server by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15661
• Flink: Backport: Allow arbitrary post-commit maintenance tasks via IcebergSink Builder (#15566) by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15667
• CORE: Allow table level override for scan planning by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15572
• Spark: Explicitly disallow migrating bucketed tables by @lirui-apache in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15429
• Core: fix propertiesWithPrefix to strip prefix literally, not as regex by @moomindani in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15558
• API, Core: Use Supplier for FileIO on Scan by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15646
• Spark: Remove Apache DataFusion Comet integration by @andygrove in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15674
• Spark 4.1: Pass FileIO on Spark's read path by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15448
• Spark 4.0: Pass FileIO on Spark's read path by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15682
• Spark 3.5: Pass FileIO on Spark's read path by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15683
• Flink: Add branch support to RewriteDataFiles maintenance task by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15672
• Core: Fix useSnapshotSchema logic and projection in RESTTableScan by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15609
• Flink: Backport: Add branch support to RewriteDataFiles maintenance task (#15672) by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15690
• AWS: Add scheduled refresh for the S3FileIO held storage credentials by @danielcweeks in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15678
• Spark 3.4, 3.5, 4.1: Fix "AlreadyExistsException: Location already exists" at rewrite_table_path by @Bhargavkonidena in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15616
• Spark: Add named constant for NO_ADVISORY_PARTITION_SIZE by @jbewing in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15681
• Spark, Flink: Add null engineSchema fallback for format model writers by @joyhaldar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15688
• Flink: Fix non-deterministic operator UIDs in DynamicIcebergSink by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15687
• Data: Add TCK tests for ReadBuilder in BaseFormatModelTests by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15633
• Core: Propagate Avro compression settings to manifest writers by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15652
• Site: Add Iceberg-Go 0.5.0 release blog post by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15679
• Flink: Backport: Fix non-deterministic operator UIDs in DynamicIcebergSink (#15687) by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15702
• Build: Stop ignoring gradle directory by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15705
• Core: Throw exception when non-vectorized reader set recordsPerBatch by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15701
• Build: Bump pymarkdownlnt from 0.9.35 to 0.9.36 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15715
• Build: Bump testcontainers from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15716
• Build: Bump com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle from 8.3.0 to 8.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15717
• Build: Bump org.roaringbitmap:RoaringBitmap from 1.6.12 to 1.6.13 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15718
• Build: Bump org.codehaus.jettison:jettison from 1.5.4 to 1.5.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15719
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.42.13 to 2.42.18 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15720
• Build: Bump jackson-bom from 2.21.1 to 2.21.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15722
• Build: Bump io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded from 1.79.0 to 1.80.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15723
• Build: Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.51.2.0 to 3.51.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15721
• Docs: Document Spark SQL transform functions by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15697
• Spark 3.4, 3.5: Backport #14894 by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15725
• Infra: Remove GitHub Actions from Dependabot configuration by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15711
• AWS: Schedule next credential refresh by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15732
• Spark: Remove Spark 4.x Java version skip guards by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15737
• Infra: Pin versions in publish-iceberg-rest-fixture-docker.yml by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15730
• API, Core: Only include required stats fields by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15739
• GCP: Add scheduled refresh for storage credentials held by GCSFileIO by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15696
• Core: Fix rewrite_position_delete_files failure with array/map columns by @szehon-ho in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15632
• ci: pin third-party actions to Apache-approved SHAs by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15707
• Spark: Replicate position delete array/map fix to Spark 3.4, 3.5, and 4.0 by @szehon-ho in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15743
• Site: Update Snowflake vendor description by @manisin in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15745
• Docs: Add blog post for Iceberg Rust 0.9.0 release by @mbutrovich in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15744
• Core, Data, Delta, Flink, Kafka, Spark : Migrate callers off deprecated Snapshot file-access methods to Snapshot Changes by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15656
• ci: pin GitHub action to commit hash by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15753
• Core: Add VisibleForTesting annotation in SchemaUpdate constructor by @mukund-thakur in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15756
• Spark: fix NPE thrown for MAP/LIST columns on DELETE, UPDATE, and MERGE operations by @antonlin1 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15726
• Core: Pass storage credentials to ioBuilder-created FileIO in RESTSes… by @kaveti in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15752
• Flink: Fix HashKeyGenerator SelectorKey cache ignoring writeParallelism and distributionMode by @Below0 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15740
• Flink: Backport: Fix HashKeyGenerator SelectorKey cache ignoring writeParallelism and distributionMode by @Below0 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15762
• Docs: clarify SparkSessionCatalog function limitations by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15736
• Docs: Update Slack Invite Links by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15782
• Spark: test cleanup - eliminate unnecessary table refreshes by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15765
• Spark 3.4, 3.5, 4.0: test cleanup - eliminate unnecessary table refreshes by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15787
• Docs: Fix Flink Getting Started page by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15772
• Spark: Validate Z-order rewrite does not conflict with internal ICEZVALUE column name by @YanivZalach in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15706
• Spark 4.1: Set data file sort_order_id in manifest for writes from Spark by @jbewing in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15150
• CI: Fix zizmor security findings in PR-triggered workflows by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15788
• Build: Harden GitHub Actions workflows against zizmor findings by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15790
• CI: Add ASF allowlist check workflow by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15797
• ci: add cooldown to dependabot by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15796
• Core: Add manifest partition pruning to DV validation in MergingSnapshotProducer by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15653
• CI: Add back Dependabot for GitHub Actions by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15801
• CI: Replace actions/cache with gradle/actions/setup-gradle for Gradle caching by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15799
• Build: Bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 7.3.1 to 7.6.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15803
• Core: Fix TestReplacePartitions using wrong table for validation by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15798
• ci: add zizmor github workflow by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15793
• Arrow: Tighten VectorHolder constructor visibility to private by @thswlsqls in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15804
• CI: Fix JMH benchmark workflows by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15800
• ci: add tag as inline comment by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15805
• API, Core: Add overwrite-aware table registration by @sririshindra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15525
• Core: Fix NPE of generateRandomMetrics in FileGenerationUtil by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15748
• Kafka Connect: Fix CVE-2025-67721 in io.airlift:aircompressor by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15440
• ci: fix zizmor security alerts by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15820
• Spark: Fix option validation in RewritePositionDeleteFilesSparkAction by @naamamaoz in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15828
• Spark: Remove Spark 2 test assumptions for write projection by @Ruobing1997 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15823
• Docs: Update Spark/Flink example versions in contribute.md by @thswlsqls in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15812
• OpenAPI: Promote the S3 signing endpoint to the main spec by @adutra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15450
• API, Core: Introduce foundational types for V4 manifest support by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15049
• Spark 4.1: Fix async microbatch plan bugs by @RjLi13 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15670
• GCS: Throw NotFoundException for inexistent input GCS file by @findinpath in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15734
• Spark 4.1: Control merge schema evolution by table property by @szehon-ho in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15825
• Core: Remove v4 references from javadocs by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15851
• Change bigquery to compileonly by @rambleraptor in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15655
• Spec: Fix typos and stray formatting in gcm-stream-spec and puffin-spec by @thswlsqls in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15813
• Docs: Fix stale version label and missing integrations in mkdocs-dev.yml by @thswlsqls in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15810
• Build: Add runtime dependency guard for bundled artifacts by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15855
• Aliyun: Remove leaked transitive dependencies by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15858
• Docs: Fix missing semicolons in Java API Quickstart imports by @atsuyam in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15864
• Spark (4.0, 3.5): Set data file sort_order_id in manifest for writes from Spark by @jbewing in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15832
• Core: Upgrade Jetty to 12.1.5 by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/10837
• Gradle: bump shadow-gradle-plugin to 9.4.1 by @MaxNevermind in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15835
• Build: Bump mkdocs-redirects from 1.2.2 to 1.2.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15885
• Build: Bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 7.6.0 to 8.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15888
• Build: Bump org.openapitools:openapi-generator-gradle-plugin from 7.20.0 to 7.21.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15886
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.78.0 to 26.79.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15889
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.42.18 to 2.42.23 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15890
• Build: Bump jetty from 12.1.5 to 12.1.7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15887
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.10.Final to 4.2.12.Final by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15891
• AWS: Add chunked encoding configuration for S3 requests by @plusplusjiajia in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15242
• Core : Make REST scan planning poll timeout configurable by @rahulsmahadev in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15863
• Spark 4.1: Add runtime-deps.txt by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15860
• Docs: Document that Spark migrate procedure will fail if source table is bucketed by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15874
• Docs: Add Hive Metastore schema validation warnings for schema evolution with Hive catalog by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15814
• Build: Fix zizmor and Spark 4.1 runtime-deps CI failures by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15937
• Revert "Gradle: bump shadow-gradle-plugin to 9.4.1" by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15941
• AWS, Core: Switch Jetty to use new Compression API for GZIP by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15043
• Build: Pass docker token using --password-stdin by @dhruvarya-db in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15940
• API: Include size unit in avg/max value size fields by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15939
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.55.0 to 0.56.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15949
• Build: Bump jetty from 12.1.7 to 12.1.8 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15951
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.42.23 to 2.42.28 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15952
• API: Fix TableIdentifier.toLowerCase to use Locale.ROOT for namespace levels (#15956) by @Govindarajan-D in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15958
• Flink: Fix checkArgument message for flink streaming by @genxiong7 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15907
• Parquet: Fix NPE in ParquetAvroWriter when schema contains variant type by @nssalian in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15934
• Kafka Connect: Fix source offset tracking when SMTs modify the record topic by @kumarpritam863 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15880
• Core: Expose MetricsConfig.from method with 3-parameter version by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15819
• Docs: Add Sail to integration and vendor by @lonless9 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15920
• ADLS: Throw NotFoundException for inexistent input file by @findinpath in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15806
• Build: Ban toLowerCase/toUpperCase without locale by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15960
• API, Core: Move all stats-related classes into core and make them package-private by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15971
• API: Relax partition name check when source column is dropped by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15967
• Core, API, Spark: Add FileContent.fromId by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15953
• Fix typos in javadoc/comment: 'intialize', 'seperated' by @MukundaKatta in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15978
• Build: Fix codeql-action version comment to match pinned SHA by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15985
• Core: Add fromId to EntryStatus and ManifestEntry.Status by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15983
• ci: remove zizmor ignore for allowlist-check, pin to main by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15987
• Spec: Add 404 response for config endpoint by @oguzhanunlu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15746
• Core: Optimize RoaringPositionBitmap.setRange with native range API by @Baunsgaard in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15791
• Core: Introduce default values in RESTCatalogProperties by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15873
• Hive encryption nits by @smaheshwar-pltr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14659
• site: Update Rust status on the site by @CTTY in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15709
• Core: Fix StructLikeWrapper.equals exception with comparator failure by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15945
• API: Fix FileRange validation to reject negative offset/length by @barry3406 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15926
• Docs: Replace deprecated 'compile' with 'implementation' in Gradle snippet by @yadavay-amzn in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15921
• Build: Ignore .githooks by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15909
• Docs: Document that positionDeleteWriteBuilder is for format-version 2 tables only by @lilei1128 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15980
• AWS: Close custom AwsCredentialsProvider in RESTSigV4AuthSession by @XJDKC in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15818
• Data: Clean engineProjection in BaseFormatModelTests by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15995
• Flink: Add passthroughRecords option to DynamicIcebergSink by @sqd in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15433
• ci: set zizmor min-severity and min-confidence to medium by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16001
• Docs: Add Apache Hive 4.2 to website by @okumin in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15998
• Flink: Set generator parallelism to match input in DynamicIcebergSink by @sachinnn99 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15849
• Docs: Sync Go implementation status with iceberg-go by @tanmayrauth in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16021
• Build: Bump mkdocs-rss-plugin from 1.17.9 to 1.18.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16036
• Flink 2.1: Fix forward-writer chaining regression in DynamicIcebergSink by @drexler-sky in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16026
• Build: Bump com.azure:azure-sdk-bom from 1.3.5 to 1.3.6 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16037
• Build: Bump at.yawk.lz4:lz4-java from 1.10.4 to 1.11.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16038
• Build: Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.48.0 to 2.49.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16039
• Build: Bump docker/build-push-action from 7.0.0 to 7.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16041
• Build: Bump org.roaringbitmap:RoaringBitmap from 1.6.13 to 1.6.14 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16042
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.42.28 to 2.42.33 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16040
• Backport "Add passthroughRecords option to DynamicIcebergSink (#15433)" by @sqd in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16019
• Core: Expose HostnameVerificationPolicy in TLSConfigurer by @adutra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15500
• Infra: Add .factorypath to .gitignore file by @wangyum in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16067
• Spark: Replace deprecated registerTempTable with createOrReplaceTempView by @drexler-sky in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16063
• AWS: Add proxy system property and environment variable configuration for HTTP clients by @mervyn-lobo in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15506
• Do not fail if no partitions assigned by @kumarpritam863 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15955
• Core: Use Stream overload for reading response in HTTPClient by @alpbeysir in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15648
• Spark: Fix RoaringBitmap version in runtime-deps.txt by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16076
• Spark: Fix ThreadLocal leak in CommitMetadata (#15284) by @yadavay-amzn in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16031
• Spark: fix delete from branch for canDeleteWhere where it does not resolve to the correct branch by @yingjianwu98 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15512
• Kafka Connect: Support VARIANT when record convert by @seokyun-ha-toss in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15283
• REST Spec: Clarify identifier uniqueness across tables and views by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15691
• Spark (3.4,3.5,4.0) : Include snapshotId and branch in SparkTable equals and hashCode by @bharos in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15840
• Core, Spark: Verify that TRUNCATE removes orphaned DVs by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16078
• API: Implement notStartsWith bounds check in StrictMetricsEvaluator by @bharos in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15883
• Core: Add TrackedFileStruct, implementation of v4 TrackedFile by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15854
• [core] Validate manifest sequence numbers are equal during inheritance by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16091
• Data: Add TCK tests for metrics collection in BaseFormatModelTests by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15906
• ORC: addCloseable(rowBatchIterator) in OrcIterable by @deniskuzZ in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16086
• API: Implement startsWith bounds check in StrictMetricsEvaluator by @bharos in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15902
• Flink: Fix watermark value which should be min timestamp minus one by @shanzi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15884
• Data: Add TCK tests for Metadata Columns in BaseFormatModelTests by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15675
• Build: Check runtime deps baseline for all engine versions in CI by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16103
• CI: Add runtime-deps.txt files for all runtimes and bundles by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16081
• GCP Bundle: Remove JSR 305. by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16106
• Fix RCK view tests failing with AlreadyExistsException due to missing ns1/ns2 in cleanup list by @0xMALVEE in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16050
• Build: Bump zizmorcore/zizmor-action from 0.5.2 to 0.5.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16122
• Build: Bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 8.0.0 to 8.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16121
• Build: Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.51.3.0 to 3.53.0.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16120
• Build: Bump github/codeql-action from 4.35.1 to 4.35.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16118
• Build: Bump bouncycastle from 1.82 to 1.84 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16117
• Build: Bump guava from 33.5.0-jre to 33.6.0-jre by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16116
• Build: Bump mkdocs-rss-plugin from 1.18.1 to 1.19.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16113
• Flink 2.1: Remove flink-metrics-dropwizard from runtime by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16093
• AWS Bundle: Exclude logging dependencies by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16105
• Spark 4.1: Parameterize TestDeleteFrom with format-version by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16098
• Core: Fix RejectedExecutionException in InMemoryLockManager when multiple catalogs share default lock manager by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15862
• Catalogs: Add support for unique table locations via catalog property by @davseitsev in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12892
• Parquet: Add write.parquet.page-version table property by @hcrosse in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15700
• Flink: RewriteDataFile support dynamic filter by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15865
• Flink:Backport RewriteDataFile support dynamic filter by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16132
• Spark 4.1: Update LICENSE and NOTICE for 1.11. by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16104
• Arrow: Align vectorized reader handling of unsigned Parquet integers with BaseParquetReaders by @drexler-sky in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16006
• Core: Fix child AuthSession inheriting parent's expiresAtMillis by @bharos in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15999
• Spark, Hive: Fix snapshot procedure for tables with Variant columns by @nssalian in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15964
• Flink: Bundle flink-metrics-dropwizard in runtime jar by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16126
• Flink 2.1: Update LICENSE for 1.11. by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16102
• Spark: Apply LICENSE and NOTICE updates to older Spark versions by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16142
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.42.33 to 2.42.36 by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16151
• Core: validate buffered v2 deletes against concurrent format upgrade by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16146
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.79.0 to 26.80.0 by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16152
• Flink: Backport: Bundle flink-metrics-dropwizard in runtime jar (#16126) by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16141
• Spark 3.5: Backport Async Micro Batch Planner to 3.5 by @RjLi13 in https://github.com/apache/