Bug Fixes
- Fix a small bug where metrics registrations could hang around briefly after a partition is stopped. by @oleiman in #27768
- Redpanda will now properly clean up discarded on-disk files on certain error cases in the Iceberg topics write path. by @andrwng in #27765
- #27344 Fixed an issue with metrics being registered twice when using an Iceberg REST catalog. by @wdberkeley in #27688
- #27731 Iceberg/JSON Schema: Fix a bug where we would fail to parse integers when schema indicates number (floating point). by @nvartolomei in #27735
Improvements
- Log cluster configuration updates by @daisukebe in #27730
- Prevents an oversized allocation in
raftheartbeats. by @WillemKauf in #27776 - Prevents an oversized allocation in the partition balancing subsystem. by @WillemKauf in #27760
- Redpanda will now log less frequently to warn about using the default Iceberg partition spec with ÅWS Glue. by @andrwng in #27743
- Redpanda will now log trace-level messages about failed requests to the Iceberg REST catalog. by @andrwng in #27743
- Via the Kafka API, Credentials of superusers are permitted to be altered or removed only by an authenticated superuser. by @IoannisRP in #27702
Full Changelog: v25.2.5...v25.2.6