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commit c521d8ef83ed6c1d302cd94f90c6eda39b027f6b Author: Abhishek Chennaka <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Wed Jan 7 22:11:48 2026 -0800 add 1.18.1 blog post Change-Id: Iad2bf65b4b44eb658d487fd97872785f184e8efd Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/23836 Reviewed-by: Zoltan Chovan <[email protected]> Tested-by: Abhishek Chennaka <[email protected]> --- _posts/2025-01-09-apache-kudu-1-18-1-release.md | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) diff --git a/_posts/2025-01-09-apache-kudu-1-18-1-release.md b/_posts/2025-01-09-apache-kudu-1-18-1-release.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..519f99a11 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2025-01-09-apache-kudu-1-18-1-release.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: Apache Kudu 1.18.1 Released +author: Abhishek Chennaka +--- + +The Apache Kudu team is happy to announce the release of Kudu 1.18.1! + +This maintenance release fixes critical bugs and packaging issues discovered in Apache Kudu + 1.18.0. Users of Kudu 1.18.0 are encouraged to upgrade to 1.18.1 as soon as possible. +<!--more--> + +* Improved Java and Spark ecosystem reliability through fixes to dependency publishing, Spark + class packaging, and data source discovery. + +* Enhanced TLS support for the embedded webserver, including configurable minimum TLS versions + up to TLS 1.3 and control over TLSv1.3 cipher suites. + +* Upgraded Apache Spark support to Spark 3.5. + +* Increased stability of Kudu CLI tools and clients, addressing crash regressions in both CLI and + C++ client components. + +* Improved compatibility with newer system libraries, including OpenSSL 3.4+ and platforms with + 64KB memory pages. + +The above is just a list of the highlights, for a more complete list of new +features, improvements and fixes please refer to the [release +notes](/releases/1.18.1/docs/release_notes.html). + +The Apache Kudu project only publishes source code releases. To build Kudu +1.18.1, follow these steps: + +- Download the Kudu [1.18.1 source release](/releases/1.18.1) +- Follow the instructions in the documentation to build Kudu [1.18.1 from + source](/releases/1.18.1/docs/installation.html#build_from_source) + +For your convenience, binary JAR files for the Kudu Java client library, Spark +DataSource, and other Java integrations are published to the ASF +Maven repository and are [now +available](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.apache.kudu%20AND%20v:1.18.1). + +The Python client source is also available on +[PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/kudu-python/). + +Additionally, experimental Docker images are published to +[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/kudu).
