Hi Prashant, This sounds like a good reason to do a patch release. I'm +1
Do you know if this is also affecting other minor versions? Do we also need to patch 1.8.x? Best, Kevin Liu On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM Prashant Singh <prashant010...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all, > > A couple of users have recently reported a *critical table corruption > issue* when using the Iceberg REST catalog client. This issue has existed > from the beginning and can result in *committed snapshot data being > incorrectly deleted*, effectively rendering the table unusable (i.e., > corrupted). The root cause is *self-conflict during internal HTTP client > retries*. > > More context can be found here: > [1] https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12818#issue-3000325526 > [2] > https://apache-iceberg.slack.com/archives/C025PH0G1D4/p1747992294134219 > > We’ve seen this issue hit by users in the wider community and also > internally on our end. I’ve submitted a fix here (now merged) : > https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12818 > > Given the *severity* and the *broad version impact*, I’d like to propose > cutting a *1.9.2 patch release* to include this fix. > > I'm also happy to *volunteer as the release manager* for this release. > > Looking forward to hearing the community's thoughts. > > Best regards, > Prashant Singh >
