Hi all, I'd like to ask about release timing for the fix to the "encrypted deletion vectors" bug (#16157 (https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/16157)): on a natively-encrypted (AWS-KMS, format-v3) table, a merge-on-read UPDATE/DELETE writes a deletion-vector Puffin file without key metadata, so the next read fails with IllegalStateException: Null key metadata buffer.
The fix is already merged: - #15911 (https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15911) — "Core: Preserve DV encryption metadata in merges" (milestone 1.12.0) - #16759 (https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16759) — backport to 1.11.x - #16737 (https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16737) — backport to 1.10.x I verified the 1.11.x branch build against the exact repro and it resolves the issue (details in my comment on the backport PR: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16759#issuecomment-4922983564). Since the latest release (1.11.0) doesn't yet carry the fix, I'm trying to plan our upgrade. Could I ask: - Is a 1.11.1 (and/or 1.10.3) patch release on the near-term radar, since the backports are already on those branches? - And/or is there an expected timeframe for 1.12.0 (which carries #15911)? Happy to help test a release candidate when one is cut. Thanks for the work on this, and for any guidance on timing. Best regards, Oleksii Omhovytskyi
