Hi All,

Is it possible to get the following PR into the 1.12 release?
https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17713 -- This is another fix for
Kafka-Connect to prevent committing already committed files in certain
rebalance cases.

Also, I'd like to discuss the "referenced-by" implementation -
https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13979
This was added to the spec last year (
https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13810), but the actual REST client
implementation, etc. Is it possible to try and get this into the 1.12
release as well?

Thanks,
Alex

On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM Neelesh Salian <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Thanks for the note Gabor.
> I believe we're now in a good place with the
> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17984 fix and it has been merged.
> I do think the interface change needs more debate and I don't see it
> needing to be rushed for this release.
>
> Separately, we are ready to cut the RC. Thanks again for all the work
> across the community. I followed up with the voting.
>
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM Gábor Kaszab <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Thanks for the update, Neelesh!
>> Mentioning *encryption keys* reminds me that I bumped into a PR
>> <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16353> the other day saying that
>> currently there is *no mechanism to clean up* unused encryption keys
>> from TableMetadata. I'm wondering how severe of an issue this is, should we
>> add it into this release or can it wait.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gabor
>>
>> Neelesh Salian <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2026.
>> szept. 12., Szo, 3:44):
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> Thank you for all the great work across the community for getting the
>>> fixes in.
>>> All of the previous correctness fixes have been merged.
>>>
>>> The only one that prevails:
>>> [#17984 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17984>] - Core, Hive:
>>> Commit manifest list encryption keys with the snapshot that uses them
>>> Once this merges, the release will be cut and I'll follow up with the
>>> formalities.
>>>
>>> As always, please reach out if you have questions.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM Neelesh Salian <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you to everyone who has been reviewing and merging 1.12.0 work
>>>> over the
>>>> past few weeks. We are close. The milestone is down to a few open PRs,
>>>> and I would
>>>> like to get through them so we can cut RC0 in the next few days.
>>>> Given the long weekend in the US, I'll be sure to keep the vote open
>>>> for longer to give enough time.
>>>>
>>>> If you have some time, reviews on the following would help most. I have
>>>> grouped them by where they stand.
>>>>
>>>> *Approved, needs more reviews + merge:*
>>>>   - #17552 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17552>  Kafka
>>>> Connect: coordinator only commits offsets when greater than existing 
>>>> offsets
>>>>   - #15989 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15989>  Core, REST:
>>>> Fix path segment encoding to use RFC 3986 percent-encoding
>>>> *Need review:*
>>>>   - #17774 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17774>  Core:
>>>> Interleave Z-order bits a byte at a time with a lookup table
>>>>   - #17669 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17669>  Spark: Fix
>>>> Z-order NPE on null booleans and case-insensitive column resolution
>>>>   - #17557 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17557>  Core,
>>>> Parquet: Fix null counting for Parquet that does not have null_count
>>>>   - #17431  <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17431> Parquet:
>>>> Guard ordered predicates on variant/nested types in the metrics row group
>>>> filter
>>>>   - #17320  <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17320> Parquet:
>>>> Fix nested initial default applied when ancestor struct is null
>>>>   - #16507 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16507>  API, Core:
>>>> Add exceptions for OAuth2 token endpoint errors
>>>> *Needs another round (changes requested):*
>>>>   - #17764 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17764>  Core: Fix
>>>> commit validation when a data file has multiple DVs across snapshots
>>>>
>>>> If any of these should move to 1.12.1 rather than block the release,
>>>> please say
>>>> so on the PR or here and I will take it off the milestone. Otherwise
>>>> the plan is to cut RC0 once they are resolved.
>>>>
>>>> The Full Milestone is here:
>>>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/milestone/60
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for helping get us here.
>>>>
>>>> Neelesh.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 10:12 AM Neelesh Salian <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> As mentioned during the community sync yesterday, I've cleaned up the
>>>>> milestone to reflect what is needed for the 1.12 release.
>>>>> There are a few new additions:
>>>>>
>>>>> Core:
>>>>> - Tolerate multiple cross-snapshot DVs for the same data file in
>>>>> commit validation: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17764
>>>>>
>>>>> Updating the Flink version support:
>>>>> - Flink: Upgrade to latest supported Flink versions 2.2 and 2.3
>>>>> without dropping 2.1 (https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17849)
>>>>> - Flink: Upgrade to latest supported Flink versions 2.2 and 2.3 (
>>>>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17845)
>>>>>
>>>>> The previous blocker:  #16543
>>>>> <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16543> - Build: Clean up
>>>>> shaded-jar LICENSE/NOTICE and add missing third-party notices has been
>>>>> merged.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll communicate on this thread when we are past the active work and
>>>>> when we are ready to cut an RC.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you again for all the contributions, reviews.
>>>>> As always, please reach out if you have questions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM Neelesh Salian <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Surfacing the following to close out before the RC is cut.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Blockers for the release:*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - #16543 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16543> - Build:
>>>>>>    Clean up shaded-jar LICENSE/NOTICE and add missing third-party 
>>>>>> notices.
>>>>>>    Follow-up to the LICENSE/NOTICE findings from the 1.11.0 RC4 vote. It 
>>>>>> has
>>>>>>    no approvals yet. IMO, we should not cut RC0 with this open.
>>>>>>    - #17552 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17552> - Kafka
>>>>>>    Connect: coordinator only commits offsets when greater than existing
>>>>>>    offsets. When it merges it closes: #17551
>>>>>>    <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/17551> - data loss with
>>>>>>    default configs due to persistent zombie coordinators.
>>>>>>    - Related to the above Kafka Connect one #17340
>>>>>>    <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/17340>- duplicate data
>>>>>>    file commits after task restart - is a separate open issue on the 
>>>>>> milestone
>>>>>>    and still needs a fix
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Decisions (needed before the RC0 cut):*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - #17706 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17706> - Remove
>>>>>>    writing of position delete files with row data (PDWR). Should this be 
>>>>>> in or
>>>>>>    out for 1.12.0. Please weigh in on the discussion thread: Dev
>>>>>>    List Thread for PDWR
>>>>>>    <https://lists.apache.org/thread/3tz63wok59hhqphswovvl9z0yrh0z7pl>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Correctness Fixes:*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    - #17669 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17669> - Spark:
>>>>>>    Fix Z-order NPE on null booleans and case-insensitive column 
>>>>>> resolution
>>>>>>    - #17557  <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17557>- Core,
>>>>>>    Parquet: Fix null counting for parquet without null_count
>>>>>>    - #17431 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17431> -
>>>>>>    Parquet: Guard ordered predicates on variant/nested types in metrics 
>>>>>> row
>>>>>>    group filter
>>>>>>    - #17320 <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17320> -
>>>>>>    Parquet: Fix nested initial default applied when ancestor struct is 
>>>>>> null.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> re the Flink Docs: Cheng, thanks for the note. Would you be able to
>>>>>> put up a PR to update, we can iterate on it? I wouldn't put it as a 
>>>>>> blocker
>>>>>> for now, but worth getting the docs in a good place.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If folks could review and help these  in, it would be helpful before
>>>>>> the RC. Partnering with Amogh to do the artifact generation, etc.
>>>>>> Full milestone: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/milestone/60
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would not add anything additional to the milestone unless it is a
>>>>>> blocker / bug or license issue going forward from today (08/24/26) so our
>>>>>> release timeline is met.
>>>>>> As always, please reach out if you have questions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 11:46 PM Cheng Pan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have a glance at the docs site, I found that the latest docs still
>>>>>>> have many references to the old versions of engines (especially Flink, 
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> Spark looks better) that Iceberg has already removed support for. Just
>>>>>>> wondering if someone familiar with Flink has a chance to update that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Cheng Pan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Aug 21, 2026, at 09:40, Manu Zhang <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For Spark 4.2.0 support, Szehon has a nice suggestion: merge the
>>>>>>> source code while excluding it from release. In the latest commit, I've
>>>>>>> excluded it from both binary and source tarballs, and I believe the PR 
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> ready to merge now (Thanks to all the reviewers!)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Neelesh,
>>>>>>> Can we also include #16028
>>>>>>> <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16028>, to mark overrides
>>>>>>> of deprecated Spark API as deprecated? It's also close to merging.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 1:27 AM Neelesh Salian <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for the comments Anurag, Anton and Alex.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> re Hilbert Curve PR: It has been added and is on track for the
>>>>>>>> release.
>>>>>>>> re Spark 4.2: This makes sense. The PR does touch a large surface
>>>>>>>> and I was hoping we could get a baseline 4.2 support in and add more 
>>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>> along. I've removed it from the milestone for 1.12.
>>>>>>>> re the REST changes: Alex, I've included 17709 and 17627 onto the
>>>>>>>> milestone.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 6:05 AM Alexandre Dutra <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'd like to request that #17709 be included in 1.12 as well. This
>>>>>>>>> PR
>>>>>>>>> implements the REST spec changes related to remote signing
>>>>>>>>> configuration, which were introduced by #16822.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Without #17709, we would be shipping a spec change that is not
>>>>>>>>> implemented in any language.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [16822]: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16822
>>>>>>>>> [17627]: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17627
>>>>>>>>> [17709]: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17709
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM Anton Okolnychyi <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Btw, I would advise against shipping Spark 4.2 support. Each new
>>>>>>>>> Spark release is a unique opportunity to address some tech debt 
>>>>>>>>> because the
>>>>>>>>> DSv2 APIs are evolving. 4.2 is no different. I'd suggest getting the 
>>>>>>>>> module
>>>>>>>>> into main to unblock development but skip it from the next Iceberg 
>>>>>>>>> release.
>>>>>>>>> We can do another Iceberg release when the Spark 4.2 integration 
>>>>>>>>> matures.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > пн, 17 серп. 2026 р. о 21:58 Anurag Mantripragada <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> пише:
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> Hi Neelesh,
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> Thanks for tracking these items. Would you mind including the
>>>>>>>>> Hilbert Curve clustering PR in this release? It is already approved by
>>>>>>>>> Russell. It will be a useful clustering strategy.
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> ~ Anurag
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM Neelesh Salian <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> We are targeting a 1.12.0 RC on or shortly after Aug 26. The
>>>>>>>>> following PRs are still open on the 1.12.0 milestone and need reviews 
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> make the release.
>>>>>>>>> >>> If you own or can review any of these, please take a pass this
>>>>>>>>> week.
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Blockers (need to land before the RC is cut):
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> #16543  Build: Clean up shaded-jar LICENSE/NOTICE and add
>>>>>>>>> missing third-party notices
>>>>>>>>> >>> #16449  All: Remove deprecated methods for 1.12.0
>>>>>>>>> >>> #17638 Core: Reduce visibility on scan planning response
>>>>>>>>> builder for specsById and deleteFiles
>>>>>>>>> >>> #17627 AWS: Remove deprecated class and require SIGNER_ENDPOINT
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Correctness (great to get these in):
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> #17557 Core, Parquet: Fix null counting for parquet that
>>>>>>>>> doesn't have null_count
>>>>>>>>> >>> #15989 Core, REST: Fix path segment encoding to use RFC 3986
>>>>>>>>> percent-encoding
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Feature/enhancement candidates (in if ready, otherwise they
>>>>>>>>> can be moved to 1.13):
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> #14984 Spark: Add support for 4.2.0
>>>>>>>>> >>> #16750 Spark 4.1: Implement SupportsReportOrdering DSv2 API
>>>>>>>>> >>> #16507 API, Core: Add exceptions for OAuth2 token endpoint
>>>>>>>>> errors
>>>>>>>>> >>> #16305 Core, Spark 4.1: Add K-way merge rewrite strategy for
>>>>>>>>> pre-sorted data files
>>>>>>>>> >>> #17520 Data, Kafka Connect: Enable Parquet variant shredding
>>>>>>>>> for Kafka Connect and generic Record writes
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Full milestone: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/milestone/60
>>>>>>>>> >>> If you have a feature(s), fix(es), or breaking change(s) that
>>>>>>>>> are missed, please let me know so we can track them.
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Thank you for all the great work across the community.
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> >>> Neelesh
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM Péter Váry <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> Yeah,
>>>>>>>>> >>>> I think we definitely want to decide and move forward with
>>>>>>>>> the Flink version upgrade for the next Iceberg release.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> Felix Perez Diener via dev <[email protected]> ezt írta
>>>>>>>>> (időpont: 2026. aug. 10., H, 15:47):
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> I see that support for Flink 2.3 was discussed for release
>>>>>>>>> in Iceberg 1.12.0. Is that still the case? Would really love to have 
>>>>>>>>> Flink
>>>>>>>>> 2.3 supported, since at Stripe we have started upgrading to Flink 
>>>>>>>>> 2.3, but
>>>>>>>>> missing Iceberg support may make things difficult.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Felix
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 7:14 AM Maximilian Michels <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks Neelesh for getting us started on the 1.12.0 release!
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> -Max
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM Neelesh Salian <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > Thanks, Alex. Looks like the PR was added to the
>>>>>>>>> milestone.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > Cheng, thank you for the note. I do agree that at some
>>>>>>>>> point the default should move forward, but there are still gaps to be
>>>>>>>>> closed on Variant as well as Geo types.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > I don't think that would happen within the timeline of
>>>>>>>>> 1.12.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > Let me look at the current state and see what is pending,
>>>>>>>>> as well as improve the tracking. I'll start a separate thread for that
>>>>>>>>> effort.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> > On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM Cheng Pan <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> I assume the Iceberg Java already includes a full
>>>>>>>>> implementation of the Table Spec V3 features. Does the community have 
>>>>>>>>> plans
>>>>>>>>> to switch the default table version from 2 to 3 for Iceberg tables 
>>>>>>>>> created
>>>>>>>>> by Spark in the next release? This would help drive the adoption of 
>>>>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>>> features such as Variant.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Cheng Pan
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> On Aug 6, 2026, at 16:18, Alexandre Dutra <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Hi Neelesh,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> If possible, I'd like to have this PR included:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15989
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> It's the fix for the path segment encoding issue in
>>>>>>>>> Iceberg REST. The
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> PR got one review already but isn't approved yet.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Alex
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM Oğuzhan Ünlü <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Hi Neelesh,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> I'd like to get
>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16507 included in the
>>>>>>>>> milestone if possible. I previously asked for a review but didn't hear
>>>>>>>>> back. Not sure if that went to spam for some reason.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Oguzhan
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM Neelesh Salian <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Hi folks,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> As mentioned during the community sync this morning, the
>>>>>>>>> release is on track.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> A few updates:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> I plan to cut the branch / RC on or after August 26,
>>>>>>>>> 2026 (after the community sync that morning). I'll be working with 
>>>>>>>>> Amogh to
>>>>>>>>> help with the branching + artifacts.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> There are still active items needing reviews. Please
>>>>>>>>> take a look at the 1.12.0 milestone.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Calling out the Spark 4.2.0 PR:
>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14984 - it needs more eyes
>>>>>>>>> and review time to make this release.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> I'll keep watching for blockers and bugs that should be
>>>>>>>>> part of the release and surface them as needed, including any
>>>>>>>>> forward-porting to Spark 4.2.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> If you have a feature(s), fix(es), or breaking change(s)
>>>>>>>>> you want considered for 1.12.0, please let me know.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Neelesh
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM Steven Wu <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> If we develop good habit of regular releases, we
>>>>>>>>> normally won't need to hold the release train to get things in 
>>>>>>>>> (except for
>>>>>>>>> critical security and correctness issues) as the next one is 2-3 
>>>>>>>>> months
>>>>>>>>> away.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM Neelesh Salian <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Hi folks,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> With 1.11.0 out the door, I want to open up the planning
>>>>>>>>> around 1.12.0.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> As Steven noted on the dev list (thread for 1.11),
>>>>>>>>> 1.11.0 took roughly 8 months from 1.10.0. This is longer than the 3-4 
>>>>>>>>> month
>>>>>>>>> cadence we have previously discussed.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> For 1.12.0 I'd like us to aim closer to that target.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> I'll be acting as the release manager for this release.
>>>>>>>>> Here are a few notes to kick things off:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Tentative release target: late August / early September
>>>>>>>>> 2026 (~3 months from 1.11.0).
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Curation: We'll use the June 24 community sync as the
>>>>>>>>> formal kickoff to surface in-flight work and call out anything that 
>>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>>> land in this release.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Cadence reminder: If something doesn't make it in 1.12,
>>>>>>>>> the next one is ~3 months out (1.13).
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Mid-cycle check-in: I'll send a state-of-the-release
>>>>>>>>> update around mid-July with what is in, what is in-flight, and what 
>>>>>>>>> remains
>>>>>>>>> a blocker.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Tracking: The open issues and PRs targeting this release
>>>>>>>>> are tagged with the Iceberg 1.12.0 milestone. I'll keep this milestone
>>>>>>>>> updated as things land in the repo.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> If you have a feature, fix, or breaking change you want
>>>>>>>>> considered for 1.12.0, please reply on this thread or flag it on the 
>>>>>>>>> June
>>>>>>>>> 24 sync.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >> Neelesh
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>

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