+1 for removing it. Please target it for Impala 5.
Thanks,
Zoltan
On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 3:42 AM Quanlong Huang <[email protected]>
wrote:
> +1 for removing it. This also reduces our dependence on HMS and simplifies
> future works like Apache Hive 4.x support (IMPALA-13647).
>
> Thanks,
> Quanlong
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 8:00 AM Fang-Yu Rao <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The Hive Metastore server was originally added to the catalog server by
> > Vihang Karajgaonkar in IMPALA-10613
> > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-10613> (Expose table and
> > partition metadata over HMS API), followed by a few improvements.
> >
> > But recently, due to changes in the Hive Metastore, we had to fix some
> > tests (IMPALA-15110 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-15110
> >)
> > in this area. Soon after that, we also had to fix the code to resolve a
> > compilation error (IMPALA-15233
> > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IMPALA-15233>).
> >
> > Since the HMS server is not actively used, I propose removing it from
> > Impala's catalog server. Are there any objections to removing the HMS
> > server from the Catalog server?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Fang-Yu Rao
> >
>
