+1, congratulations to the team, many thanks to all the contributors, and kudos to Pierre for driving this release!
Alex On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Congrats, everyone! > > Thanks, Pierre, for driving this release! > > Cheers, > Dmitri. > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 8:54 AM Pierre Laporte <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > The Apache Polaris team is pleased to announce Apache Polaris 1.3.0. > > > > Apache Polaris 1.3.0-incubating introduces two major capabilities: Iceberg > > Metrics Reporting for monitoring table operations and query performance, > > and Open Policy Agent (OPA) integration for centralized authorization and > > complex policy management. The release also enhances catalog federation > > with improved authentication options and location-based access controls, > > while removing legacy management endpoints and the deprecated EclipseLink > > persistence implementation. > > > > > > This release can be downloaded: > > * https://polaris.apache.org/downloads/ > > > > The artifacts are available on Maven Central: > > * https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/polaris/ > > > > The Docker images are available on Docker Hub: > > * https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/polaris/tags > > * https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/polaris-admin-tool/tags > > > > Apache Polaris is an open-source, fully-featured catalog for Apache > > Iceberg™. It implements Iceberg's REST API, enabling seamless multi-engine > > interoperability across a wide range of platforms, including Apache Doris™, > > Apache Flink®, Apache Spark™, Dremio®, StarRocks, and Trino. > > > > > > Enjoy ! > > -- > > > > Pierre > >
