nuno-faria commented on code in PR #135:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion-site/pull/135#discussion_r2722875997
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+layout: post
+title: Apache DataFusion 52.0.0 Released
+date: 2026-01-08
+author: pmc
+categories: [release]
+---
+
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+
+We are proud to announce the release of [DataFusion 52.0.0]. This post
highlights
+some of the major improvements since [DataFusion 51.0.0]. The complete list of
+changes is available in the [changelog]. Thanks to the [121 contributors] for
+making this release possible.
+
+TODO: confirm the release date for 52.0.0 and update the front matter if
needed.
+
+[DataFusion 52.0.0]: https://crates.io/crates/datafusion/52.0.0
+[DataFusion 51.0.0]:
https://datafusion.apache.org/blog/2025/11/25/datafusion-51.0.0/
+[changelog]:
https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/branch-52/dev/changelog/52.0.0.md
+[121 contributors]:
https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/branch-52/dev/changelog/52.0.0.md#credits
+
+## Performance Improvements 🚀
+
+We continue to make significant performance improvements in DataFusion as
explained below.
+
+### Faster `CASE` Expressions
+
+DataFusion 52 has lookup-table-based evaluation for certain `CASE` expressions
+to avoid repeated evaluation for accelerating common ETL patterns such as
+
+```sql
+CASE company
+ WHEN 1 THEN 'Apple'
+ WHEN 5 THEN 'Samsung'
+ WHEN 2 THEN 'Motorola'
+ WHEN 3 THEN 'LG'
+ ELSE 'Other'
+END
+```
+
+This is the final work in our `CASE` performance epic ([#18075]), which has
+improved `CASE` evaluation significantly. Related PRs [#18183]. Thanks to
+[rluvaton] and [pepijnve] for the implementation.
+
+[rluvaton]: https://github.com/rluvaton
+[pepijnve]: https://github.com/pepijnve
+
+
+[#18075]: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/18075
+[#18183]: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/18183
+
+### New Merge Join
+
+DataFusion 52 includes a rewrite of the sort-merge join (SMJ) operator, with
+speedups of three orders of magnitude in some pathological cases such as the
+case in [#18487], which also affected [Apache Comet] workloads. Benchmarks in
+[#18875] show dramatic gains for TPC-H Q21 (minutes to milliseconds) while
+leaving other queries unchanged or modestly faster. Thanks to [mbutrovich] for
+the implementation and reviews from [Dandandan].
+
+[#18487]: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/18487
+[#18875]: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/18875
+[Apache Comet]: https://datafusion.apache.org/comet/
+[mbutrovich]: https://github.com/mbutrovich
+
+### Rewritten merge join
+
+DataFusion 52 includes a rewrite of the sort-merge join (SMJ) output buffering
to
+avoid excessive `concat_batches` work and to use `BatchCoalescer` internally
and
+for final output. This change targets pathological slowdowns like the reported
+LeftAnti join case in [#18487], which also affected Comet workloads that rely
on
+SMJ. Benchmarks in [#18875] show dramatic gains for TPC-H Q21 (moving from
+minutes to milliseconds) while leaving most other queries unchanged or modestly
+faster, and the update is fully internal with no user-facing API changes.
+
+
+### Caching Improvements
+
+This release also includes several additional caching improvements.
+
+A new statistics cache for Parquet Metadata avoids repeatedly (re)calculating
Review Comment:
nit: maybe "Parquet Metadata" -> "File Metadata"? Since there is also a
separate cache for the Parquet metadata itself.
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