Apache Iceberg Files

What's Changed

• Add format/ to site-ci by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12869
• update links to daft docs by @ccmao1130 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12860
• Spark3.4: BackPort Add Parallelism Parameter Validation to AddFilesProcedure. by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12872
• Core: Add test when listing namespaces with a non-existing namespace by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12873
• Flink: Add support for Flink 2.0 by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12527
• Core: Fix Kryo ser/de with StorageCredential config by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12882
• Add timestamp_ns, time and UUID types for Variant by @aihuaxu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12682
• Spec: Avoid struct field conflicts in default values by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12841
• Core: Ensure reactivated view version uses correct timestamp by @lliangyu-lin in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12821
• Parquet: Add variant array reader in Parquet by @aihuaxu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12512
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.103.3 to 0.103.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12902
• Build: Bump testcontainers from 1.20.6 to 1.21.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12904
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.11 to 9.6.12 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12848
• Build: upgrade to Gradle 8.14 by @jbonofre in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12898
• Spark: Use newArrayListWithExpectedSize instead of newArrayList for NDVSketchUtil by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12907
• Build: Bump org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5 from 5.4.3 to 5.4.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12906
• Docs: Release notes for 1.9.0 by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12911
• Infra: Add 1.9.0 to issue template by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12913
• Infra: Update doap.rdf file by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12918
• Core: Increase wait time of flaky test by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12714
• Flink: Backport add StreamingStartingStrategy.INCREMENTAL_FROM_LATEST_SNAPSHOT_EXCLUSIVE to Flink 1.19 by @morhidi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12899
• Docs: Site updates for 1.9.0 by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12921
• Spark 3.5: Update MERGE and UPDATE for row lineage by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12736
• Flink: Add lockFactory open in LockRemover for table maintenance by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12900
• Docs: Fix version doc release step by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12922
• Parquet variant array write by @aihuaxu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12847
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.29.52 to 2.31.30 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12905
• Build: Bump jackson-bom from 2.18.3 to 2.19.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12903
• Spark 3.4: Migrate tests in sql by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12934
• Flink: Backport Add lockFactory open in LockRemover for table maintenance to Flink 1.20 and 1.19 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12929
• Docs: Add DuckDB by @szarnyasg in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12932
• Spark 3.4: Migrate Spark Partition Transform tests by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12941
• Flink: Fix typo in JdbcLockFactory by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12940
• Spark: Update RewriteDataFilesSparkAction and RewritePositionDeleteFilesSparkAction to use the new APIs by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12692
• Flink: Change Preconditions import from flink util to guava by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12939
• Update Spark Parquet vectorized read tests to uses Iceberg Record instead of Avro GenericRecord by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12925
• Follow up to address comments in variant array writer by @aihuaxu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12933
• OpenAPI: Use more clear language in recommending error responses by @sungwy in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12376
• Core: Broaden exception handling in writer clean up logic by @xiaoxuandev in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12863
• Spec: Remove misleading statement about source-ids by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12948
• API, Build: Explicitly pass version into Git Properties Plugin by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12949
• Build: Bump parquet from 1.15.1 to 1.15.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12964
• Build: Bump org.openapitools:openapi-generator-gradle-plugin from 7.12.0 to 7.13.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12966
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.31.30 to 2.31.35 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12967
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.103.5 to 0.103.6 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12963
• Spark 3.4: Migrate other sql tests by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12945
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.28.5 to 0.30.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12961
• Docs: Incorrect property in CREATE CATALOG for Flink by @mrsubhash in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12894
• Spark: Add flag to handle missing files for importSparkTable by @jshmchenxi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12212
• Spec additions for encryption by @ggershinsky in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12162
• Spec: Update partition stats for V3 by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12098
• AWS, GCP: Deprecate passing FileIO properties through constructor by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12972
• Flink: Maintenance - RewriteDataFiles by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/11497
• Build: Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.23.2 to 3.24.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12965
• API, Core: Add deleteFile to RowDelta API by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12861
• API, Core: Add table metadata keys for encryption by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12927
• Enable HTTP proxy support for the client used by REST Catalog by @akhilputhiry in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12406
• Flink: Backport Maintenance - RewriteDataFiles to Flink 1.19, 1.20 by @gyfora in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12991
• Build: Bump Comet from 0.5.0 to 0.8.1 by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12974
• Core: Disallow creation of invalid PartitionSpec by @devinrsmith in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12887
• REST spec: Remove update to enable row lineage by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12986
• Spec: Update v3 summary, add row lineage by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12982
• Docs: Mark Spark 3.3 as End-of-Life since 1.9 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12989
• Spark 3.4: Update RewriteDataFilesSparkAction and RewritePositionDeleteFilesSparkAction to use the new APIs by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12980
• Build, Core: Let RevAPI compare against 1.9.0 / Fix API breakage around StorageCredential by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12930
• GCP: Support multiple storage credential prefixes by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12881
• AWS, Core, Flink, Parquet: Remove deprecations for 1.10.0 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12909
• Spark 4.0 integration by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12494
• Spark 3.4: Migrate source and spark tests by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12998
• ORC: Upgrade ORC to 1.9.6 by @dongjoon-hyun in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13003
• Spark 3.4: Migrate the remaining SparkCatalogTestBase related tests and remove SparkCatalogTestBase by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13007
• Core: Refactor and use InternalData for partition stats by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12946
• Add databend & iceberg docuement url by @sundy-li in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13002
• Revert "Spark 4.0 integration" by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13006
• Update ADLS implementation status by @mrcnc in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13020
• Spec: Clarify behavior of special geo objects for lower/upper bounds by @szehon-ho in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12956
• Spark: Migrate Spark 3.4 SparkTestBaseWithCatalog related tests including refactoring Spark 3.5 tests by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13015
• Spark: Migrate Spark 3.4 SparkTestBase related tests including refactoring Spark 3.5 tests by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13031
• Docs: Add Spark SQL Configurations by @guykhazma in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12931
• Parquet: Fix to ensure that last updated sequence numbers for V2 and earlier tables are null by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13001
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.12 to 9.6.13 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13029
• REST spec: Add encryption keys by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12987
• Add table property to disable/enable parquet column statistics [#12770] by @huaxiangsun in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12771
• Docs: Fix links to javadoc by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12880
• OpenAPI: Add retries when finding free port for REST server by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13017
• Spark 3.4: Migrate tests in spark.data including refactoring Spark 3.5 tests by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13038
• Catalog: Add BigQuery Metastore Catalog Support by @talatuyarer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12808
• Spark 3.4: Migrate tests in spark.source including refactoring Spark 3.5 tests by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13040
• Spec: Note position delete files are only deprecated in v3 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12983
• Nessie: Throw a NoSuchNamespaceException when listing a non-existing namespace by @coderfender in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12901
• Docs: Add Delete Granularity option to write configuration by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13046
• Spark 3.4: Migrate other JUnit 4 dependant tests to JUnit 5 by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13044
• Arrow: Avoid deprecated ArrowType.Decimal constructor by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13051
• Core: Support incremental compute for partition stats by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12629
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.59.0 to 26.60.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13026
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.0.Final to 4.2.1.Final by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13028
• Flink: Add DynamicRecord / DynamicRecordInternal / DynamicRecordInternalSerializer by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12996
• Common: Reduce visibility of deprecated method since 1.7.0 by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13053
• Spark4.0 rc6 integration with Iceberg by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13059
• Build: Remove JUnit4 dependency by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12938
• Flink: Support zookeeper lock in TableMaintenance by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12810
• [SPARK] Fix add_files type conversion exception and incorrect partition value when handling null partitions by @hariuserx in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12886
• CatalogTests: Fixing Table Location with baseTableLocation function by @talatuyarer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13071
• Flink: Backport support zookeeper lock in TableMaintenance to Flink 1.19 and 2.0 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13063
• Kafka Connect: Add BigQuery Metastore catalog by @juldrixx in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13041
• Flink: Fix watermark not passing in TaskResultAggregator by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13069
• [Core] Add max files rewrite option for RewriteAction by @coderfender in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12824
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.13 to 9.6.14 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13090
• Spec: Clarify writer requirements to prevent orphan DVs by @aokolnychyi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13042
• API, Tests: Reorder as calls by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13083
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.31.35 to 2.31.45 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13088
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.103.6 to 0.104.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13025
• Flink:Backport fix watermark no pass in TaskResultAggregator to Flink 1.19 and 1.20 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13085
• Core: Deep copy Record values for equality deletes by @hsingh574 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12855
• Spark 4.0: Reapply changes removed during the Spark 4.0 reversion by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13096
• add_docs_and_backport_max_files_rewrite_option by @coderfender in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13082
• Spark 3.5: Structured Streaming read limit support follow-up by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12260
• Parquet: Fix redundant type conversion in parquet schema by @lliangyu-lin in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13114
• Spark 3.4: Structured Streaming read limit support follow-up by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13099
• Build: increase gradle jvm heap size from 1 GB to 1.5 GB. by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13110
• Spark 4.0: Structured Streaming read limit support follow-up by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13095
• CORE: [PARQUET] Log corrupted parquet filenames to trace bad nodes that may have written them. by @dhruv-pratap in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13108
• AWS: Support multiple storage credential prefixes by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12799
• Spec: Add details on GZIP compressed metadata files by @emkornfield in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12598
• Flink: Remove the MiniClusterWithClientResource dependency by @JeonDaehong in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13021
• Docs: Update spec version for write modes by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13138
• AWS: Skip cleanup of analytics accelerator when disabled by @devinrsmith in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13134
• Flink: Fix npe in TaskResultAggregator when job recovery by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13086
• Spark4.0: RC -> official release by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13121
• Flink: Backport fix npe in TaskResultAggregator when job recovery to Flink 1.19 and 1.20 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13140
• AWS: Close the S3SeekableInputStreamFactory before removing from cache by @SanjayMarreddi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12891
• Docs: add Tinybird to the list of vendors and blog posts by @futurepastori in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13128
• Build: Upgrade to Gradle 8.14.1 by @jbonofre in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13149
• Build: Bump com.palantir.gradle.gitversion:gradle-git-version from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13144
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.31.45 to 2.31.50 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13148
• Build: Bump org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5 from 5.4.4 to 5.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13147
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.60.0 to 26.61.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13146
• Core, AWS, Spark: use loopback address explicitly in tests to work in more restrictive firewall env on dev machines by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13101
• REST Spec: Add row lineage fields by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13010
• Flink 1.19, 1.20: Remove the MiniClusterWithClientResource dependency by @JeonDaehong in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13165
• Docs, Flink: Fix equality fields requirement in upsert mode by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13127
• Spark 3.4: streaming-skip-overwrite-snapshots fix by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13168
• Infra: Set 1.9.1 to Latest Release by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13177
• Site: Updates for 1.9.1 Release by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13176
• Core: Fix incremental compute of partition stats for various edge cases by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13163
• Core: Avoid table corruption from 409 on self conflicts after 5xx retries by throwing CommitStateUnknown by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12818
• Spec: Mark version 3 as completed by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13175
• Build: Bump kafka from 3.9.0 to 3.9.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13145
• Add Variant toString for time/nano-timestamps type by @aihuaxu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13151
• AWS: Configure Default s3Async credentials the same as s3 by @devinrsmith in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13132
• Make PartitionSpec.Builder::identity public by @sfc-gh-bhannel in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12975
• Spark 3.5: Update to Spark 3.5.6 by @drexler-sky in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13142
• Spark: clean up obsoleted/unused writer classes by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13193
• chore: Update status.md by @zeroshade in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13182
• Docs: Reorganize Spark Time Travel Doc by @Bhargavkonidena in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13113
• AWS: update test cases to verify credentials for the prefixed S3 client by @plusplusjiajia in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13118
• API, Core: Rename RowDelta deleteFile to removeRows by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13184
• Build: Bump testcontainers from 1.21.0 to 1.21.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13199
• Build: Bump guava from 33.4.7-jre to 33.4.8-jre by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12851
• Build: Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.37.0 to 2.38.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12852
• Build, Core: Move assertions to AssertJ / Fix checkstyle rules by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13213
• Core: Catch IAE when decoding JWT by @nika-qubit in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13192
• Hive: Throw exception for when listing a non-existing namespace by @jmelinav in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13130
• Docs: add column descriptions for entries metadata table by @elphastori in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13104
• Reduce code duplication in VectorizedParquetDefinitionLevelReader by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/11661
• Docs: Add custom table location description for Flink by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13214
• SPARK: Remove dependency on hadoop's filesystem class from remove orphan files by @liziyan-lzy in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12254
• Core: Improve pagination logic to handle null pageToken by @elphastori in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13129
• Build: Bump org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty:hadoop-shaded-guava from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12684
• Flink: port range distribution to v2 iceberg sink by @rodmeneses in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12071
• Flink: Dynamic Iceberg Sink: Add table update code for schema comparison and evolution by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13032
• Core: Add basic classes for writing table format-version 4 by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13123
• Spark: Fix flaky testParallelPartialProgressWithMaxFailedCommitsLargerThanTotalFileGroup by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13208
• Flink: Backport IcerbegSink RANGE distribution to Flink 1.19 and 2.0 by @rodmeneses in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13228
• Flink: Dynamic Iceberg Sink: Add dynamic writer and committer by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13080
• [REST] Add option to configure TLS settings in REST client by @bryanck in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13190
• Docs: Document DataFrame API support for MERGE INTO in Spark 4.0 by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13231
• Docs: Add Redpanda to vendor-related documentation by @lf-rep in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13242
• Flink: Support compact in iceberg sink v2 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12979
• Flink: Backport [#12996] to Flink 1.19 / 1.20 by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13246
• Flink: Backport [#13032] to Flink 1.19 / 1.20 by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13247
• Flink: Backport [#13080] to Flink 1.19 / 1.20 by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13248
• AWS, GCS: Fix issue with Kryo and empty immutable collections by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13216
• Spark 3.5, Arrow: Support for Row lineage when using the Parquet Vectorized reader by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12928
• Spark 4.0: Add a test for DataFrame API support for MERGE INTO by @wypoon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13230
• Flink: Backport support compaction in sink v2 to 1.19 and 2.0 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13250
• API, AWS, Azure, Core, GCP: Use parametrized tests for Kryo/Java serialization verification by @nandorKollar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13244
• Docs: Remove obsolete version attribute in quick start docker-compose.yml by @omkenge in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13139
• Docs: use latest minio client command configuration parameters by @jerry153fish in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13221
• Build: Upgrade to Gradle 8.14.2 by @jbonofre in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13259
• Build: Bump openapi-spec-validator from 0.7.1 to 0.7.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13275
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.30.1 to 0.30.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13274
• Backport ThreadPools introduce newExitingWorkerPool and newFixedThreadPool to Flink 1.19 and Spark 3.4 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13265
• SPARK: Port prefix listing option in remove orphan files to Spark 3.4 and Spark 4.0 by @liziyan-lzy in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13264
• Flink: Dynamic Iceberg Sink: Add HashKeyGenerator / RowDataEvolver / TableUpdateOperator by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13277
• Docs: Fix engine-version key in the JSON example by @hsiang-c in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13292
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.1.Final to 4.2.2.Final by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13273
• Flink: Backport [#13277] to Flink 1.19 / 1.20 by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13303
• Docs: Fix list rendering and typos (#13075) by @yelianevich in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13267
• Docs: Fix broken links in Flink Configuration documentation by @KyleLin0927 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13288
• Spark: RewriteTablePath: filter content files by snapshotId by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12885
• REST: Add property for configuring user agent in http client by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13234
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.31.50 to 2.31.63 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13316
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.30.2 to 0.31.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13319
• Build: Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.49.1.0 to 3.50.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13318
• Build: Bump jackson-bom from 2.19.0 to 2.19.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13315
• Build: Bump io.delta:delta-spark_2.12 from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13205
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.61.0 to 26.62.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13317
• Build: Bump io.delta:delta-standalone_2.12 from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13202
• Build: Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.24.0 to 3.24.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13200
• Flink: If IcebergSink writeParallelism is not specified, defaults to the input source parallelism by @rodmeneses in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13260
• docs: Fix typo in rewrite_manifests output table in spark-procedures.md by @zschumacher in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13325
• Flink: Backports [#13260] to Flink 1.19 and 1.20 by @rodmeneses in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13326
• Flink: Dynamic Iceberg Sink: Add sink / core processing logic / benchmarking by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13304
• AWS, GCP: Fix double-checked-locking pattern in S3FileIO, GCSFileIO. by @ChaladiMohanVamsi in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13276
• [CORE][REST]: Add context aware response parsing by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13191
• Flink: Backport [#13304] to Flink 1.19 / 1.20 by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13341
• Flink: Dynamic Iceberg Sink: Rename method in DynamicRecordGenerator by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13342
• Core: PartitionsTable#partitions returns incomplete list in case of partition evolution and NULL partition values by @deniskuzZ in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12528
• Flink: Backport [#13342] to Flink 1.19 / 1.20 by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13346
• Core: Clean expired metadata even if there is no snapshot to expire by @lirui-apache in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13322
• Docs: Add Firebolt to list of vendors and blog posts by @jingtao-firebolt in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13350
• Spark 3.4: Backport [#12836] for row lineage support in spark parquet reader by @geruh in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13353
• GCP: Add Google Authentication Support by @talatuyarer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13212
• spark 4.0: SPJ: add bucket reducer using gcd by @himadripal in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13167
• Spark 3.4: Backport UPDATE/MERGE logic for row lineage by @geruh in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13344
• Bump AzuriteContainer to 3.34.0 by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13321
• Docs: Fix description of min-input-files option of Spark rewrite_data_files procedure by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13355
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.31.0 to 0.31.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13362
• Build: Bump testcontainers from 1.21.1 to 1.21.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13363
• Flink: Revise the display of the task name in TableMaintenance to show the specific task name. by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13024
• Flink:Backport Revise the display of the task name in TableMaintenance to show the specific task name by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13372
• Spark-3.5, 4.0: Add unit tests for ColumnarBatchUtil by @anuragmantri in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12275
• Core: Fix filed ids of partition stats file by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13329
• Flink: Migrate Flink TableSchema to Schema/ResolvedSchema by @liamzwbao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13072
• Remove JSpecify annotations from bundled-guava by @electrum in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13379
• Build: Use Java 17 to publish snapshot to Maven by @pan3793 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13369
• Build: Require JDK 17 / 21 for Spark 4.0 support by @zhztheplayer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13381
• Build: Bump calcite from 1.39.0 to 1.40.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13203
• Build: Run CI actions with JDK 17 by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13385
• Core: Fix API breakage introduced by [#13191] by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13386
• Further refactor Parquet readers for v2 support by @eric-maynard in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13290
• Core, REST: properly close resources when catalog initialization fails by @adutra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13384
• Flink: Backports TableSchema migration to Flink 1.19 and 1.20 by @liamzwbao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13392
• Flink: Dynamic Iceberg Sink: Optimise RowData evolution by @aiborodin in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13340
• Build: Fix errorprone warnings by @CuteChuanChuan in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13217
• Spark: Fix row lineage inheritance for distributed planning by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13061
• Flink: Backport optimised RowData evolution to Flink 1.19 / 1.20 by @aiborodin in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13401
• Docs: improve structure for manifest entry fields by @elphastori in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13333
• Spark: Make maxRecordPerMicrobatch a soft limit by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12988
• ICEBERG-13343: fix race condition in JdbcCatalog by @Claudenw in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13345
• Build: Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.38.0 to 2.39.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13423
• Build: Bump com.palantir.gradle.gitversion:gradle-git-version from 3.3.0 to 3.4.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13422
• Build: Bump testcontainers from 1.21.2 to 1.21.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13416
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.31.1 to 0.31.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13413
• Build: Bump org.openapitools:openapi-generator-gradle-plugin from 7.13.0 to 7.14.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13421
• Build: Bump org.immutables:value from 2.10.1 to 2.11.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13420
• Build: Bump com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin from 8.3.6 to 8.3.7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13414
• Docs: Correct typo in spec.md by @CuteChuanChuan in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13427
• AWS: Refactor S3FileIOProperties to use common builder interface by @devinrsmith in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13183
• Build: Bump com.azure:azure-sdk-bom from 1.2.31 to 1.2.35 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13201
• spark 4.0 : SPJ : add hour to day reducer by @himadripal in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13166
• Spark 3.4: Backport [#13061] fix for row lineage inheritance in distributed planning by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13436
• GCS: Add Iceberg version to UserAgent in GCS requests by @shubham-diwakar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13428
• [iceberg-rest-fixture] fix sqlite error under high concurrent load by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13367
• Flink 2.0: Replace Caffeine maxSize cache with LRUCache by @aiborodin in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13382
• Spark, Avro: Add support for row lineage in Avro reader by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13070
• Core: Maintain passed in ordering of files in Manifest Lists by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13411
• REST: Revert [#12818] and additionally stop retrying on 502/504 by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13352
• Spark 3.4: Backport tests from [#13070] to 3.4 by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13440
• CheeryPick 12988 to all Spark version by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13412
• Spark 3.5, 4.0: Prevent unnecessary failure when executing DML queries with identifier fields by @szehon-ho in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13435
• Flink: Backport LRUCache usage to Flink 1.19/1.20 by @aiborodin in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13441
• Arrow, AWS, Azure, Core, GCP, Hive, Kafka, Snowflake: Rename test classes to use Test as prefix instead of suffix by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12879
• Ignore partition fields that are dropped from the current-schema by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/11868
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.31.63 to 2.31.73 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13424
• Build: Fix error-prone warning by @CuteChuanChuan in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13447
• Spark 3.4: Prevent unnecessary failure when executing DML queries with identifier fields by @szehon-ho in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13448
• Core, Spark: Propagate orphaned delete files when rewriting data files by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13245
• Docs: Describe testcontainer failure workaround by @Claudenw in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13454
• Spark-3.5: Add spark action to compute partition stats by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12450
• site: update daft docs by @ccmao1130 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13463
• S3: Add LegacyMd5Plugin to S3 client builder by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12264
• Build: Upgrade to Gradle 8.14.3 by @jbonofre in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13465
• docs: Mark Rust ADLS FileIO as implemented in the status page by @DerGut in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13258
• Spark-4.0: Add spark action to compute partition stats by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13478
• Build: Bump com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin from 8.3.7 to 8.3.8 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13476
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.31.73 to 2.31.77 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13475
• Build: Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.50.1.0 to 3.50.2.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13468
• Build: Bump com.azure:azure-sdk-bom from 1.2.35 to 1.2.36 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13474
• Core: Support DV for partition stats by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13425
• Spark: Throw unsupported for ADD COLUMN with default value by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13464
• Spark 4.0: Migrate Iceberg Stored Procedures to Spark built-in implementations by @pan3793 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13106
• Core: Keep track of data files to be removed for orphaned DV detection by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13222
• Add BigQuery Dependencies for Iceberg GCP Bundle by @talatuyarer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13111
• Spec: Add DV information in overview by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13189
• AWS: Prevent excessive creation of auth sessions in S3V4RestSignerClient by @adutra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13215
• Spark 4.0: Port Avro lineage reader test changes from [#13070] by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13496
• Build: Bump nessie to 0.104.2 skipping tests in JDK 11 by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13490
• Spark: Use native table FileIO instead of Hadoop to save file list in RewriteTablePath by @NikitaMatskevich in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13459
• API, Flink: fix typos in javadoc by @laurentgo in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13503
• Spark: Support Parquet dictionary encoded UUIDs by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13324
• Docs: Add Ryft to list of vendors and blog posts by @yogevyuval in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13504
• Spark-3.5: Add procedure to compute partition stats by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13480
• Core: Fix a cast that is too narrow by @angelo-DNAStack in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12743
• Build: Bump JUnit5 from 5.12.2 to 5.13.2 by @raveendra11 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13280
• Spark 4.0: Add procedure to compute partition stats by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13523
• Make metrics reporting asynchronous by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13507
• API, Spark 4.0: Expose cleanExpiredMetadata in expire_snapshots Spark procedure by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13509
• Core: Implement close() method in CompositeMetricsReporter by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13535
• Fix Spark DDL Doc bug by @davidyuan1223 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13539
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.104.2 to 0.104.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13541
• Build: Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.39.0 to 2.40.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13542
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.31.77 to 2.31.78 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13543
• Build: Bump com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties:gradle-git-properties from 2.5.0 to 2.5.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13544
• Docs: Document clean_expired_metadata parameter in expire_snapshots Spark procedure by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13516
• Spark 3.4, 3.5: Expose cleanExpiredMetadata in expire_snapshots Spark procedure by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13553
• Spark 4.0: Row Lineage support by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13310
• Docs: Add BladePipe to list of vendors and blog posts by @ChocZoe in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13510
• Enforce that test classes start with "Test" instead of suffix by @CuteChuanChuan in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13466
• [docs] Add two Iceberg blogs by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13493
• Docs: Hardcode BSD sed if running on MacOS (Closes [#13499]) by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13501
• [docs] Remove Tabular from Vendors page by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13511
• fix a typo in TestDataFileIndexStatsFilters by @hussein-awala in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13540
• [docs] Add Confluent to vendors page by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13512
• Core: Add Schema evolution test with initial defaults by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13537
• Site: Updates for 1.9.2 Release by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13578
• Spark 4: Support Parquet dictionary encoded UUIDs by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13573
• INFRA: Add 1.9.2 to latest by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13577
• Core: Add Schema evolution test with partition transform on a field with default values by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13570
• Docs: Fix indentation of 1.9.2 release note by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13583
• kafka-connect: resolve CVE-2025-48734 by @liko9 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13561
• Docs: Document compute_partition_stats procedure by @ajantha-bhat in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13532
• API, Core: Avoid boxing of integer in evaluators / simplify ManifestReader by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13589
• Docs: Fix the default value of use_caching to false in the rewrite_manifests and add where parameter to rewrite_position_delete_files by @tomtongue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13549
• Core: Add 'google' auth type to auth manager by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13564
• Docs: Add creating release from passed RC tag by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13595
• [docs] Tidy up left-hand navigation by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13491
• AWS: KeyManagementClient implementation that works with AWS KMS by @szlta in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13136
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.2.Final to 4.2.3.Final by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13605
• Build: Bump org.immutables:value from 2.11.0 to 2.11.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13603
• Build: Bump org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java from 1.1.10.7 to 1.1.10.8 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13601
• Spark: Fix flaky testParallelPartialProgressWithMaxFailedCommitsLargerThanTotalFileGroup by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13598
• Use short string in Variant when possible by @manirajv06 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13284
• Spark 4.0: Rename SparkCatalogConfig#SPARK to SparkCatalogConfig#SPARK_SESSION by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13607
• Spark: Unimplement WithAssertions from test class by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13610
• Docs: Fix spelling errors in Iceberg v3 spec.md. by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13622
• Spec: Add manifests fields to Snapshot Summary metrics by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13238
• Core: make SnapshotRefType public by @nryanov in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13621
• Spark: use Bulk deletion for manifests when import files to an iceberg table by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13620
• Spark 4.0: Preserve row lineage information on compaction by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13555
• Test: Simplify collection and optional assertions by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13613
• Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.62.0 to 26.64.0 by @liamzwbao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13632
• Build, Flink: Add timeout and print more logs by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13627
• Core: Implement Map comparator by @pvary in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13626
• Flink: Dynamic Sink: Ensure parent for newly added struct is resolved from current schema by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13639
• Spark 3.5: Backport [#13555] for preserving row lineage on compaction by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13637
• Build: Bump jackson-bom from 2.19.1 to 2.19.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13600
• Spark 3.4: Backport [#13555] for preserving row lineage on compaction by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13641
• Flink: fail file rewrite for V3 tables as row lineage not supported by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13646
• spark 4: add tests to verify Arrow Support for Row lineage when using the Parquet Vectorized reader by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13649
• spark 4: add test to verify ignore partition fields that are dropped from the current-schema by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13648
• Spark 3.5: backport rename SparkCatalogConfig#SPARK to SparkCatalogConfig#SPARK_SESSION by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13650
• Docs: Move links to other implementations out of Java docs by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13618
• Azure: Add extra error logging in ADLSFileIO by @NikitaMatskevich in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13517
• Flink: backport PR [#13646] for fail compaction on V3 tables by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13652
• Core: backport PR [#13100] from 1.9 to main branch that partially revert 12670 by sending single snapshot rather than in bulk by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13647
• Flink: Clean up UpdateSchema instantiator method by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13640
• Flink: Adds support for SpeculativeExecution for IcebergSink by @rodmeneses in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13642
• Flink: Adjust the configuration precedence for the dynamic sink by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13609
• Backport [#13639]: Flink: Dynamic Sink: Ensure parent for newly added struct is resolved from current schema by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13656
• Flink: DynamicSink: Convert existing required fields to optional by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13659
• Backport [#13640]: Flink: Clean up UpdateSchema instantiator method in TestEvolveSchemaVisitor by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13658
• Build: Statically import Assumptions.assumeThat() by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13655
• Backport: Flink: DynamicSink: Convert existing required fields to optional by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13660
• Flink: Backport: Adds support for SpeculativeExecution for IcebergSink by @rodmeneses in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13663
• REST-Fixture: Ensure strict mode on jdbc catalog for rest fixture by @jayceslesar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13599
• docs: add subpage for REST Catalog Spec in "Specification" by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13521
• [Core] Use Bulk deletion for cleaning up uncommitted files in BaseTransaction by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13653
• Core: Use zero-copy wrapper for equalityFieldIds by @bvolpato in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13668
• Improve test coverage for 1-5 byte header string primitive in Variant by @manirajv06 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13629
• Core: Prevent empty Puffin file creation in DV writer by @geruh in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13666
• Core: Allow retries for Idempotent Requests with Certain Codes by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13449
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.31.2 to 0.32.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13688
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.14 to 9.6.16 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13689
• Build: Bump junit from 5.13.2 to 5.13.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13684
• Build: Bump com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations from 2.40.0 to 2.41.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13683
• Build: Bump org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc from 3.50.2.0 to 3.50.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13686
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.31.78 to 2.32.9 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13687
• Build: Bump junit-platform from 1.13.2 to 1.13.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13682
• Core, Data: Cleanup unit tests by delegating file cleanup to JUnit by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13590
• Core: Fix incorrect selection of incremental cleanup in expire snapshots by @amogh-jahagirdar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13614
• Spark: Add Variant read support for Spark Iceberg tables by @aihuaxu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13219
• Flink:RewriteDataFiles support filter in plan by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13669
• Flink: Add test for adjust the configuration precedence in the dynamic sink by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13662
• Minor: Use hasSameSizeAs to show more debug info by @aihuaxu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13701
• Build: Bump orc from 1.9.6 to 1.9.7 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13470
• Add support for DELTA_BINARY_PACKED Parquet encoding by @eric-maynard in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13391
• Flink: Add doc for the dynamic sink by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13608
• Flink:Backport RewriteDataFiles support filter in plan to Flink 1.19 and 1.20 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13702
• Flink: disable flaky testRangeDistributionStatisticsMigration() by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13711
• [Spec]: Fix wrong type for snapshot-id in table statistics by @Smith-Cruise in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13513
• Use decimal precision to determine variant decimal type by @aihuaxu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13692
• Core: Fix case-insensitive validation of fields in schema evolution by @riemenschneider in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13697
• Core: refactor BaseTransaction for extensibility by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13631
• Arrow: test case for fixed type by @nandorKollar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13700
• Core: introduce shared authentication refresh executor by @adutra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12563
• fix: coerce UUID to String in readable_metrics to avoid ClassCastException in Spark by @kadai0308 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13087
• Flink 2.0: Expose cleanExpiredMetadata for snapshot expiration by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13569
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.32.9 to 2.32.14 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13721
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.64.0 to 26.65.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13722
• Flink 1.19, 1.20: Expose cleanExpiredMetadata for snapshot expiration by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13729
• Flink: Re-enable test range distribution statistics migration by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13725
• Build: Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.24.2 to 3.25.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13685
• Core: make BaseRowDelta public by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13643
• Add Databricks to vendors.md by @lisancao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13734
• API, Core: Preserve original Type for upper/lower bounds in Metrics by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13695
• Spark: Print unknown catalog type in exception when configureValidationCatalog by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13588
• Spark: Use default cleanExpiredMetadata from Java API by @gaborkaszab in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13731
• Build: Bump org.apache.commons:commons-compress from 1.27.1 to 1.28.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13723
• AWS: Fix OAuth2 additional params inclusion by @adutra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13718
• Flink: Fix DynamicCommitter use ThreadPools deprecated method by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13728
• Close resources only if initialised to avoid rare case NPE by @kumarpritam863 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13670
• Core, Spark: Preserve the relative path in RewriteTablePathUtil on staging by @Elbehery in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13645
• Spark: Use ORC batch for orcBatchReadConf() by @hsiang-c in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13748
• Build: Bump com.azure:azure-sdk-bom from 1.2.36 to 1.2.37 by @suhwan-cheon in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13743
• Docs: Flink can add/drop/modify columns by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13617
• Fix concurrency issues in Azure credential refresh. by @msawyer-palantir in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13730
• Revert "Coerce UUID to String in readable-metrics (#13087)" by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13754
• API: Fix timestamp(9) with identity partitioning. by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13746
• API: Add expression factory methods for timestamp literals. by @rdblue in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13747
• AWS, Aliyun: Fix memory leak by removing deleteOnExit() calls by @kamijin-fanta in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13749
• Docs: Add V3 types to Spark/Flink type conversion table by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13744
• Core: Remove redundant V2TableTestBase by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13757
• Introduce MetricsMaxInferredColumnDefaultsStrategy by @jkolash in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13039
• Core: Use ResourcePaths instead of hard-coded resource paths by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13759
• Core: support timestamp nanos in single value parser by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13487
• Docs: Update the Kafka Connect readme by @mimaison in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13484
• OpenAPI: Correct type annotation in TableMetadat#encryption-keys field by @blakesmith in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13762
• Kafka Connect: Add manifests for the transformations by @mimaison in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13531
• Core: Deprecate unused methods in OAuth2Util by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13767
• Docs: Meetup Guidelines by @danicafine in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13520
• core: remove duplicate lines in ExponentialHttpRequestRetryStrategy by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13770
• Build: Bump com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin from 8.3.8 to 8.3.9 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13776
• Build: Bump org.immutables:value from 2.11.1 to 2.11.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13779
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.32.14 to 2.32.19 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13778
• Build: Bump org.assertj:assertj-core from 3.27.3 to 3.27.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13777
• Spark,Core: Refactor Delete OrphanFiles by moving common code from Spark to core by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13429
• Spark: Remove unused code by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13790
• Spark: Backport [#13429] to Spark 4.0 and 3.4 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13789
• Parquet: Fix incorrect JavaDoc parameter descriptions in TripleWriter by @sokojh in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13784
• site: reorganize navbar so that "community" is top level by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13774
• Add golden file tests for vectorized Parquet reads by @eric-maynard in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13450
• Spark: Remove unused parameter in RewriteTablePathSparkAction#rewritePositionDeletes by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13792
• Core: Batch load new files when validating replaced partitions by @gabeiglio in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13556
• nit: Make style consistent by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13794
• Replace assertThrows with assertThatThrownBy for better readability. by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13772
• Docs: Fix community links in footer by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13796
• docs: reorder so "Apache Iceberg Community Calendar" is first by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13806
• Spark 4.0: Add configuration to disable executor cache for delete files by @anuragmantri in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12893
• Docs: fix typo in JdbcLockFactory Javadoc by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13811
• Spark: Prune dead branch by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13808
• Spark 3.5, 3.4: Add configuration to disable executor cache for delete files by @anuragmantri in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13817
• Core: Use ResourcePaths instead of hard-coded resource paths in RESTCatalogAdapter by @guixiaowen in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13815
• Docs: Update testing guidelines to reflect full JUnit 5 migration and AssertJ usage. by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13822
• Build: Bump software.amazon.s3.analyticsaccelerator:analyticsaccelerator-s3 from 1.0.0 to 1.2.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13545
• Docs: Minor improvements to Variant sections by @nastra in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13828
• Core: Allow disabling token exchange as refresh by @danielcweeks in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13809
• Spark 4.0: Disable executor cache for delete files in RewriteDataFilesSparkAction by @anuragmantri in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13820
• Core: Request/Response models and parsers for REST Scan Planning by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13004
• Flink: Fix hash code comparison for requesting global statistics in DataStatisticsCoordinator by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13827
• Flink: Backport [#13827] to flink 1.20 and 1.19 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13830
• Build: Bump mkdocs-macros-plugin from 1.3.7 to 1.3.9 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13846
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.16 to 9.6.17 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13845
• Flink: Fix ResultSet resource leak in JdbcLockFactory.initializeLockTables(). by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13821
• Flink: Fix schedule data file size incorrect in RewriteDataFilesConfig by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13848
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.32.19 to 2.32.24 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13843
• Build: Bump org.immutables:value from 2.11.2 to 2.11.3 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13839
• Flink: Backport Fix ResultSet resource leak in JdbcLockFactory.initializeLockTables(). by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13849
• Build: Bump datamodel-code-generator from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13844
• Build: Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.25.1 to 3.26.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13842
• Build: Bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.65.0 to 26.66.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13841
• Build: Bump io.netty:netty-buffer from 4.2.3.Final to 4.2.4.Final by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13840
• Build: Bump jetty from 11.0.25 to 11.0.26 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13838
• Spark 4.0: Add removed_delete_files_count to result of RewriteDataFilesProcedure by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13657
• Core: Add planWith to FindFiles to leverage ParallelIterable by @regadas in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13836
• Core, Docs: Update write.metadata.metrics.max-inferred-column-defaults documentation and add benchmark by @dramaticlly in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13785
• Spark 3.5, 3.4: Add removed_delete_files_count to result of RewriteDataFilesProcedure by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13862
• feat: make RESTCatalogServer catalog name configurable by @itamarwe in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13750
• ADLSFileIO: support access token authentication via the new adls.token property by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13825
• Revert "Docker: Pin QEMU version temporarily" by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13861
• Flink: Fix table of contents in Flink docs by @mxm in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13864
• Docs: Add removed_delete_files_count to rewrite_data_files output by @manuzhang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13865
• Rewrite the Iceberg Arrow schema translation to use the visitor pattern by @anoopj in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13699
• Hive: Throw NoSuchViewException when loading an Iceberg table as a view by @gabeiglio in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13847
• Core: Deprecate TableMetadataParser.read with unused file io parameter by @zhongyujiang in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13871
• [docs] Add EOS note to Flink docs by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13875
• Adding new rewrite manifest spark action to accept custom partition order by @zachdisc in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12840
• Spark 3.4: Support Parquet dictionary encoded UUIDs by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13877
• Spark 3.5, 3.4: Disable executor cache for delete files in RewriteDataFilesSparkAction by @anuragmantri in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13868
• Arrow: Add nanosec precision timestamp by @nandorKollar in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13562
• Flink: Supports delete orphan files in TableMaintenance by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13302
• Flink: Move state import from v2 to v1 in SkipOnError by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13888
• Flink: Backport supports delete orphan files in TableMaintenance to 1.19 and 1.20 by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13887
• Flink custom source parallelism by @swapna267 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13878
• Porting custom spark manifest rewrite order to spark 3.4 and 4.0 by @zachdisc in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13893
• Spec, Core: mark 503 as non retryable error code for Update Table by @singhpk234 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13619
• Flink: Backport#13878 custom source parallelism by @swapna267 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13894
• Spark: Fix errorprone warning by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13896
• Spark 3.4, 3.5: Fix errorprone warnings by @ebyhr in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13897
• Flink: Refactor ZkLockFactory to improve code readability and maintainability. by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13795
• Spark 4.0: Fix source location in stats file copy plan in RewriteTablePathSparkAction by @anuragmantri in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13881
• Fix S3InputStream.readFully connection leak by @AnatolyPopov in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13899
• spec: be explict about nullability of LoadTableResult's metadata-location by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13904
• update REST spec to clarify AssertRefSnapshotId's snapshot-id field as required by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13902
• Flink: Backport Refactor ZkLockFactory to improve code readability and maintainability. by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13906
• Build: Bump nessie from 0.104.3 to 0.104.5 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13910
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.32.24 to 2.32.29 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13911
• Build: Bump mkdocs-material from 9.6.17 to 9.6.18 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13912
• Docs: Update API docs and remove iceberg-hive3 reference by @ayushjariyal in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13898
• Build: Bump software.amazon.s3.analyticsaccelerator:analyticsaccelerator-s3 from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13909
• GCP: KeyManagementClient implementation that works with Google Cloud KMS by @szlta in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13334
• Spark 3.4, 3.5: Backport [#13881] to fix source location in stats file copy plan in RewriteTablePathSparkAction by @anuragmantri in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13917
• AWS,Azure: Fix S3InputStream and ADLSInputStream connection leaks by @AnatolyPopov in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13905
• Docs: Add docs for Table Maintenance in Flink by @JeonDaehong in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13853
• Docs: Add dltHub to list of vendors by @ShreyasGS in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13920
• Test both vectorized and nonvectorized readers in Parquet golden file tests by @eric-maynard in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13890
• Spec: clarify the partition-spec metadata for Avro manifest file by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13895
• Spark: (unit test) Order query result deterministically by @hsiang-c in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13891
• Docs: Add Memiiso Debezium to third party integrations by @ismailsimsek in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13773
• Core: Parallelize cleanFiles() in IncrementalFileCleanup by @gtrettenero in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13926
• Flink: add unit test to check skewness across tasks for range partitioner by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13900
• Flink: Improve ConfigOption Descriptions for Flink Table Maintenance Configs. by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13832
• Docs: Add OLake to list of vendors by @badalprasadsingh in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13931
• Arrow, Spark: Fix Direct Memory Leak on Vectorized Parquet Mixed Encoding Pages by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13935
• Spark: Read/Write UnknownType by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13445
• Flink: Backport Improve ConfigOption Descriptions for Flink Table Maintenance Configs. by @slfan1989 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13944
• Flink: backport PR [#13900] for adding unit test of skewness for range partitioner by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13943
• OpenAPI: Update the range in format-version (for v3) by @jbonofre in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13505
• Build: Release with JDK17 by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13946
• Docs: Add OLake (ELT) by @badalprasadsingh in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13929
• Only warn if OAuth2 server URI is not set by @1raghavmahajan in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13741
• Docs: metadata deletion doc fix by @yguy-ryft in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13432
• Doc: Flink Maintenance add Delete OrphansFiles part by @Guosmilesmile in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13923
• Build: add spark 4.0 to stage-binaries.sh by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13948
• Build: add gradle options --no-parallel and --no-configuration-cache to stage-binaries.sh by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13958
• Build: Bump software.amazon.awssdk:bom from 2.32.29 to 2.33.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13955
• Build: Bump net.snowflake:snowflake-jdbc from 3.26.0 to 3.26.1 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13950
• infra: add "how to verify a release" link to the release email template by @kevinjqliu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13960
• Docs: Update nessie version by @petern48 in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13969
• Test, Spark: Improve the Speed of Rewrite Tests by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13947
• Data, Flink, Spark: Use TestHelpers for FormatVersion by @RussellSpitzer in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13880
• Infra: update how-to-release.md doc on potential multiple staging repositories in a corp network with floating IPs for outbound requests by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13978
• Build: Bump Parquet-Java to 1.16.0 by @Fokko in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13941
• [docs] Add Kafka->Iceberg blog post to blogs.md by @rmoff in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13965
• Core: Use safeContainsKey to avoid NPE for CountNonNull by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13980
• Add a precondition check in allocateFieldVector by @huaxingao in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13949
• [SPEC] Add implementation note about schema evolution by @emkornfield in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13936
• Cleanup TestS3OutputStream integration tests by delegating file clean up to JUnit by @AnatolyPopov in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13983
• Spark: use lookback address for spark session in tests to work with more restrictive firewall env on dev machines by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13993
• Spark: backport PR [#13993] to use loopback address for spark driver in tests by @stevenzwu in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13994
• REST: Fix already in use problem for RESTCatalogServer by @jackylee-ch in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13992
• Fix versions in LICENSE and NOTICE files by @jbonofre in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/14001

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• @DerGut made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13258
• @NikitaMatskevich made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13459
• @yogevyuval made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13504
• @angelo-DNAStack made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12743
• @raveendra11 made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13280
• @anoopj made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13507
• @davidyuan1223 made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13539
• @ChocZoe made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13510
• @manirajv06 made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13284
• @nryanov made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13621
• @bvolpato made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13668
• @Smith-Cruise made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13513
• @riemenschneider made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13697
• @kadai0308 made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13087
• @lisancao made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13734
• @Elbehery made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13645
• @suhwan-cheon made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13743
• @msawyer-palantir made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13730
• @kamijin-fanta made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13749
• @mimaison made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13484
• @blakesmith made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13762
• @sokojh made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13784
• @guixiaowen made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13815
• @itamarwe made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13750
• @zachdisc made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12840
• @ayushjariyal made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13898
• @ShreyasGS made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13920
• @gtrettenero made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13926
• @badalprasadsingh made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13931
• @1raghavmahajan made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13741
• @yguy-ryft made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13432
• @petern48 made their first contribution in https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/13969

Full Changelog: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/compare/apache-iceberg-1.9.0...apache-iceberg-1.10.0