Hey all, A couple of users have recently reported a *critical table corruption issue* when using the Iceberg REST catalog client. This issue has existed from the beginning and can result in *committed snapshot data being incorrectly deleted*, effectively rendering the table unusable (i.e., corrupted). The root cause is *self-conflict during internal HTTP client retries*.
More context can be found here: [1] https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12818#issue-3000325526 [2] https://apache-iceberg.slack.com/archives/C025PH0G1D4/p1747992294134219 We’ve seen this issue hit by users in the wider community and also internally on our end. I’ve submitted a fix here (now merged) : https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12818 Given the *severity* and the *broad version impact*, I’d like to propose cutting a *1.9.2 patch release* to include this fix. I'm also happy to *volunteer as the release manager* for this release. Looking forward to hearing the community's thoughts. Best regards, Prashant Singh
