Hey Kevin, This goes well before 1.8, if you will see the issue that my PR refers to is reported from iceberg 1.7, It has been there since the beginning of the IRC client. We were having similar debates on if we should patch all the releases, but I think this requires more wider discussions, but 1.9.2 sounds like the immediate next steps !
Best, Prashant Singh On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM Kevin Liu <kevinjq...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Prashant, > > This sounds like a good reason to do a patch release. I'm +1 > > Do you know if this is also affecting other minor versions? Do we also > need to patch 1.8.x? > > Best, > Kevin Liu > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM Prashant Singh <prashant010...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 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 >> >
