+1 for a 1.9.2 release On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM Prashant Singh <prashant010...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 >>> >>
