Hi folks, With 1.11.0 out the door, I want to open up the planning around 1.12.0. As Steven noted on the dev list (thread for 1.11), 1.11.0 took roughly 8 months from 1.10.0. This is longer than the 3-4 month cadence we have previously discussed. For 1.12.0 I'd like us to aim closer to that target.
I'll be acting as the release manager for this release. Here are a few notes to kick things off: - *Tentative release target: *late August / early September 2026 (~3 months from 1.11.0). - *Curation: *We'll use the June 24 community sync as the formal kickoff to surface in-flight work and call out anything that should land in this release. - *Cadence reminder:* If something doesn't make it in 1.12, the next one is ~3 months out (1.13). - *Mid-cycle check-in: *I'll send a state-of-the-release update around mid-July with what is in, what is in-flight, and what remains a blocker. - *Tracking: *The open issues and PRs targeting this release are tagged with the Iceberg 1.12.0 milestone <https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues?q=milestone%3A%22Iceberg%201.12.0%22>. I'll keep this milestone updated as things land in the repo. If you have a feature, fix, or breaking change you want considered for 1.12.0, please reply on this thread or flag it on the June 24 sync. Thanks, Neelesh
