It’s time to send our ASF report again this Wednesday. Let me know if you want
to change anything in this. Here’s my draft:
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Description:
Apache Spark is a fast and general purpose engine for large-scale data
processing. It offers high-level APIs in Java, Scala, Python, R and SQL as well
as a rich set of libraries including stream processing, machine learning, and
graph analytics.
Issues for the board:
- None
Project Status:
- Released Apache Spark 4.0.2 on Feb 5, 2026.
- Released Apache Spark 3.5.8 on Jan 23, 2026.
- Released Apache Spark 4.2.0 preview1 on Jan 11, 2026.
- Released Apache Spark 4.1.1 on Jan 9, 2026.
- Released Apache Spark 4.1.0 on Dec 16, 2025.
- Released Apache Spark Connect Swift Client 0.5.0 on Jan 15, 2026.
- Released Apache Spark K8S Operator 0.7.0 on Jan 15, 2026.
- Recently Accepted SPIPs:
1. Improving Spark SQL UDFs with Transpilation
2. Accelerating Apache Spark Release Cadence
3. The metrics & semantic modeling in Spark
- Release Process Update
- The vote to stop preview releases after Spark 4.2 has been accepted.
Trademarks:
- No changes since last report.
Latest releases:
- Spark 4.0.2 was released on Feb 5, 2026
- Spark 3.5.8 was released on Jan 23, 2026
- Spark 4.1.1 was released on Jan 9, 2026
Committers and PMC:
- The latest committer was added on July 1, 2025 (Anton Okolnychyi).
- The latest PMC member was added on Jan 21st, 2025 (Jie Yang).
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