apache · dimas-b · Nov 3, 2025 · Nov 3, 2025 · XN137 · Nov 3, 2025
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ request adding CHANGELOG notes for breaking (!) changes and possibly other secti
 
 ### Breaking changes
 
+- The EclipseLink Persistence implementation has been completely removed.
+
 ### New Features
 
 - Support credential vending for federated catalogs. `ALLOW_FEDERATED_CATALOGS_CREDENTIAL_VENDING` (default: true) was added to toggle this feature.

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ Apache Polaris is organized into the following modules:
       - `polaris-runtime-spark-tests` - Integration tests for the Polaris Spark plugin
       - `polaris-runtime-test-common` - Test utilities
   - Persistence modules:
-      - `polaris-eclipselink` - The Eclipselink implementation of the MetaStoreManager interface (deprecated for removal)
       - `polaris-relational-jdbc` - The JDBC implementation of BasePersistence to be used via AtomicMetaStoreManager
   - Extensions modules:
       - `polaris-extensions-federation-hadoop` - The Hadoop federation extension

diff --git a/bom/build.gradle.kts b/bom/build.gradle.kts
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     api(project(":polaris-core"))
 
-    api(project(":polaris-eclipselink"))
     api(project(":polaris-relational-jdbc"))
 
     api(project(":polaris-extensions-auth-opa"))

diff --git a/getting-started/README.md b/getting-started/README.md
@@ -36,10 +36,5 @@ this directory. Each example has detailed instructions.
 - [Telemetry](telemetry): An example that includes Prometheus and Jaeger to collect metrics and
   traces from Apache Polaris. This example automatically creates a `polaris_demo` catalog.
 
-- [Eclipselink](eclipselink): An example that uses an Eclipselink metastore and a Postgres
-  database. The realm is bootstrapped with the Polaris Admin tool. This example also creates a
-  `polaris_quickstart` catalog, and offers the ability to run Spark SQL and Trino queries. Finally, it shows how to
-  attach a debugger to the Polaris server.
-
 - [Keycloak](keycloak): An example that uses Keycloak as an external identity provider (IDP) for
-  authentication.
+  authentication.
diff --git a/getting-started/assets/cloud_providers/deploy-azure.sh b/getting-started/assets/cloud_providers/deploy-azure.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ az role assignment create \
 export AZURE_TENANT_ID=$(az account show --query tenantId -o tsv)
 export STORAGE_LOCATION="abfss://$STORAGE_CONTAINER_NAME@$STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME.dfs.core.windows.net/quickstart_catalog"
 
-cat >> getting-started/eclipselink/trino-config/catalog/iceberg.properties << EOF
+cat >> getting-started/assets/trino-config/catalog/iceberg.properties << EOF
 fs.native-azure.enabled=true
 azure.auth-type=DEFAULT
 EOF

diff --git a/getting-started/assets/eclipselink/persistence.xml b/getting-started/assets/eclipselink/persistence.xml
diff --git a/getting-started/eclipselink/README.md b/getting-started/eclipselink/README.md
diff --git a/getting-started/eclipselink/docker-compose-bootstrap-db.yml b/getting-started/eclipselink/docker-compose-bootstrap-db.yml
diff --git a/getting-started/eclipselink/docker-compose.yml b/getting-started/eclipselink/docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ azuresdk-bom = { module = "com.azure:azure-sdk-bom", version = "1.3.0" }
 caffeine = { module = "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine", version = "3.2.3" }
 commons-lang3 = { module = "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3", version = "3.19.0" }
 commons-text = { module = "org.apache.commons:commons-text", version = "1.14.0" }
-eclipselink = { module = "org.eclipse.persistence:eclipselink", version = "4.0.8" }
 errorprone = { module = "com.google.errorprone:error_prone_core", version = "2.43.0" }
 google-cloud-storage-bom = { module = "com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage-bom", version = "2.59.0" }
 guava = { module = "com.google.guava:guava", version = "33.5.0-jre" }

diff --git a/gradle/projects.main.properties b/gradle/projects.main.properties
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ polaris-runtime-spark-tests=runtime/spark-tests
 polaris-admin=runtime/admin
 polaris-runtime-common=runtime/common
 polaris-runtime-test-common=runtime/test-common
-polaris-eclipselink=persistence/eclipselink
 polaris-relational-jdbc=persistence/relational-jdbc
 polaris-tests=integration-tests
 aggregated-license-report=aggregated-license-report

diff --git a/helm/polaris/README.md b/helm/polaris/README.md
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ ct install --namespace polaris --charts ./helm/polaris
 | features.realmOverrides | object | `{}` | Features to enable or disable per realm. This field is a map of maps. The realm name is the key, and the value is a map of feature names to values. If a feature is not present in the map, the default value from the 'defaults' field is used. |
 | fileIo | object | `{"type":"default"}` | Polaris FileIO configuration. |
 | fileIo.type | string | `"default"` | The type of file IO to use. Two built-in types are supported: default and wasb. The wasb one translates WASB paths to ABFS ones. |
-| image.configDir | string | `"/deployments/config"` | The path to the directory where the application.properties file, and other configuration files, if any, should be mounted. Note: if you are using EclipseLink, then this value must be at least two folders down to the root folder, e.g. `/deployments/config` is OK, whereas `/deployments` is not. |
+| image.configDir | string | `"/deployments/config"` | The path to the directory where the application.properties file, and other configuration files, if any, should be mounted. |
 | image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` | The image pull policy. |
 | image.repository | string | `"apache/polaris"` | The image repository to pull from. |
 | image.tag | string | `"latest"` | The image tag. |
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ ct install --namespace polaris --charts ./helm/polaris
 | persistence.relationalJdbc.secret.name | string | `nil` | The secret name to pull database connection properties from |
 | persistence.relationalJdbc.secret.password | string | `"password"` | The secret key holding the database password for authentication |
 | persistence.relationalJdbc.secret.username | string | `"username"` | The secret key holding the database username for authentication |
-| persistence.type | string | `"in-memory"` | The type of persistence to use. Two built-in types are supported: in-memory and relational-jdbc. The eclipse-link type is also supported but is deprecated. |
+| persistence.type | string | `"in-memory"` | The type of persistence to use. Two built-in types are supported: in-memory and relational-jdbc. |
 | podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to apply to polaris pods. |
 | podDisruptionBudget | object | `{"annotations":{},"enabled":false,"maxUnavailable":null,"minAvailable":null}` | Pod disruption budget settings. |
 | podDisruptionBudget.annotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to add to the pod disruption budget. |

diff --git a/helm/polaris/values.yaml b/helm/polaris/values.yaml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ image:
   tag: "latest"
   # -- The path to the directory where the application.properties file, and other configuration
   # files, if any, should be mounted.
-  # Note: if you are using EclipseLink, then this value must be at least two folders down to the
-  # root folder, e.g. `/deployments/config` is OK, whereas `/deployments` is not.
   configDir: /deployments/config
 
 # -- References to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this
@@ -537,7 +535,6 @@ features:
 # -- Polaris persistence configuration.
 persistence:
   # -- The type of persistence to use. Two built-in types are supported: in-memory and relational-jdbc.
-  # The eclipse-link type is also supported but is deprecated.
   type: in-memory  # relational-jdbc
   # -- The configuration for the relational-jdbc persistence manager.
   relationalJdbc: