Apache Polaris 1.6.0

Release Artifacts

This release includes:

• Source and binary distributions
• Helm chart package
• Docker images published to Docker Hub
• Maven artifacts published to Maven Central

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Docker Images

• apache/polaris:1.6.0 - Polaris Server
• apache/polaris-admin:1.6.0 - Polaris Admin Tool

What's Changed

• NoSQL: Honor the Set contract for empty privilege sets by @snazy in #4416
• NoSQL: Return the initialized Quarkus backend instance by @snazy in #4418
• Site: clean up "Getting Started" guide with actual quickstart content by @venkateshwaracholan in #4392
• Move Iceberg request.validate() to the REST adapter by @flyrain in #4423
• Fix broken CVE links in 1.4.1 downloads page by @hemasrishalini in #4435
• NoSQL: Clarify commit log offset scan semantics by @snazy in #4415
• NoSQL: Encode Snowflake time UUIDs with standard v1 timestamps by @snazy in #4417
• Update docker.io/mongo Docker tag to v8.3.2 by @renovate-bot in #4426
• Update dependency io.quarkus.platform:quarkus-bom to v3.35.3 by @renovate-bot in #4424
• Blog: remove incubation notes in blog post by @cgpoh in #4432
• Update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle to v8.5.0 by @renovate-bot in #4444
• Update postgres Docker tag to v18.4 by @renovate-bot in #4445
• Update dependency mypy to v2 by @renovate-bot in #4380
• NoSQL: Guard maintenance runs with explicit supersede IDs by @snazy in #4414
• Update github/codeql-action action to v4.35.5 by @renovate-bot in #4456
• docs: tidy and correct top-level README by @flyrain in #4427
• CLI: Ensure sub-namespace list is not error out during dry-run by @MonkeyCanCode in #4447
• Remove unused backingStoreMap in LocalPolarisMetaStoreManagerFactory by @hyongtao-code in #4434
• Update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle to v8.5.1 by @renovate-bot in #4460
• Update alpine/curl Docker tag to v8.19.0 by @renovate-bot in #4462
• Update dependency software.amazon.awssdk:bom to v2.44.7 by @renovate-bot in #4471
• Update amazon/aws-cli Docker tag to v2.34.48 - autoclosed by @renovate-bot in #4470
• NoSQL: Do not interrupt running Vert.x async tasks on cancel by @snazy in #4437
• NoSQL: Harden the distributed cache invalidation endpoint by @snazy in #4438
• CLI: Add display version support for CLI by @MonkeyCanCode in #4463
• NoSQL: Add explitic test coverage for StreamUtil by @snazy in #4441
• NoSQL: Clarify Node management and lease contracts by @snazy in #4442
• NoSQL: fix race in non-prod JavaPoolAsyncExec.periodic() by @snazy in #4443
• Update immutables to v2.12.2 by @renovate-bot in #4469
• Fix incorrect String.format specifiers by @hyongtao-code in #4467
• Update zizmorcore/zizmor-action action to v0.5.6 by @renovate-bot in #4450
• Fix binary distribution getting-started guide by @adutra in #4478
• Rename Community menu "Community Page" item to "Overview" by @adutra in #4480
• Update dependency com.azure:azure-sdk-bom to v1.3.7 by @renovate-bot in #4485
• Enable Copilot for PR reviews by @snazy in #4452
• fix(rate-limiter): return Iceberg ErrorResponse JSON body on HTTP 429 by @travis-bowen in #4404
• Helm: Added hostUsers for helm chart by @MonkeyCanCode in #4468
• Docs: make "Tools" menu a dropdown menu by @adutra in #4482
• Update quay.io/keycloak/keycloak Docker tag to v26.6.2 by @renovate-bot in #4494
• Update dependency org.junit:junit-bom to v6.1.0 by @renovate-bot in #4495
• Make location overlap checks more robust by @dimas-b in #4408
• Refactor download logic in setup.sh into a shared helper function by @hemasrishalini in #4458
• docs: add BigQuery Metastore federation guide by @joyhaldar in #4461
• chore(deps): bump idna from 3.11 to 3.15 in /client/python by @dependabot[bot] in #4496
• regtests: replace fragile awk JSON parsing with jq by @hemasrishalini in #4457
• NoSQL: Copy serialized values in the in-memory backend by @snazy in #4473
• NoSQL: Fix batched multipart NoSQL object fetches by @snazy in #4475
• NoSQL: Fix MongoDB silent reference creation with duplicates by @snazy in #4476
• NoSQL: Fix persistence test extension resource resolution by @snazy in #4472
• Add 1.5.0 release by @jbonofre in #4483
• Upgrade Iceberg to 1.11.0 by @adutra in #4491
• Rotate changelog after 1.5.0 release by @adutra in #4484
• Update ranger.graalvm to v25.0.3 by @MonkeyCanCode in #4500
• Fix MongoDB container crashes by @adutra in #4509
• feat: add SESSION_NAME_FIELDS_IN_SUBSCOPED_CREDENTIAL for configurable STS session names by @obelix74 in #4326
• Migrate polaris-core to JSpecify null annotations by @viditochani in #4240
• Update gradle/actions action to v6 by @renovate-bot in #4512
• Update actions/stale action to v10.3.0 by @renovate-bot in #4515
• Replace deprecated encodeNamespace and decodeNamespace methods (cherry-pick of #3713) by @adutra in #4508
• View registration (cherry-pick of #3689) by @adutra in #4507
• Synchronize InMemoryBufferEventListener.processEvent to satisfy Reactive Streams rule 1.3 (closes #2568) by @visit2rahul in #4487
• Fix various typos across docs, code, and tooling by @visit2rahul in #4520
• fix: prevent grants_version_going_backward under concurrent grants by @singhpk234 in #4358
• Site: Remove duplicate 'for' in markdown_testing.py print output by @visit2rahul in #4514
• docs: realign CHANGELOG and 1.5.0 release notes with the actual 1.5.0 changes by @flyrain in #4513
• Fix cli doctype typo by @MonkeyCanCode in #4523
• NoSQL: Reject non-positive reference history sizing by @snazy in #4505
• NoSQL: Java async exec test coverage by @snazy in #4503
• NoSQL: Honor unsupported MongoDB realm deletion by @snazy in #4502
• Bump to 1.6.0-SNAPSHOT by @jbonofre in #4524
• Update scala212 to v2.12.21 and update renovate to ensure update is between 2.12.x by @MonkeyCanCode in #4501
• nit: use real UUID v7 idempotency keys in tests by @adutra in #4530
• Ranger: map REGISTER_VIEW to view-create privilege by @adutra in #4529
• Forbid special characters in entity names by @adutra in #4479
• CLI: Add REPL support to CLI by @MonkeyCanCode in #4465
• Migrate remaining modules to JSpecify null annotations by @viditochani in #4517
• Remove deprecated task timeout constants by @hemasrishalini in #4532
• fix(catalog): return 404 instead of 503 when drop races with concurrent delete by @singhpk234 in #4499
• Update registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/openjdk-21-runtime Docker tag to v1.24-2.1779229707 by @renovate-bot in #4539
• Revert update gradle/actions action to v5 by @snazy in #4518
• NoSQL: Add commit log offset coverage by @snazy in #4528
• NoSQL: Fix retry sleep elapsed time calculation by @snazy in #4527
• NoSQL: Bypass decorators during retention scans by @snazy in #4525
• NoSQL: Avoid deserializing lazy NoSQL index tombstones by @snazy in #4474
• NoSQL: vertx async exec test coverage + rare race fix by @snazy in #4504
• Add Polaris threat model and security guidance for agents by @snazy in #4433
• nit: Fix deprecation warnings after upgrade to Iceberg 1.11 by @adutra in #4536
• chore(deps): update plugin com.gradle.develocity to v4.4.2 by @renovate-bot in #4549
• relational-jdbc: improve Javadoc for JdbcMetaStoreManagerFactory by @hemasrishalini in #4533
• docs: add production configuration pages for AWS S3 and Azure Blob storage (#1325) by @mj006648 in #4451
• Renovate: restrict updates to the Gradle action to v5 by @snazy in #4546
• CI: Add renovate config check and save one job by @snazy in #4547
• chore(deps): update github/codeql-action action to v4.36.0 by @renovate-bot in #4531
• Synchronize onComplete calls in InMemoryBufferEventListener (closes #4497) by @visit2rahul in #4498
• CI: restrict docker-image-scan job to Polaris repo by @adutra in #4548
• Add guide for cockroachdb by @MonkeyCanCode in #4538
• fix(deps): update dependency org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-sync to v5.7.1 by @renovate-bot in #4550
• chore(deps): update cockroachdb/cockroach docker tag to v26 by @renovate-bot in #4551
• Update dependency io.quarkus.platform:quarkus-bom to v3.35.4 by @renovate-bot in #4510
• fix(deps): update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle to v8.6.0 by @renovate-bot in #4556
• chore(deps): update cockroachdb/cockroach docker tag to v26.2.1 by @renovate-bot in #4558
• Remove deprecated StorageUtil.getBucket(URI) by @hemasrishalini in #4534
• fix(deps): update dependency ch.qos.logback:logback-classic to v1.5.33 by @renovate-bot in #4562
• chore(deps): update registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/openjdk-21-runtime docker tag to v1.24-2.1779791372 by @renovate-bot in #4563
• NoSQL: Let maintenance remove stale policy mappings and grant records by @snazy in #4526
• NoSQL: Make lazy NoSQL index loads thread-safe by @snazy in #4542
• NoSQL: Scope authz Jackson privilege resolution to each mapper by @snazy in #4544
• fix(deps): update dependency com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin to v9.4.2 by @renovate-bot in #4564
• NoSQL: Limit inline policy mapping value size by @snazy in #4545
• NoSQL: idgen impl - use "jcstress" quick mode by @snazy in #4555
• nit: Silence some noisy ranger loggers during integration tests by @adutra in #4559
• nit: fix Gradle log noise during tests by @adutra in #4560
• SECURITY.md: link the project's threat model for agent discoverability by @potiuk in #4561
• fix(deps): update dependency io.quarkus.platform:quarkus-bom to v3.36.0 by @renovate-bot in #4557
• chore(deps): update docker.io/prom/prometheus docker tag to v3.12.0 by @renovate-bot in #4575
• chore(deps): update docker.io/openpolicyagent/opa docker tag to v1.17.0 by @renovate-bot in #4574
• NoSQL: async exec: handle rejected-execution by @snazy in #4543
• NoSQL: Fix local commit synchronization timeout handling by @snazy in #4552
• fix(deps): update dependency org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-sync to v5.8.0 - autoclosed by @renovate-bot in #4576
• fix(deps): update dependency com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom to v2.21.4 by @renovate-bot in #4578
• Fix GcpCredentialsStorageIntegrationTest by @dimas-b in #4537
• Move tests for direct credential vending call paths to IcebergCatalogHandlerTest by @dimas-b in #4540
• Donate Azurite and fake-gcs-server testcontainers by @snazy in #4571
• BOM: Add missing dependencies and add a verification by @snazy in #4569
• NoSQL: cover async retry and shutdown cases by @snazy in #4568
• NoSQL: Keep oversized NoSQL index entries out of the embedded index by @snazy in #4565
• chore(deps): update peaceiris/actions-gh-pages digest to 84c30a8 by @renovate-bot in #4584
• fix(deps): update dependency org.threeten:threeten-extra to v1.9.0 by @renovate-bot in #4591
• Update outdated polaris version by @MonkeyCanCode in #4592
• fix(deps): update dependency ch.qos.logback:logback-classic to v1.5.34 by @renovate-bot in #4593
• Client: Python 3.14 support by @MonkeyCanCode in #4589
• Include ZIP artifacts in GitHub Release uploads by @venkateshwaracholan in #4581
• fix(deps): update dependency com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle to v13.5.0 by @renovate-bot in #4585
• NoSQL: Split oversized NoSQL index stripes by target size by @snazy in #4566
• feat: add RegisterTable overwrite support (cherry-pick of #3719) by @adutra in #4506
• auth: Refactor AuthorizationRequest Into Explicit Shapes by @sungwy in #4409
• chore(deps): update github/codeql-action action to v4.36.1 by @renovate-bot in #4597
• JDBC: Automate schema version test discovery by @venkateshwaracholan in #4583
• Make granting catalog roles idempotent for JDBC persistence by @snicholasbarton in #4554
• Doc: Add guide for Apache Flink by @MonkeyCanCode in #4586
• chore(deps): update apache/flink docker tag to v2.2.1 by @renovate-bot in #4599
• chore(deps): update actions/checkout digest to df4cb1c by @renovate-bot in #4607
• Fix duplicate scopes log fragment in TokenRequestValidator by @hemasrishalini in #4609
• chore(deps): update docker.io/jaegertracing/jaeger docker tag to v2.19.0 by @renovate-bot in #4611
• fix(deps): update quarkus platform to v3.36.1 by @renovate-bot in #4608
• Helm CI: wait for fixture database readiness before ct install by @venkateshwaracholan in #4604
• fix(deps): update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage-bom to v2.69.0 by @renovate-bot in #4615
• fix(deps): update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-iamcredentials to v2.93.0 by @renovate-bot in #4614
• Execute event listeners on a dedicated thread pool by @adutra in #4616
• chore(deps): update github/codeql-action action to v4.36.2 by @renovate-bot in #4618
• chore(deps): update quay.io/keycloak/keycloak docker tag to v26.6.3 by @renovate-bot in #4619
• chore(deps): update dependency jupyterlab to v4.5.8 by @renovate-bot in #4617
• core: Credential Vending Refactor by @tokoko in #3699
• Support access delegation in registerTable by @adutra in #3734
• Enable merge and rebase action on the merge button by @jbonofre in #4634
• Doc: Remove note around using --devel for incubating chart version by @MonkeyCanCode in #4630
• chore(deps): update amazon/aws-cli docker tag to v2.34.63 by @renovate-bot in #4643
• Doc: disable line nums for code block by @MonkeyCanCode in #4631
• fix(deps): update micrometer to v1.17.0 by @renovate-bot in #4647
• fix(deps): update dependency io.smallrye:jandex to v3.6.0 by @renovate-bot in #4653
• chore(deps): update registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/openjdk-21-runtime docker tag to v1.24-2.1780581570 by @renovate-bot in #4652
• Fix event listener detection for filtered event types by @flyrain in #4628
• Add unit tests for JDBC production readiness check by @venkateshwaracholan in #4603
• Core: Isolate MetricsPersistence from BasePersistence SPI by @huaxingao in #4397
• Add jackson-annotations to nosql-testextension by @dimas-b in #4623
• Do not run zizmor-action in forks by @dimas-b in #4622
• Fix unnecessary type cast in JdbcMetaStoreManagerFactory by @dimas-b in #4654
• Add unit tests for PolicyMappingUtil target entity validation by @hemasrishalini in #4610
• Update docker.io/openpolicyagent/opa Docker tag to v1.17.1 by @renovate-bot in #4651
• Spark 4 client support by @MonkeyCanCode in #4612
• Update log4j2 monorepo to v2.26.0 by @renovate-bot in #4665
• Promo polaris cli from PyPI by @MonkeyCanCode in #4645
• Add tests for ResultSetIterator and EntityNameLookupRecordConverter by @hemasrishalini in #4633
• Add unit tests for ReservedProperties by @hemasrishalini in #4642
• Fix optimized sibling check for JDBC persistence by @venkateshwaracholan in #4580
• Update jackson monorepo to v2.22.0 by @renovate-bot in #4661
• Refactor event listener supported type resolution by @flyrain in #4625
• Overhaul event persistence with universal routing and global secure-by-default sanitization by @sririshindra in #4225
• Update dependency com.github.jk1:gradle-license-report to v3.1.3 by @renovate-bot in #4676
• Let OPA + Ranger tests use JUnit's @TempDir by @snazy in #4671
• OPA-tests: use enforcedPlatform for Quarkus BOM by @snazy in #4670
• Reuse already built Polaris image in regtests by @snazy in #4668
• Update dependency io.smallrye.common:smallrye-common-annotation to v2.19.0 by @renovate-bot in #4675
• Disable merge commit action on GitHub PR merge button by @jbonofre in #4649
• Back to the original merge strategy by @jbonofre in #4681
• Update error-prone monorepo to v2.50.0 by @renovate-bot in #4683
• CI/Build: Make jcstress cachable by @snazy in #4684
• Print exception stack trace when admin purge command fails by @vigneshio in #4632
• Build: use Gradle providers for system properties by @snazy in #4686
• Fix compilation in PurgeCommandTest by @dimas-b in #4687
• CI/Build: More deterministric exclusion of int-tests by @snazy in #4679
• CI: Improve Python client job duration by @snazy in #4680
• Update dependency ipykernel to v7.3.0 by @renovate-bot in #4682
• release-4: update previous versioned-docs binary dist URLs to archive on release by @adnanhemani in #4626
• Build: improve portability of cacheable tasks by @snazy in #4685
• Build: use typed providers by @snazy in #4688
• Build: type provider for Develocity configuration by @snazy in #4689
• Build/nit: eliminate unnecessary 2nd provider by @snazy in #4690
• Build: replace eager realization with provider by @snazy in #4691
• Build: lazy eval / providers in polaris-version by @snazy in #4692
• Give the in-memory event buffer its own lock (#4572) by @visit2rahul in #4577
• InMemoryBufferEventListener: fix cache removal logic and flaky test by @adutra in #4677
• Update bundle license for spark 3 and 4 by @MonkeyCanCode in #4693
• Fix Getting Started guide issues for end-to-end usability by @adnanhemani in #4627
• Build: Simplify polaris-java convention plugin a bit by @snazy in #4694
• Build: simplify OpenAPI GenerateTask configuration by @snazy in #4695
• Build: make config-docs build scripts configuration-cache compatible by @snazy in #4698
• Build: make Maven publication compatible with Gradle configuration cache by @snazy in #4699
• Build: make copied-code-check compatible with Gradle configuration cache by @snazy in #4700
• Build: make runtime-service Gradle configuration cache compatible by @snazy in #4701
• Build: make bom-verification Gradle config-cache compatible by @snazy in #4702
• Build: Mark jcstress plugin usage as configuration-cache incompatible by @snazy in #4703
• Fix javadoc warning in nosql-maintenance-api by @dimas-b in #4710
• chore(deps): update cockroachdb/cockroach docker tag to v26.2.2 by @renovate-bot in #4718
• chore(deps): update docker.io/mongo docker tag to v8.3.3 by @renovate-bot in #4719
• fix(deps): update dependency com.github.jk1:gradle-license-report to v3.1.4 by @renovate-bot in #4720
• fix(deps): update quarkus platform to v3.36.2 by @renovate-bot in #4721
• fix(deps): update dependency org.projectnessie.cel:cel-bom to v0.6.1 by @renovate-bot in #4726
• Build: fail early and hard for CI + configuration cache by @snazy in #4712
• Build: minor cleanup in settings.gradle.kts by @snazy in #4714
• Remove duplicated backend field from NoSqlCommand by @nandorKollar in #4728
• Rename IcebergCatalog to LocalIcebergCatalog by @dimas-b in #4672
• NoSQL: Use actual key serialization to split NoSQL index stripes by @snazy in #4567
• runtime-service/ITs: Remove ServiceProducersIT by @snazy in #4722
• runtime-service/ITs: Unify some test profiles by @snazy in #4723
• Run JDBC schema validation tests on PostgreSQL by @venkateshwaracholan in #4602
• fix(spec): Bug fix for system reserved name pattern by @ArnavBalyan in #4629
• chore(deps): update alpine/curl docker tag to v8.20.0 by @renovate-bot in #4737
• Build: Replace root-project extra memoization by @snazy in #4713
• Build: eliminate cross-project dependencies in copied-code-checker by @snazy in #4715
• Build: eliminate cross-project dependencies in publishing related areas by @snazy in #4716
• Build: eliminate cross-project dependencies in license-report and checks by @snazy in #4717
• chore(deps): update docker.io/mongo docker tag to v8.3.4 by @renovate-bot in #4736
• chore(deps): update amazon/aws-cli docker tag to v2.35.4 by @renovate-bot in #4762
• fix(deps): update checkstyle to v13.6.0 by @renovate-bot in #4764
• Rename the PolarisEvent entity class to EventEntity by @adutra in #4731
• Improve readability of Keycloak container cleanup by @bowsii in #4743
• Build: allow setting environment variables for the Gradle invocation by @snazy in #4741
• polaris-admin/test: Centralize Quarkus test profiles by @snazy in #4735
• Fix AzuriteExtension annotation attribute mapping by @hemasrishalini in #4740
• Fix admin tool dockerfile to match to server by @MonkeyCanCode in #4760
• Set entrypoint for admin tool image by @MonkeyCanCode in #4784
• Makefile target for build-spark-plugin-4.0-2.13 by @MonkeyCanCode in #4785
• runtime-service/tests: unify Quarkus test profiles by @snazy in #4734
• polaris-admin/tests: consolidate to 1 test profile per backend by @snazy in #4766
• Build: Truely memoize errorprone config by @snazy in #4767
• Build: remove another usage of Project.extra by @snazy in #4775
• fix(deps): update dependency com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle to v8.7.0 by @renovate-bot in #4786
• polaris-runtime,admin/testing: Update fork/jvm settings by @snazy in #4776
• Enforce ordered per-listener event delivery by @adutra in #4648
• Update registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/openjdk-21-runtime Docker tag to v1.24-2.1781533371 by @renovate-bot in #4794
• Redact access token from PolarisCredential toString by @vigneshio in #4777
• Update plugin com.gradle.develocity to v4.4.3 by @renovate-bot in #4796
• Core: Extract shared credential rotation pre-condition check (Closes #4026) by @visit2rahul in #4420
• Fix version tag for actions/setup-java (v5.2.0) by @dimas-b in #4797
• Update actions/setup-java action to v5.3.0 by @renovate-bot in #4799
• Update quay.io/ceph/ceph Docker tag to v20.2.2 by @renovate-bot in #4798
• fix: validate JWT issuer claim during token verification by @vigneshio in #4753
• Fix retry logic for table commits in CatalogHandlerUtils by @ayushtkn in #4748
• polaris-admin/test: migrate some tests to pure unit tests by @snazy in #4787
• polaris-runtime-service/test: slight test-profile improvement by @snazy in #4788
• Build: refactor some more eager resolutions by @snazy in #4789
• Update dependency org.threeten:threeten-extra to v1.10.0 by @renovate-bot in #4800
• Remove PolarisIntegrationTestFixture by @adutra in #4792
• Fix inheritable policy mapping insert to use transaction connection by @vigneshio in #4795
• Cache JWT Algorithm and JWTVerifier per realm in TokenBrokerFactory by @vigneshio in #4620
• Fix NPE when entity is removed during dropEntity by @vigneshio in #4811
• runtime-service/int-test: reuse Minio + RustFS containers across tests by @snazy in #4790
• Update delta version from 4.0.1 to 4.2.0 by @MonkeyCanCode in #4763
• Allow only Table level drop permissions to drop Generic Table by @ayushtkn in #4779
• fix(codegen): Do not use unnecessary @Valid annotations in static builder factories by @ArnavBalyan in #4621
• Release workflow 4: drop SVN release-area writes, document manual dev -> release move by @jbonofre in #4650
• Build: better project isolation by @snazy in #4808
• Update Quarkus Platform to v3.36.3 by @renovate-bot in #4824
• Update renovate bot rules for ANTLR and Spark by @MonkeyCanCode in #4746
• Update actions/checkout action to v7 by @renovate-bot in #4830
• Update docker.io/apache/spark Docker tag to v4.0.3 by @renovate-bot in #4829
• Update dependency jupyterlab to v4.6.0 by @renovate-bot in #4813
• Test JDBC grant record insert idempotency on PostgreSQL by @venkateshwaracholan in #4605
• Improve ContainerSpecHelper partial image configuration error message by @venkateshwaracholan in #4807
• Fix Bootstrap command with schema-version LATEST by @ayushtkn in #4815
• Fix debug logging initialization order during API client creation by @venkateshwaracholan in #4781
• Use CliError for profile validation errors by @hemasrishalini in #4791
• Remove obsolete commented readBinaryLicenseFile code by @venkateshwaracholan in #4821
• Fix error message when renaming a non-existent source during auth by @ayushtkn in #4750
• Fix PropertiesConfigPageGroup visitor recursion by @venkateshwaracholan in #4823
• Remove noisy profile loading message by @venkateshwaracholan in #4819
• Prepare for Gradle 9.6 by @snazy in #4835
• Remove dead commented S3 client code from MinioContainer and RustfsContainer by @venkateshwaracholan in #4840
• Update Gradle to v9.6.0 by @renovate-bot in #4832
• Add polaris-server-test-runner plugin by @snazy in #4732
• Improve OAuth token error reporting in _get_token by @venkateshwaracholan in #4783
• Migrate MemorySize Jackson support to Jackson 3 by @snazy in #4842
• Add external Polaris server test manager by @snazy in #4843
• fix(storage): sign Azure tokens for the configured duration instead of hardcoded 1h by @ArnavBalyan in #4751
• Adding EJ as Polaris contributor by @jbonofre in #4863
• fix(build): rename GitInfoService Parameters.isRelease to release by @jbonofre in #4865

New Contributors

• @hemasrishalini made their first contribution in #4435
• @hyongtao-code made their first contribution in #4434
• @potiuk made their first contribution in #4561
• @snicholasbarton made their first contribution in #4554
• @ArnavBalyan made their first contribution in #4629
• @bowsii made their first contribution in #4743

Full Changelog: apache-polaris-1.5.0...apache-polaris-1.6.0