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title: Apache Polaris 1.1.0-incubating has been released!
date: 2025-09-19
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The Apache Polaris team is pleased to announce Apache Polaris 1.1.0-incubating.

This release includes:
* **New features & enhancements**
** HMS support
** IMPLICIT authentication type
** Support for non-AWS S3 compatible storage with STS: MinIO, s3a scheme support
** Use of Realm instead of RealmId
** Modularized Federation Architecture
** Federated Catalog Support in Polaris CLI
** Expanded External Identity Provider support
** Python package (official)
** Documentation improvements (release process, multi-realms configuration)
* **Bug fixes**
** Fix drop view with default server configuration
** Fix MinIO support
** Remove ThreadLocal

This release can be downloaded:
* https://polaris.apache.org/downloads/

The artifacts are available on Maven Central.

The Docker images are available on Docker Hub:
* https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/polaris/tags
* https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/polaris-admin-tool/tags

Enjoy !

The Apache Polaris team.
