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Apache Spark upgrades break working setups

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GitHub issuesapache/spark · txwyy123Oct 25

[SPARK] Split wide join and aggregate outputs into methods under whole-stage codegen

### What changes were proposed in this pull request? Wrap wide output evaluation in join operators (`SortMergeJoinExec`, `BroadcastHashJoinExec`) and `HashAggregateExec` into separate methods to keep the generated `processNext()` method under HotSpot's 8,000-byte JIT compilation...

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GitHub issuesapache/spark · aalopatinSep 24

Shuffle tracking prevents dynamic allocation from removing executors after `collect()` / `toPandas()`

When using dynamic allocation with shuffle tracking enabled, executors that participated in a shuffle remain alive indefinitely after a `collect()` or `toPandas()` action has completed. Configuration: For example: After the action completes, the executors that produced shuffle...

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GitHub issuespola-rs/polars · s5dsn-eqeeAug 29

Add linear regression aggregation functions (regr_slope, regr_intercept, regr_r2, regr_count)

### Description I'd like to propose adding the core SQL-standard **linear regression aggregation functions** to Polars: - `pl.regr_slope(y, x)` - slope of the least-squares linear fit of `y` on `x` - `pl.regr_intercept(y, x)` - intercept of the fit - `pl.regr_r2(y, x)` -...

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GitHub issuesapache/spark · KimahrimanAug 28

[SQL] State-store instance metrics are shipped in every task result

## Summary Stateful operators currently create one state-store instance metric accumulator for every combination of: Every task then receives and registers all of those accumulators, even though it processes only one state partition. On task completion, all external accumulators...

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4 posts from 4 people in 2 places, about 1 a week over 59 days. Mostly on apache/spark, pola-rs/polars. Tools named alongside: Polars, DuckDB, PostgreSQL.

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Posts that state a pain and match the "breaking-changes" rule about Apache Spark. First post Aug 28, 2026, latest Oct 25, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method

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