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+date: 2026-02-10
+title: Apache Iceberg Python 0.11.0 Release
+slug: apache-iceberg-python-0.11.0-release
+authors:
+  - iceberg-pmc
+categories:
+  - release
+---
+
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+The Apache Iceberg community is pleased to announce the 0.11.0 release of Apache [Iceberg Python](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python). This release includes over [380 pull requests](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/compare/pyiceberg-0.10.0...pyiceberg-0.11.0) from 50+ contributors, including 28 first-time contributors.
+
+These notes cover the highlights. For the full list, see the [changelog](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/releases/tag/pyiceberg-0.11.0).
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+
+## Release Highlights
+
+### Reads and Writes
+
+- [DeleteFileIndex](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2918) for faster delete file lookups
+- [Generator-based writes](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2671) to reduce memory pressure
+- [Relaxed `field-id` constraint](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2662) on `add_files`
+- [Connection reuse](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2543) for remote S3 signing
+- [Multi-process safe ExecutorFactory](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2546)
+- [Fixed O(N²) manifest cache growth](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2951)
+
+### Snapshot Management
+
+- [Roll back to a specific snapshot ID](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2878)
+- [Roll back to a point in time](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2879)
+- [Set the current snapshot directly](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2871)
+
+### Catalog Improvements
+
+- [Entra ID (Azure AD) auth manager](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2974)
+- [Configurable namespace separator](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2826) for REST catalogs and a new [`namespace_exists` method](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2972)
+- [`rename_table`](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2588) now validates source and destination namespaces exist
+- [X-Client-Version header](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2910) on REST requests
+- [AWS profile support](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2948) for Glue and fsspec S3 FileIO
+- [`anon` property](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2661) for fsspec ADLS FileIO and [S3 `addressing_style`](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2517) support
+
+### ORC Read Support
+
+[Full ORC read support](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2432) was added to the PyArrow I/O layer.
+
+### Sort Order Evolution
+
+[Sort order can now be updated](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2552) on existing tables without recreating them.
+
+### Supported Endpoints in ConfigResponse
+
+REST catalogs can now [declare which endpoints they support](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2848) via the `ConfigResponse`. The client checks operations against that set, falling back to defaults for older servers that don't return the field. If you call something the server doesn't support, you get a clear error instead of a cryptic failure.
+
+### REST Scan Planning
+
+Table scans can now be [planned server-side](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2864) by REST catalogs. This release adds synchronous planning where the client sends a scan request and the server returns file scan tasks to be read. Async planning (submit, poll, cancel) is planned for a future release.
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+- [Dropped Python 3.9](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2554)
+- [Removed methods deprecated for 0.11.0](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2983)
+
+## Infrastructure Improvements
+
+- [Python 3.13 support](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2863)
+- [aarch64 wheel builds](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2973)
+- [Migrated to UV](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2601) for dependency management
+- [pyiceberg-core 0.8.0](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/2928) with DataFusion 51
+
+## Contributors
+
+```
+$ git shortlog --perl-regexp --author='^((?!dependabot\[bot\]).*)$' -sn pyiceberg-0.10.0..pyiceberg-0.11.0
+    44  Kevin Liu
+    30  Drew Gallardo
+    19  Alex Stephen
+    16  Fokko Driesprong
+     6  Gabriel Igliozzi
+     4  Aniket
+     4  Neelesh Salian
+     4  Soham
+     4  Somasundaram Sekar
+     3  Brad Cannon
+     3  Jaime Fernández
+     3  Manu Zhang
+     2  Luke Fitzgerald
+     2  Yujiang Zhong
+     1  Alex
+     1  Anton-Tarazi
+     1  Bharath Krishna
+     1  Ehsan Totoni
+     1  Elton SV
+     1  FANNG
+     1  Gowthami B
+     1  Grégoire Clément
+     1  Hanzhi Wang
+     1  Honah (Jonas) J.
+     1  Ian Atkinson
+     1  Jayce Slesar
+     1  Jiajia Li
+     1  Kevin Jiao
+     1  Kyle Heath
+     1  Leandro Martelli
+     1  Luiz Otavio Vilas Boas Oliveira
+     1  NNSatyaKarthik
+     1  NikitaMatskevich
+     1  Quentin FLEURENT NAMBOT
+     1  Ragnar Dahlén
+     1  Raúl Cumplido
+     1  Stanley Law
+     1  Stats
+     1  Thomas Powell
+     1  Tiansu
+     1  Tom
+     1  Victorien
+     1  Yftach Zur
+     1  Yuya Ebihara
+     1  chao qian
+     1  fcfangcc
+     1  gmweaver
+     1  jeroko
+     1  jtuglu1
+     1  nathanbijleveld
+     1  vinjai
+```
+
+We thank all contributors for their efforts in making this release possible!
+
+## Getting Involved
+
+The PyIceberg project welcomes contributions. We use GitHub [issues](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/issues) for tracking work and the [Apache Iceberg Community Slack](https://iceberg.apache.org/community/#slack) for discussions.
+
+The easiest way to get started is to:
+
+1. Try PyIceberg with your workloads and report any issues you encounter
+2. Review the [contributor guide](https://py.iceberg.apache.org/contributing/#getting-started)
+3. Look for [good first issues](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/contribute)
+
+For more information, visit the [PyIceberg repository](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python) or the [documentation](https://py.iceberg.apache.org/).