Release DataFusion `56.1.0` (minor/patch) Release (Nov 2026)
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Description
### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?
- Part of https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/19783
- Follow on to https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/24461
Plan a 56.0.1 or 56.1.0 patch release to fix any bugs / issues found in 56.0.0.
Steps:
- [ ] Update version and changelog
- [ ] Test with DataFusion Python
- [ ] Test with DataFusion Comet
- [ ] Test with delta.rs:
- [ ] Test vortex:
- [ ] Test with iceberg-rust:
- [ ] Test with LakeSail:
- [ ] Test with parquet viewer
- [ ] Test with datafusion-materialized-views
- [ ] Voting Thread:
- [ ] Publish to crates.io
### Potential Content:
Bug Fixes
- [ ] TBD
Performance
- [ ] TBD
Other
- [ ] TBD
Minor Features:
- [ ] TBD
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with linked issues 19783 and 24461, then review the 56.0.0 release state and the checklist in this issue. Identify the version and changelog updates, run the listed DataFusion Python and integration checks, complete voting, and publish the release to crates.io.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, rust
- Domain
- release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100