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Spark upgrade to 3.4 version

  • May 28, 2025
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Marwen TALEB
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Hello,

 

In our project, we need to use TIMESTAMP_LTZ data type for our timestamps. This data type is only available in Spark starting from 3.4 version. Is it possible to upgrade your version (which is 3.3 I believe) to 3.4 at least please?

 

Thank you

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Everton Colling
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  • June 11, 2025

Hi ​@Marwen TALEB!

I can confirm that upgrading to Spark 3.4 is already on our radar. We recognize the value of this upgrade both for new features support, but also for security improvements. That being said, this upgrade involves some complexity due to changes in configuration and we need to ensure backward compatibility, so this is not a trivial upgrade for us. Based on our current planning, we're aiming to complete this upgrade sometime in 2025, with a target of having it resolved before the end of the year.

We'll make sure to update this thread once we have more concrete timeline information.