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Apache Cloudberry

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Massively parallel PostgreSQL-based data warehouse for analytics and AI workloads

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An MPP warehouse fork grinding through ASF incubation, one release candidate at a time

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◆Current state
Apache Cloudberry is a Greenplum-derived MPP data warehouse working through Apache incubation. Its release feed is procedural rather than editorial: each version ships as a tag with download links, checksum instructions and a contributor roll, while the actual changelog lives off-site on cloudberry.apache.org. The 2.1.0-incubating release in May 2026 is the most recent general release, preceded by two release candidates.
◆Where it's heading
The cadence has shifted from the 2024 weekly-build era to a slower, more formal release train: two or three release candidates, then a general release roughly every eight months. That is the shape of a project optimizing for ASF graduation criteria — reproducible builds, signed artifacts, documented voting — rather than for feature velocity. The contributor list is broad and stable across releases, which suggests a real multi-vendor community rather than a single-sponsor project.
◆Prediction
Expect a 2.2.0 release-candidate series to open on a similar multi-month cycle. Whether the project exits incubation in that window is not something these release notes indicate either way.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3mo ago

    Cloudberry 2.1.0 (incubating) reaches general release

    The current general release, arriving eight months after 2.0.0 and two release candidates. The notes themselves carry no feature detail — downloads, signature verification and a contributor roll — so the substance sits in the off-site changelog. Notable mainly as evidence the formal release train is working.

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  2. 4mo ago

    2.1.0-incubating-rc2

    A one-line release-candidate tag for 2.1.0 with no accompanying notes. Part of the ASF voting mechanics rather than anything a user acts on.

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  3. 5mo ago

    2.1.0-incubating-rc1

    The first 2.1.0 release candidate, again a bare tag. It marks the start of the roughly ten-week candidate window that closed with the May general release.

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  4. 11mo ago

    Cloudberry 2.0.0 (incubating) general release

    The previous major line, and the release that established the current three-candidate cadence. Like 2.1.0 it publishes download and changelog pointers rather than feature text, so its scope is not visible from the feed alone.

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  5. 1y ago

    2.0.0-incubating-rc3

    Third and final candidate before the 2.0.0 general release. Contentless tag, no user-facing change described.

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  6. 1y ago

    2.0.0-incubating-rc2

    Second 2.0.0 candidate in a three-candidate series. Procedural tag with no release notes attached.

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