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Apache Kylin

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Distributed OLAP engine providing sub-second queries on large datasets

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Kylin keeps tagging releases, 5.0.5 included, without saying what changed.

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◆Current state
Apache Kylin tagged 5.0.5 on 12 October, three months after 5.0.4, and like its predecessor it carries only the Maven release plugin's commit message. The last release that documented its contents was 5.0.2 in April 2025, covering internal-table caching, partition-aware file merging and Gluten jar loading order. The 5.0 line itself dates from September 2024.
◆Where it's heading
The tag cadence has picked up (July, then October) while the documentation has stopped entirely, so the 5.0.x line is being maintained but not explained. Anyone tracking Kylin has to read the commit history rather than the release feed.
◆Prediction
Another bare 5.0.x tag is the likeliest next entry; nothing in the feed points to a 5.1 or 6.0.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    Kylin 5.0.5 tagged without release notes

    A release-plugin tag with no notes.

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  2. 4mo ago

    5.0.4 tagged with no release notes

    A release tag carrying only the Maven release plugin's commit message, ten months after the previous one. Whatever changed is invisible from here, which is itself the most informative thing about Kylin's current cadence.

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  3. 1y ago

    5.0.3 tagged with no release notes

    Another bare Maven release tag. Two consecutive undocumented releases mean the changelog feed carries no usable signal about the 5.0.x line.

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  4. 1y ago

    Internal table caching, partition file merging, Gluten fixes

    The last release that actually documented its contents: internal table preloading and cache, file merging within partitions, and configuration to query internal tables directly. It reads as follow-through on the 5.0.0 architecture rather than new direction.

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  5. 2y ago

    Apache Kylin 5.0.0

    ⚡ SPARK

    The release the rest of the 5.0.x line is still servicing. Everything documented since — internal table caching, partition merging, Gluten loader fixes — is maintenance on the architecture introduced here.

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  6. 2y ago

    Streaming function fix

    A single-issue fix to a streaming function, tagged hours after 5.0.0. Housekeeping on the major release.

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