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Spice v1.0.7 (Mar 26, 2025)

· 4 min read
Phillip LeBlanc
Phillip LeBlanc
Co-Founder and CTO of Spice AI

Announcing the release of Spice v1.0.7 🏎️

Spice v1.0.7 improves memory usage when using DuckDB, improves schema inference performance when using object-store based data connectors, and fixes a bug in Dremio schema inference.

Highlights in v1.0.7​

  • DuckDB Memory Usage: Memory usage when using DuckDB has been significantly improved for data loads and refreshes through expanded use of zero-copy Arrow and multi-threading for data loads. When a duckdb_memory_limit is specified, disk spilling has been improved for greater-than-memory workloads. In addition, a new temp_directory runtime parameter supports storing temporary files to alternative location than the DuckDB data file for higher throughput. For example, temp_directory could be set to a different high-IOPs IO2 EBS volume that is separate from the duckdb_file_path.

    Automated end-to-end tests for the DuckDB Accelerator coverage has been significantly expanded.

    For configuration details, see the documentation for runtime parameters and the DuckDB Data Accelerator.

  • Schema Inference Performance for Object-Store Data Connectors: Schema inference performance has been improved, especially for large numbers of objects (1M+ objects) when using object-store based data connectors by making the object-listing and selection more efficient.

Performance​

When compared to previous versions, Spice v1.0.7 loads DuckDB accelerated datasets significantly faster. When using the TPCH lineitem dataset at Scale Factor 100 (600M rows):

Without Indexes​

5x faster, 28% less memory usage.

v1.0.6 v1.0.7

VersionLoad TimePeak Memory Usage
v1.0.616m 3s32GB
v1.0.73m 149ms24.4GB

With Indexes​

2.5x faster. Higher memory usage in v1.0.7 is due to better resource utilization to achieve faster load times. Use the duckdb_memory_limit parameter to control memory usage.

VersionLoad TimePeak Memory Usage
v1.0.627m 9s50GB
v1.0.711m 30s77GB

v1.0.6 with indexes v1.0.7 with indexes

Documentation​

  • DuckDB Data Accelerator: Has been expanded with additional resource usage guidance.
  • Memory: A new section for memory considerations has been added to the Reference section.

Contributors​

  • @phillipleblanc
  • @sgrebnov
  • @peasee
  • @Sevenannn

Breaking Changes​

No breaking changes.

Upgrading​

To upgrade to v1.0.7, use one of the following methods:

CLI:

spice upgrade

Homebrew:

brew upgrade spiceai/spiceai/spice

Docker:

Pull the spiceai/spiceai:1.0.7 image:

docker pull spiceai/spiceai:1.0.7

For available tags, see DockerHub.

Helm:

helm repo update
helm upgrade spiceai spiceai/spiceai

What's Changed​

Dependencies​

Changelog​

- fix: Remove on zero results arguments from benchmarks by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4533
- Run benchmark tests w/o uploading test results (pending improvements) by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4843
- fix: Return BAD_REQUEST when not embeddings are configured by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4804
- Fix Dremio schema inference by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5114
- Improve performance of schema inference for object-store data connectors by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5124
- Always download spice runtime version matched with spice cli version by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4761
- Fix go lint errors by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5147
- Make DuckDB acceleration E2E tests more comprehensive by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5146
- Enable Spice to load larger than memory datasets into DuckDB accelerations by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5149
- Add `temp_directory` runtime parameter and insert it for DuckDB accelerations by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5152
- Fix Postgres and MySQL installation on macos14-runner (E2E CI) by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5155
- Enable E2E for DuckDB full mode acceleration with indexes only in CI by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5154

Full Changelog: github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v1.0.6...v1.0.7

Spice v1.0.6 (Mar 17, 2025)

· 4 min read
Sergei Grebnov
Sergei Grebnov
Senior Software Engineer at Spice AI

Announcing the release of Spice v1.0.6 ⚡

Spice v1.0.6 improves stability for DuckDB acceleration, Iceberg Data/Catalog connector improvements when using AWS Glue, and fixes an issue with the ready_state: on_registration federation fallback when using DuckDB. In addition, redundant data refreshes on startup are avoided for accelerations with persistent data.

Highlights in v1.0.6​

  • Iceberg Data/Catalog Connector Improvements: Improves Iceberg data & catalog connector reliability, including bug fixes for AWS Glue API rate-limiting and compatibility, REST API pagination support, explicit AWS credential handling, and support for AWS STS role assumption.

  • Fixes On-Registration Fallback when using DuckDB: Previously, when using DuckDB as a data accelerator and the ready_state: on_registration configuration, queries made during the initial data refresh did not properly fallback to the federated source. This is now fixed.

  • DuckDB downgraded for Stability: DuckDB has been downgraded to v1.1.3 due to a regression in memory handling tracked by duckdb/duckdb issue #16640. Once resolved and validated, Spice will re-upgrade to v1.2.x.

  • Expanded Integration Tests: Additional integration tests covering federated accelerator behavior and graceful shutdown processes have been added.

  • Optimized Data Refresh for Persistent Accelerations: Changed behavior in v1.0.6. When using persistent (file-mode) acceleration without a defined refresh interval, Spice performs a full refresh at startup only if no previously accelerated data is available. This ensures efficient startup behavior by avoiding unnecessary refreshes. This logic applies only to full refreshes when no refresh interval is specified.

To maintain the previous behavior and always refresh on every startup, set:

acceleration:
  refresh_on_startup: always

Contributors​

  • @peasee
  • @phillipleblanc
  • @sgrebnov
  • @lukekim
  • @Sevenannn

Breaking Changes​

Starting from v1.0.6 when using persistent (file-mode) acceleration without a defined refresh interval, Spice performs a full refresh at startup only if no previously accelerated data is available. To maintain the previous behavior and always refresh on every startup, set:

acceleration:
  refresh_on_startup: always

Cookbook Updates​

No new recipes.

Upgrading​

To upgrade to v1.0.6, use one of the following methods:

CLI:

spice upgrade

Homebrew:

brew upgrade spiceai/spiceai/spice

Docker:

Pull the spiceai/spiceai:1.0.6 image:

docker pull spiceai/spiceai:1.0.6

For available tags, see DockerHub.

Helm:

helm repo update
helm upgrade spiceai spiceai/spiceai

What's Changed​

Dependencies​

Changelog​

  • Implement proper ready_state: on_registration for federation enabled accelerators by @phillipleblanc in #5019
  • Add indexes and primary keys mismatch detection for DuckDB Acceleration by @sgrebnov in #5045
  • Add comprehensive integration tests for the ready_state behavior by @phillipleblanc in #5042
  • Add test Spicepod for acceleration with constraints by @sgrebnov in #4891
  • Add test Spicepod for DuckDB append acceleration with constraints by @sgrebnov in #4898
  • Add DuckDB graceful shutdown test to E2E CI tests by @sgrebnov in #5047
  • Update duckdb_append_with_pk_and_indexes.yaml (work for duckdb 1.1.x) by @sgrebnov in #5067
  • fix: Downgrade to DuckDB 1.1.3 by @peasee in #5055
  • fix: Acceleration federation integration test by @peasee in #5070
  • Improvements to Iceberg Catalog/Data Connector by @phillipleblanc in #5071
  • Add Results-Cache-Status to indicate query result came from cache by @phillipleblanc in #4809
  • fix: Spice.ai schema inference by @peasee in #4674
  • Add refresh_on_startup Spicepod configuration param by @phillipleblanc and @sgrebnov in #5086
  • Test restart behavior of DuckDB file acceleration against glue iceberg table by @Sevenannn #5075
  • Run Iceberg Data Connector - DuckDB File mode integration test by @Sevenannn #5069
  • Integration test for glue iceberg catalog by @Sevenannn #5077

Full Changelog: https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v1.0.5...v1.0.6

Spice v1.0.5 (Mar 11, 2025)

· 4 min read
Sergei Grebnov
Sergei Grebnov
Senior Software Engineer at Spice AI

Announcing the release of Spice v1.0.5 🧊

Spice v1.0.5 expands Iceberg support with the introduction of the Iceberg Data Connector, in addition to the existing Iceberg Catalog Connector. This new connector enables direct dataset creation and configuration for specific Iceberg objects, enabling federated and accelerated SQL queries on Apache Iceberg tables.

Performance improvements include object-store optimized Parquet pruning in append mode, where object-store metadata is now leveraged alongside Hive partitioning to optimize file pruning. This results in faster and more efficient queries.

DuckDB has been upgraded to v1.2.0, along with additional stability improvements, including improved graceful shutdown and the ability to configure the DuckDB memory limit.

Additional updates include support for the Arrow Map type.

Highlights in v1.0.5​

  • New Iceberg Data Connector: Enables direct dataset creation and querying of Iceberg tables.

    Example usage in spicepod.yaml:

    datasets:
      - from: iceberg:https://iceberg-catalog-host.com/v1/namespaces/my_namespace/tables/my_table
        name: my_table
        params:
          # Same as Iceberg Catalog Connector
        acceleration:
          enabled: true

    For detailed setup instructions, authentication options, and configuration parameters, refer to the Iceberg Data Connector documentation.

  • Improved Parquet pruning in append mode: Uses object-store metadata for more efficient file pruning.

  • DuckDB upgrade to v1.2.0 with improved graceful shutdown: Read the DuckDB v1.2.0 announcement for details, including breaking changes for map and list_reduce. Graceful shutdown of DuckDB has been improved for better stability across restarts.

  • Configurable DuckDB memory limit: Use the duckdb_memory_limit parameter to set the DuckDB acceleration memory limit:

    - from: spice.ai:path.to.my_dataset
       name: my_dataset
       acceleration:
         params:
           duckdb_memory_limit: '2GB'
         enabled: true
         engine: duckdb
         mode: file

Contributors​

  • @peasee
  • @phillipleblanc
  • @sgrebnov
  • @lukekim

Breaking Changes​

Upgrading​

To upgrade to v1.0.5, use one of the following methods:

CLI:

spice upgrade

Homebrew:

brew upgrade spiceai/spiceai/spice

Docker:

Pull the spiceai/spiceai:1.0.5 image:

docker pull spiceai/spiceai:1.0.5

For available tags, see DockerHub.

Helm:

helm repo update
helm upgrade spiceai spiceai/spiceai

What's Changed​

Dependencies​

Changelog​

  • fix: Update OpenAI model health check by @peasee in #4849
  • fix: Allow metrics endpoint setting in CLI by @peasee in #4939
  • DuckDB acceleration: fix Decimal with zero scale support by @sgrebnov in #4922
  • Introduce runtime shutdown state by @sgrebnov in #4917
  • Add support for Flight and HTTP endpoints configuration to Spice CLI (run and sql) by @sgrebnov and @lukekim in #4913
  • Fix Datafusion resources deallocation during shutdown by @sgrebnov in #4912
  • DuckDB: fix error handling during record batch insertion by @sgrebnov in #4894
  • DuckDB: add support for Map Arrow type for DuckDB acceleration by @sgrebnov in #4887
  • Upgrade to DuckDB v1.2.0 by @sgrebnov in #4842
  • Gracefully shutdown the runtime and deallocate static resources by @sgrebnov in #4879
  • Implement an Iceberg Data Connector by @phillipleblanc in #4941
  • Don't trace canceled dataset refresh during runtime termination by @sgrebnov in #4958
  • Use metadata column last_modified when specified as a time_column by @phillipleblanc in #4970
  • Add duckdb_memory_limit param support for DuckDB acceleration by @sgrebnov in #4971
  • Add Iceberg dataset integration test by @phillipleblanc in #4950

Full Changelog: https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v1.0.4...v1.0.5

Spice v1.0.4 (Feb 17, 2025)

· 3 min read
Jack Eadie
Jack Eadie
Token Plumber at Spice AI

Announcing the release of Spice v1.0.4 🏎️

Spice v1.0.4 improves partition pruning for Delta Lake tables, significantly increasing scan efficiency and reducing overhead. xAI tool calling is more robust and the spice trace CLI command now provides expanded, detailed output for deeper analysis. Additionally, a bug has been fixed to correctly apply column name case-sensitivity in refresh SQL, indexes, and primary keys.

Highlights in v1.0.4​

  • Improved Append-Based Refresh When using an append-based acceleration where the time_column format differs from the physical partition, two new dataset configuration options, time_partition_column and time_partition_format can be configured to improve partition pruning and exclude irrelevant partitions during the refreshes.

For example, when the time_column format is timestamp and the physical data partition is date such as below:

my_delta_table/
├── _delta_log/
├── date_col=2023-12-31/
├── date_col=2024-02-04/
├── date_col=2025-01-01/
└── date_col=2030-06-15/

Partition pruning can be optimized using the configuration:

datasets:
  - from: delta_lake://my_delta_table
    name: my_delta_table
    time_column: created_at # A fine-grained timestamp
    time_format: timestamp
    time_partition_column: date_col # Data is physically partitioned by `date_col`
    time_partition_format: date
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  • Expanded spice trace output: The spice trace CLI command now includes additional details, such as task status, and optional flags --include-input and --include-output for detailed tracing.

Example spice trace output:

TREE                   STATUS DURATION   TASK
a97f52ccd7687e64       ✅       673.14ms ai_chat
  ├── 4eebde7b04321803 ✅         0.04ms tool_use::list_datasets
  └── 4c9049e1bf1c3500 ✅       671.91ms ai_completion

Example spice trace --include-input --include-output output:

TREE                   STATUS DURATION   TASK                    OUTPUT
a97f52ccd7687e64       ✅       673.14ms ai_chat                 The capital of New York is Albany.
  ├── 4eebde7b04321803 ✅         0.04ms tool_use::list_datasets []
  └── 4c9049e1bf1c3500 ✅       671.91ms ai_completion           [{"content":"The capital of New York is Albany.","refusal":null,"tool_calls":null,"role":"assistant","function_call":null,"audio":null}]

Contributors​

  • @Jeadie
  • @peasee
  • @phillipleblanc
  • @Sevenannn
  • @sgrebnov
  • @lukekim

Breaking Changes​

No breaking changes.

Cookbook Updates​

No new recipes.

Upgrading​

To upgrade to v1.0.4, use one of the following methods:

CLI:

spice upgrade

Homebrew:

brew upgrade spiceai/spiceai/spice

Docker:

Pull the spiceai/spiceai:1.0.4 image:

docker pull spiceai/spiceai:1.0.4

For available tags, see DockerHub.

Helm:

helm repo update
helm upgrade spiceai spiceai/spiceai

What's Changed​

Dependencies​

No major dependency changes.

Changelog​

- Do not return underlying content of chunked embedding column by default during tool_use::document_similarity by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4802
- Fix Snowflake Case-Sensitive Identifiers support by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4813
- Prepare for 1.0.4 by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4801
- Add support for a time_partition_column by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4784
- Prevent the automatic normalization of refresh_sql columns to lowercase by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4787
- Implement partition pruning for Delta Lake tables by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4783
- Fix constraint verification for columns with uppercase letters by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4785
- Add truncate command for spice trace by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4771
- Implement Cache-Control: no-cache to bypass results cache by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4763
- Prompt user to download runtime when running spice sql by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4747
- Add vector search tracing by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4757
- Update spice trace output format by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4750
- Fix tool call arguments in Grok messages by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4741

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v1.0.3...v1.0.4

Spice v1.0.3 (Feb 10, 2025)

· 3 min read
Phillip LeBlanc
Phillip LeBlanc
Co-Founder and CTO of Spice AI

Announcing the release of Spice v1.0.3 🛠️

Spice v1.0.3 provides several bug fixes, including a fix for the initial data load period when a retention policy has been set, and a new unsupported_type_action: string parameter to auto-convert unsupported types to strings.

Highlights in v1.0.3​

  • PostgreSQL Data Connector: New unsupported_type_action: string parameter that auto-converts unsupported types such as JSONB to strings.

Contributors​

  • @phillipleblanc
  • @Sevenannn
  • @sgrebnov
  • @peasee
  • @Jeadie
  • @lukekim

Breaking Changes​

No breaking changes.

Cookbook Updates​

Upgrading​

To upgrade to v1.0.3, use one of the following methods:

CLI:

spice upgrade

Homebrew:

brew upgrade spiceai/spiceai/spice

Docker:

Pull the spiceai/spiceai:1.0.3 image:

docker pull spiceai/spiceai:1.0.3

For available tags, see DockerHub.

Helm:

helm repo update
helm upgrade spiceai spiceai/spiceai

What's Changed​

Dependencies​

No major dependency changes.

Changelog​

- For local models, use 'content=""' instead of None by @Jeadie and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4646
- Perplexity Sonar LLM component by @Jeadie and @lukekim in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4673
- Update async openai fork & support reasoning effort parameter by @Sevenannn and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4679
- Web search tool by @Jeadie and @lukekim in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4687
- Setup tpc-extension by @ewgenius and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4690
- fix: Use PostgreSQL interval style for Spice.ai by @peasee and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4716
- Fix spice upgrade command by @Sevenannn and @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4699
- Fix bug: Ensure refresh only retrieves data within the retention period by @sgrebnov and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4717
- Implement unsupported_type_action: string for Postgres JSONB support by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4719
- Fix the get latest release logic by @Sevenannn and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4721
- add 'accelerated_refresh' to 'spice trace' allowlist by @Jeadie and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4711
- Update version to 1.0.3 by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4731
- Truncate embedding columns within sampling tool by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4722
- Validate primary key columns during accelerated dataset initialization by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4736

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v1.0.2...v1.0.3

Resources​

Community​

Spice.ai started with the vision to make AI easy for developers. We are building Spice.ai in the open and with the community. Reach out on Slack or by email to get involved.

Spice v1.0.2 (Feb 4, 2025)

· 7 min read
Sergei Grebnov
Sergei Grebnov
Senior Software Engineer at Spice AI

Announcing the release of Spice v1.0.2 🎓

Spice v1.0.2 adds support for running local filesystem-hosted DeepSeek models including R1 (cloud-hosted via DeepSeek API was already supported) and improves the developer experience for debugging AI chat tasks along with several bug fixes. The HuggingFace and Filesystem-Hosted models providers have both graduated to Release Candidates (RC) and the Spice.ai Cloud Platform catalog provider has graduated to Beta.

Highlights in v1.0.2​

  • spice trace New spice trace CLI command that outputs a detailed breakdown of traces and tasks, including tool usage and AI completions.

    Examples:

    trace> spice trace ai_chat
    [61cc6bd0e571c783] ( 2593.77ms) ai_chat
      ├── [69362c30f238076f] (    0.36ms) tool_use::get_readiness
      ├── [b6b17f1a9a6b86dc] (  982.21ms) ai_completion
      ├── [c30d692c6c41c5ee] (    0.06ms) tool_use::list_datasets
      └── [ce18756d5fef0df0] ( 1605.12ms) ai_completion

    trace> spice trace ai_chat --trace-id 61cc6bd0e571c783

    trace> spice trace ai_chat --id chatcmpl-AvXwmPSV1PMyGBi9dLfkEQTZPjhqz

    The spice trace CLI simply outputs data available in the runtime.task_history table which can also be queried by SQL.

    To learn more, see:

  • Filesystem-Hosted Models Provider: Graduated to Release Candidate (RC). To learn more, see the Filesystem-Hosted Models Provider Documentation.

  • HuggingFace Models Provider: Graduated to Release Candidate (RC). To learn more, see the HuggingFace Models Provider Documentation.

  • Spice.ai Cloud Platform Catalog: Graduated to Beta.

Contributors​

  • @phillipleblanc
  • @johnnynunez
  • @Sevenannn
  • @sgrebnov
  • @peasee
  • @Jeadie
  • @lukekim

New Contributors​

Breaking Changes​

No breaking changes.

Cookbook Updates​

Upgrading​

To upgrade to v1.0.2, use one of the following methods:

CLI:

spice upgrade

Homebrew:

brew upgrade spiceai/spiceai/spice

Docker:

Pull the spiceai/spiceai:1.0.2 image:

docker pull spiceai/spiceai:1.0.2

For available tags, see DockerHub.

Helm:

helm repo update
helm upgrade spiceai spiceai/spiceai

What's Changed​

Dependencies​

No major dependency changes.

Changelog​

- Update release branch naming by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4539
- ready for arm buildings by @johnnynunez in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4502
- Bump helm chart version to 1.0.1 by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4542
- Include 1.0.1 as supported version in security.md by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4545
- Update CI to build on hosted windows runners by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4540
- docs: Update Windows install by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4551
- Fix spark spicepod for test operator by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4555
- Improve hugging face model chat error by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4554
- fix: Update Windows E2E install by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4557
- feat: Add Spice Cloud Catalog Spicepod, release Alpha by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4561
- Fix huggingface embedding errors by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4558
- feat: Load table schemas through REST for Spice Cloud Catalog by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4563
- Add upgrade instruction in release note by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4548
- Add federated source information to refresh errors by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4560
- docs: Update ROADMAP.md by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4566
- Merge mistral upstream by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4562
- Fix windows build by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4574
- feat: Update Spice Cloud Catalog errors, release as Beta by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4575
- docs: Add TOC to README.md by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4538
- Updates to spiceai/mistral.rs by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4580
- Improve refresh error tracing by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4576
- Add HTTP consistency & overhead to testoperator dispatch tool by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4556
- Fix append mode refresh with MySQL Data Connector by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4583
- fix: Retry flaky tests by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4577
- Fix E2E models test build on macOS runners by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4585
- spice trace chat support in CLI by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4582
- Include hf test specs, enable ready_wait in workflow by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4584
- Add paths verification when loading models by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4591
- Add generation_config.json support for Filesystem models by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4592
- Promote Filesystem model provider to RC by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4593
- docs: Add models grading criteria by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4550
- Fix typo in Alpha Release Criteria (models) by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4588
- fix: Retry AI integration tests by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4595
- Run LLM integration tests on Macs; add running local models by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4495
- Update version to 1.0.2 by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4594
- feat: Schedule testoperator by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4503
- Improve UX of downloading GGUF from HF by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4601
- Improve spice trace CLI command by @sgrebnov https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4629
- Improve the UX of using huggingface models & embeddings by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4623
- GGUF, hide metadata by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4631
- Promote hugging face to rc by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4626
- Endgame Issue template improvements by @lukekim in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4647
- feat: setup sccache for PR checks by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4652
- Run build_and_release_cuda.yml when crates/llms/Cargo.toml changes by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4648
- Update E2E installation tests to match model runtime version by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4653
- fix: Postgres LargeUtf8 is equal to Utf8 by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4664
- Fix eager string formatting in mistral.rs by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4665
- Better error for spicepod parsing by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4632
- Update datafusion-table-providers (MySQL improvements) by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4670
- Handle delta tables partitioned by a date column with large date values by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4672

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v1.0.1...v1.0.2

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Spice v1.0.1 (Jan 27, 2025)

· 5 min read
Qianqian Liu
Qianqian Liu
Software Engineer at Spice AI

Spice v1.0.1 focuses on an improved developer experience, with automatic CUDA GPU detection for local models, in addition to bug fixes. Notably, the Iceberg Catalog Connector now supports AWS Glue including Sig v4 authentication.

Highlights in v1.0.1​

  • AWS Glue Support for Iceberg Catalog Connector: The Iceberg Catalog Connector now supports AWS Glue. Example spicepod.yaml configuration:
- from: iceberg:https://glue.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/iceberg/v1/catalogs/123456789012/namespaces
  name: glue

  • spice upgrade CLI Command: The spice upgrade CLI command detects more edge cases for a smoother upgrade experience.

  • GPU Acceleration Detection: The Spice CLI now automatically detects and enables CUDA (NVIDIA GPUs) GPU acceleration when supported in addition to Metal (M-Series on macOS).

  • Python SDK: The Python SDK (spicepy) has updated to v3.0.0, aligning the SDK with the Runtime

Breaking changes​

No breaking changes.

Dependencies​

No major dependency changes.

Cookbook​

Upgrading​

To upgrade to v1.0.1, use one of the following methods:

CLI:

spice upgrade

Homebrew:

brew upgrade spiceai/spiceai/spice

Docker:

Pull the spiceai/spiceai:1.0.1 image:

docker pull spiceai/spiceai:1.0.1

For available tags, see DockerHub.

Helm:

helm repo update
helm upgrade spiceai spiceai/spiceai

Contributors​

  • @Jeadie
  • @phillipleblanc
  • @ewgenius
  • @peasee
  • @Sevenannn
  • @sgrebnov
  • @lukekim

What's Changed​

- Update acknowledgements by @github-actions in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4459
- docs: 1.0 release notes by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4440
- Create a release-only workflow that uses a previous run's artifacts by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4461
- Add publish-only CUDA workflow by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4462
- Fix the CUDA release workflow by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4463
- docs: Update SECURITY.md for stable by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4465
- docs: Update endgame by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4460
- docs: Promote HF and File model components by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4457
- fix: E2E test release installation by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4466
- Fix publish part of CUDA workflow by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4467
- Fix broken docs links in README by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4468
- Update benchmark snapshots by @github-actions in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4474
- Update openapi.json by @github-actions in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4477
- Add instruction to force-install CPU runtime to v1.0 release notes by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4469
- feat: Add WIP testoperator dispatch workflow by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4478
- Fix Bug: invalid REPL cursor position on Windows by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4480
- feat: Download latest spiced commit for testoperators by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4483
- Add compute engine image by @lukekim in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4486
- fix: Testoperator git fetch depth by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4484
- feat: New spicepods, testoperator improvements, TPCDS Q1 fix by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4475
- Add 87 CUDA compatiblity to build CI by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4489
- Use OpenAI golang client in `spice chat` by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4491
- Verify `search` and `chat` on Windows as part of AI installation tests by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4492
- feat: Add testoperator dispatch command by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4479
- Run CUDA builds on non-GPU instances by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4496
- Use upgraded spice cli when performing runtime upgrade in spice upgrade by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4490
- Revert "Use OpenAI golang client in `spice chat` (#4491)" by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4532
- Make Anthropic rate limit error message friendlier by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4501
- Update supported CUDA targets: add 87(cli), remove 75 by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4509
- Support AWS Glue for Iceberg catalog connector by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4517
- Package CUDA runtime libraries into artifact for Windows by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4497

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1

Resources​

Community​

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Spice v1.0-stable (Jan 20, 2025)

· 11 min read
William Croxson
William Croxson
Senior Software Engineer at Spice AI

🎉 After 47 releases, Spice.ai OSS has reached production readiness with the 1.0-stable milestone!

The core runtime and features such as query federation, query acceleration, catalog integration, search and AI-inference have all graduated to stable status along with key component graduations across data connectors, data accelerators, catalog connectors, and AI model providers.

Highlights in v1.0-stable​

Breaking Changes​

  • Default Runtime Version: The CLI will install the GPU accelerated AI-capable Runtime by default (if supported), when running spice install or spice run. To force-install the non-GPU version, run spice install ai --cpu.

  • Default OpenAI Model: The default OpenAI model has updated to gpt-4o-mini.

  • Identifier Normalization: Unquoted identifiers such as table names are no longer normalized to lowercase. Identifiers will now retain their exact case as provided.

  • Sandboxed Docker Image: The Runtime Docker Image now runs the spiced process as the nobody user in a minimal chroot sandbox.

  • Insecure S3 and ABFS endpoints: The S3 and ABFS connectors now enforce insecure endpoint checks, preventing HTTP endpoints unless allow_http is explicitly enabled. Refer to the documentation for details.

Dependencies​

No major dependency changes.

Upgrading​

To upgrade to v1.0.0, use one of the following methods:

CLI:

spice upgrade

Homebrew:

brew upgrade spiceai/spiceai/spice

Docker:

Pull the spiceai/spiceai:1.0.0 image:

docker pull spiceai/spiceai:1.0.0

For available tags, see DockerHub.

Helm:

helm repo update
helm upgrade spiceai spiceai/spiceai

Contributors​

  • @peasee
  • @ewgenius
  • @Jeadie
  • @Sevenannn
  • @lukekim
  • @phillipleblanc
  • @sgrebnov

What's Changed​

- feat: Update load test criteria, testoperator updates by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4311>
- Update helm for v1.0.0-rc.5 by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4313>
- Update spicepod.schema.json by @github-actions in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4318>
- Bump version to v1.0.0, update SECURITY.md by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4314>
- Initial criteria for models, embeddings by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4223>
- Update benchmark snapshots by @github-actions in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4321>
- Add dremio param for running load test by @Sevenannn in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4315>
- Promote Databricks (mode: delta_lake) connector to stable by @Sevenannn in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4328>
- Handle failed query in load test by @Sevenannn in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4327>
- feat: Use load test hours for baseline query sets by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4334>
- Fix typo in 1.0.0-rc.5 release notes by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4329>
- feat: add testoperator data consistency by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4319>
- docs: Release DuckDB connector stable by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4335>
- Fix DocumentDB -> DynamoDB by @lukekim in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4339>
- Update benchmark snapshots by @github-actions in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4337>
- fix: Download hits.parquet from MinIO for benchmark by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4338>
- Update openapi.json by @github-actions in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4341>
- Remove evil averages by @lukekim in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4343>
- Don't run builds on non-code changes by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4344>
- Remove streaming requirement from Databricks spark Beta and Spark connector Beta by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4345>
- Update s3 tpcds spicepods by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4346>
- Explicitly set required scale factor for throughput and load tests by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4347>
- Fix s3 tpcds dataset name by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4348>
- Promote Iceberg Catalog Connector to Beta by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4350>
- Update s3 clickbench benchmark snapshots by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4351>
- fix: DuckDB clickbench on zero results by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4349>
- Add integration test with snapshots for databricks catalog connector by @Sevenannn in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4353>
- refactor: Remove on zero results from benchmarks, add data consistency workflow by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4354>
- Fix Bug: No field named body_embedding when do vector search with refresh sql containing subset of columns by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4297>
- docs: Update roadmap by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4364>
- feat: Release accelerators stable by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4361>
- Add TPCH/TPCDS test spicepods for MySQL by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4365>
- Catch when an insecure (http) S3 and ABFS data connectors endpoint is used without specifying the `allow_http` parameter by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4363>
- Update ROADMAP - Iceberg catalog alpha for v1.0 by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4367>
- Promote databricks catalog and databricks (spark_connect) connector to beta by @Sevenannn in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4369>
- Update Roadmap - Iceberg beta by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4373>
- Build CUDA binaries for Linux by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4320>
- Promote Nvidia NIM as Alpha by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4380>
- Promote xai to alpha by @Sevenannn in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4381>
- Update stable criteria for object store based connectors by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4383>
- Testoperator: http consistency and overhead tests, fixes and ci by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4382>
- Promote S3 Data Connector to Stable by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4385>
- Download platform-supported CUDA binary version on Linux by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4356>
- Fix http consistency test workflow, add overhead workflow by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4387>
- feat: Add Postgres test spicepods by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4388>
- Fix typos + specific in model criteria; Make explicit alpha/beta tests for LLMS in `crates/llms/tests`.  by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4377>
- Fix federation bug for correlated subqueries of deeply nested Dremio tables by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4389>
- Fix http overhead workflow by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4390>
- Tweak model tests, fix embedding input by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4391>
- Promote Dremio to Stable quality by @Sevenannn in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4392>
- Add beta functionality tests for embedding models. by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4352>
- docs: Release postgres connector stable by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4398>
- Increase timeout for model response in E2E tests by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4399>
- Disable ident normalization (i.e. `SELECT MyColumn from table` works) by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4400>
- Preserve schema metadata by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4402>
- Make models integration tests tracing less verbose by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4403>
- Fix `cuda` feature build on Windows by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4404>
- Promote MySQL to Stable by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4406>
- docs: Release Delta Lake and Unity catalog by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4405>
- Use `gpt-4o-mini` as a default model for openai provider by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4410>
- Fix streaming for Openai and Anthropic by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4409>
- Tweak model loading and missing tool errors messages by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4412>
- Spice CLI: fallback to CPU build for unsupported GPU Compute Capability by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4407>
- Build Windows CUDA binaries as part of `build_and_release` workflow by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4386>
- Update docs link by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4416>
- feat: Add CPU models install escape hatch by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4419>
- Handle OpenAI API Errors by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4417>
- Update spice cli to use `GH_TOKEN` or `GITHUB_TOKEN` env variables when calling releases api by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4175>
- Implement secure sandboxing for Docker image by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4411>
- Automatically install supported CUDA binary on Windows by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4420>
- Metrics for LLMs+ embeddings by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4418>
- Jeadie/25 01 17/beta perf by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4397>
- Pass GitHub token to all CI steps calling spice run by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4423>
- Run the models integration tests on PRs by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4421>
- Run CUDA builds in a separate workflow by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4430>
- Promote OpenAI models and embeddings providers to RC by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4432>
- Update link to retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) details by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4433>
- Unity catalog should strip parameter prefix before passing parameters to delta lake factory by @Sevenannn in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4436>
- Update quickstart traces to match current version by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4435>
- Update Supported Embeddings Providers Readme section by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4434>
- Local models can stream tools by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4429>
- fix: Use MetricsCollector::show() for HTTP testoperator commands by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4442>
- Fix run query action by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4444>
- Default to AI-enabled runtime for `spice run`/`spice install` by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4443>
- Change no spicepod.yaml log to warning by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4447>
- refactor: Update Catalog Connector error messages by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4441>
- Fix panic when converting OTel metrics by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4449>
- refactor: Update model errors by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4446>
- Update spiceai/mistral.rs to silence metadata logs by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4452>
- fix xAI; don't use openai defaults by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4450>
- Improves the UX of using huggingface models by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4451>
- Add GH Workflow to test `spice ai` runtime installation by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4448>
- fix: Use specific model errors where available by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4454>
- Detect and report unsupported embedding column type during dataset registration by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4456>
- Handle Errors by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4455>
- Catch and report negative openai_temperature error by @Sevenannn in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4453>
- Clarify release check error message if it is caused by wrong GH token by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4458>

**Full Changelog**: <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v1.0.0-rc.5...v1.0.0>

Resources​

Community​

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Spice v1.0-rc.5 (Jan 13, 2025)

· 9 min read
Evgenii Khramkov
Evgenii Khramkov
Senior Software Engineer at Spice AI

Announcing the release of Spice v1.0-rc.5 🛠️

Spice v1.0.0-rc.5 is the fifth release candidate for the first major version of Spice.ai OSS. This release focuses production readiness and critical bug fixes. In addition, a new DynamoDB data connector has been added along with automatic detection for GPU acceleration when running Spice using the CLI.

Highlights in v1.0-rc.5​

  • Automatic GPU Acceleration Detection: Automatically detect and utilize GPU acceleration when running by CLI. Install AI components locally using the CLI command spice install ai. Currently supports NVIdia CUDA and Apple Metal (M-series).

  • DynamoDB Data Connector: Query AWS DynamoDB tables using SQL with the new DynamoDB Data Connector.

datasets:
  - from: dynamodb:users
    name: users
    params:
      dynamodb_aws_region: us-west-2
      dynamodb_aws_access_key_id: ${secrets:aws_access_key_id}
      dynamodb_aws_secret_access_key: ${secrets:aws_secret_access_key}
    acceleration:
      enabled: true
sql> describe users;
+----------------+-----------+-------------+
| column_name    | data_type | is_nullable |
+----------------+-----------+-------------+
| created_at     | Utf8      | YES         |
| date_of_birth  | Utf8      | YES         |
| email          | Utf8      | YES         |
| account_status | Utf8      | YES         |
| updated_at     | Utf8      | YES         |
| full_name      | Utf8      | YES         |
| ...                                      |
+----------------+-----------+-------------+

  • File Data Connector: Graduated to Stable.

  • Dremio Data Connector: Graduated to Release Candidate (RC).

  • Spice.ai, Spark, and Snowflake Data Connectors: Graduated to Beta.

Dependencies​

No major dependency changes.

Contributors​

  • @Jeadie
  • @phillipleblanc
  • @ewgenius
  • @peasee
  • @Sevenannn
  • @lukekim

What's Changed​

* Update acknowledgements by @github-actions in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4190
* Ensure non-nullity of primary keys in `MemTable`; check validity of initial data. by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4158
* Bump version to v1.0.0 stable by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4191
* Fix metal + models download by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4193
* Update spice.ai connector beta roadmap by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4194
* feat: verify on zero results snapshots by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4195
* Add throughput test module to `test-framework` by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4196
* Update Spice.ai TPCH snapshots by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4202
* Replace all usage of `lazy_static!` with `LazyLock` by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4199
* Fix model + metal download by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4200
* Run Clickbench for Dremio by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4138
* Update openapi.json by @github-actions in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4205
* Fix the typo in connector stable criteria by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4213
* feat: Add throughput test example by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4214
* feat: calculate throughput test query percentiles by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4215
* feat: Add throughput test to actions by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4217
* Implement DynamoDB Data Connector by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4218
* 1.0 doc updates by @lukekim in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4181
* Improve clarity and concison of use-cases by @lukekim in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4220
* Remove macOS Intel build by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4221
* fix: Test operator throughput test workflow by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4222
* DynamoDB: Automatically load AWS credentials from IAM roles if access key not provided by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4226
* File connector clickbench snapshots results by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4225
* Spice.ai Catalog Connector by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4204
* feat: Add test framework metrics collection by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4227
* Add badges for build/test status on README.md by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4228
* Release Dremio to RC by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4224
* feat: Add more test spicepods by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4229
* feat: Add load test to testoperator by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4231
* Add TSV format to all `object_store`-based connectors by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4192
* Move test-framework to dev-dependencies for Runtime by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4230
* Document limitation for correlated subqueries in TPCH for Spice.ai connector by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4235
* Changes for CUDA by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4130
* fix: Collect batches from test framework, load test updates by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4234
* Suppress opentelemetry_sdk warnings - they aren't useful by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4243
* fix: Set dataset status first, update test framework by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4244
* feat: Re-enable defaults on test spicepods by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4248
* Add usage for streaming local models; Fix spice chat usage bar TPS expansion by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4232
* refactor: Use composite testoperator setup, add query overrides by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4246
* Enable expand_views_at_output for DF optimizer and transform schema to expanded view types by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4237
* Add throughput test spicepod for databricks delta mode connector by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4241
* Spark data connector - update and enable TPCH and TPCDS benchmarks by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4240
* Increase the timeout minutes of load test to 10 hours by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4254
* Improve partition column counts error for delta table by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4247
* Add e2e test for databricks catalog connector (mode: delta_lake) by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4255
* Spark connector integration tests by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4256
* Run benchmark test with the new test framework by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4245
* Configure databricks delta secrets to run load test by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4257
* Support `properties` for emitted telemetry by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4249
* feat: Add `ready_wait` test operator workflow input by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4259
* Handle 'LargeStringArray' for embedding tables by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4263
* `llms` tests for alpha/beta model criteria  by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4261
* Configurable runner type for load and throughput tests by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4262
* Handle NULL partition columns for Delta Lake tables by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4264
* Add integration test for Snowflake by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4266
* Add Snowflake TPCH queries by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4268
* Handle `LargeStringArray` in `v1/search`. by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4265
* Fix `build_cuda` in Update spiced_docker.yml by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4269
* Run Snowflake benchmark in GitHub Actions by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4270
* Allow Snowflake query override for CI tests by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4271
* Don't run GPU builds for trunk by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4272
* Fix InvalidTypeAction not working by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4273
* Add xAI key to llm integration tests by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4274
* Update openai snapshots by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4275
* Fix federation bug for correlated subqueries by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4276
* Update end_game.md by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4278
* Promote Snowflake to Beta by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4277
* Set version to 1.0.0-rc.5 by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4283
* Update cargo.lock by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4285
* Update spice.ai data connector snapshots by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4281
* Promote the Spice.ai Data Connector to Beta by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4282
* Revert change to  `integration_models__models__search__openai_chunking_response.snap` by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4279
* Allow for a subset of build artifacts to be published to minio by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4280
* Promote File Data Connector to Stable by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4286
* Add Iceberg to Supported Catalogs by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4287
* Update openapi.json by @github-actions in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4289
* Fix Spark benchmark credentials, add back overrides by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4295
* Promote Spark Data Connector to Beta by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4296
* Add Dremio throughput test spicepod by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4233
* Add error message for invalid databricks mode parameter by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4299
* Fix pre-release check to look for `build` string by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4300
* Promote databricks catalog connector (mode: delta_lake) to beta by @Sevenannn in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4301
* Properly delegate `load_table` to Rest Catalog by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4303
* Update acknowledgements by @github-actions in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4302
* docs: Update ROADMAP.md by @peasee in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4306
* v1.0.0-rc.5 Release Notes by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4298

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Spice v1.0-rc.4 (Jan 6, 2025)

· 5 min read
Phillip LeBlanc
Phillip LeBlanc
Co-Founder and CTO of Spice AI

Happy New Year 🎆!

Announcing the release of Spice v1.0-rc.4 🌟

Spice v1.0.0-rc.4 is the fourth release candidate for the first major version of Spice.ai OSS. This release continues the focus on production readiness. In addition, xAI has been added as a model provider.

Highlights in v1.0-rc.4​

  • xAI Model Provider: Adds support for xAI hosted models.
models:
  - from: xai:grok2-latest
    name: xai
    params:
      xai_api_key: ${secrets:SPICE_XAI_API_KEY}
  • Spicepod Spec Version: Spicepod spec version v1 is now by default. v1beta1 will continue to work.
version: v1
kind: Spicepod
name: my_pod

Cookbook​

Dependencies​

No major dependency changes.

Contributors​

  • @lukekim
  • @phillipleblanc
  • @peasee
  • @karifabri
  • @sgrebnov
  • @Jeadie
  • @ewgenius

What's Changed​

- Update openapi.json by @github-actions in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4087>
- Update Helm chart for v1.0.0-rc.3 (v0.2.2) by @lukekim in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4088>
- Rev version to v1.0.0-rc.4 by @lukekim in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4090>
- Update spicepod.schema.json by @github-actions in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4089>
- Fix OpenAI Models Integration tests by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4084>
- fix: Update Postgres TPCDS and ClickBench queries by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4092>
- fix: Check Postgres acceleration schema on insert by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4094>
- Update v1.0.0-rc.3.md by @karifabri in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4096>
- Update openapi.json by @github-actions in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4093>
- First-class TSV for file data connector by @lukekim in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4098>
- Allow Flight DoPut only for write api-keys by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4010>
- Only create tables `eval.runs` and `eval.results` when an eval is defined by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4099>
- Update Copyright year to include 2025 by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4100>
- feat: add postgres clickbench accelerator, release postgres accelerator by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4111>
- Add spice binaries with metal to releases; detect metal device in `spice install/upgrade`. by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4097>
- docs: Clarify connector release criteria by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4112>
- Update datafusion-federation to fix LIMIT with OFFSET handling in logical plan rewrite by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4115>
- Support Grok AI. by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4113>
- Fix `spice chat` usage bar. by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4119>
- Set unified max encoding and decoding message size for all flight client configurations across runtime by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4116>
- feat: Add the file connector as an appendable benchmark connector by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4120>
- Add `spice eval` command by @lukekim in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4118>
- Support multi-level table nesting for Dremio by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4129>
- feat: run append TPCH benchmarks in workflow (Arrow, DuckDB) by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4131>
- Fix bug in Iceberg tables selecting a subset of columns by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4132>
- feat: Run append TPCDS benchmarks in workflow (Arrow, DuckDB) by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4141>
- Setup spice.ai clickbench by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4134>
- Data is streamed when reading from the GitHub connector (GraphQL tables) by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4142>
- Mark the GitHub Data Connector as Stable by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4143>
- Fix table quoting for Databricks Spark connector by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4145>
- Extend flight compute context for spice.ai connector with org and app names, to fix federated queries from different spice.ai data sources by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4144>
- Enforce Flight DoPut policies: Rate Limiting, Read Timeout, and Max Records per Batch by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4117>
- Fix bug Changes in catalog.yaml would require saving in spicepod.yaml to apply by @sgrebnov in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4147>
- Update benchmark snapshots by @github-actions in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4137>
- Add `test-framework` crate to contain all common benchmark, E2E, integration testing logic. by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4157>
- Fix `platform_option` variable in `build_and_release.yml`. by @Jeadie in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4154>
- feat: Add Clickbench append benchmark for DuckDB and Arrow by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4160>
- Upload artifacts to Minio on build_and_release by @phillipleblanc in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4159>
- feat: add on zero results benchmark by @peasee in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4164>
- Update spice.ai connector tests by @ewgenius in <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4161>

**Full Changelog**: <https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v1.0.0-rc.3...v1.0.0-rc.4>
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