Releases Archive
Release 3.0.1 available
2018 Mar 25
After four alpha releases and one beta release, 3.0.0 is generally available. 3.0.0 consists of 302 bug fixes, improvements, and other enhancements since 3.0.0-beta1. All together, 6242 issues were fixed as part of the 3.0.0 release series since 2.7.0.
This is the next release of Apache Hadoop 3.0 line. It contains 49 bug fixes, improvements and enhancements since 3.0.0.
Please note: 3.0.0 is deprecated after 3.0.1 because HDFS-12990 changes NameNode default RPC port back to 8020.
Users are encouraged to read the overview of major changes since 3.0.0. For details of 49 bug fixes, improvements, and other enhancements since the previous 3.0.0 release, please check release notes and changelog detail the changes since 3.0.0.
Release 2.9.0 available
2017 Dec 17
This is the first GA release in the 2.9 release line. It includes 30 New Features with 500+ subtasks, 407 Improvements, 790 Bug fixes new fixed issues since 2.8.2. For major features and improvements for Apache Hadoop 2.8.2 please refer: overview of major changes. For details of 790 bug fixes, improvements, and other enhancements since the previous 2.8.2 release, please check: release notes and changelog
Please note: Although this release has been tested on fairly large clusters, production users can wait for a subsequent point release which will contain fixes from further stabilization and downstream adoption.
Release 2.7.5 available
2017 Dec 14
This is the next release of Apache Hadoop 2.7 line.
Please see the Hadoop 2.7.5 Release Notes for the list of 34 bug fixes and optimizations since the previous release 2.7.4.
Release 3.0.0 generally available
2017 Dec 13
After four alpha releases and one beta release, 3.0.0 is generally available. 3.0.0 consists of 302 bug fixes, improvements, and other enhancements since 3.0.0-beta1. All together, 6242 issues were fixed as part of the 3.0.0 release series since 2.7.0.
Users are encouraged to read the overview of major changes in 3.0.0. The GA release notes and changelog detail the changes since 3.0.0-beta1.
Release 2.8.3 available
2017 Dec 12
This is the next release of Apache Hadoop 2.8 release line. It contains 79 bug fixes, improvments and other enhancements since 2.8.2.
For major features and improvements for Apache Hadoop 2.8, please refer: overview of major changes. For details of 79 fixes, improvements, and other enhancements since the previous 2.8.2 release, please check: release notes and changelog
Release 2.8.2 available
2017 Oct 24
This is the first GA release in the 2.8 release line. It contains 315 bug fixes, improvments and other enhancements since 2.8.1. For major features and improvements for Apache Hadoop 2.8, please refer: overview of major changes. For details of 315 fixes, improvements, and other enhancements since the previous 2.8.1 release, please check: release notes and changelog
Release 3.0.0-beta1 available
2017 Oct 3
This is the first beta release in the 3.0.0 release line. It consists of 576 bug fixes, improvements, and other enhancements since 3.0.0-alpha4. This is planned to be the final alpha release, with the next release being 3.0.0 GA.
Please note that beta releases are API stable but come with no guarantees of quality, and are not intended for production use.
Users are encouraged to read the overview of major changes coming in 3.0.0. The beta1 release notes and changelog detail the changes since 3.0.0-alpha4.
Release 2.7.4 available
2017 Aug 4
This is the next release of Apache Hadoop 2.7 line.
Please see the Hadoop 2.7.4 Release Notes for the list of 264 bugs fixes and optimizations since the previous release 2.7.3.
Release 3.0.0-alpha4 available
2017 Jul 7
This is the fourth alpha release in the 3.0.0 release line. It consists of 814 bug fixes, improvements, and other enhancements since 3.0.0-alpha3. This is planned to be the final alpha release, with the next release being 3.0.0-beta1.
Please note that alpha releases come with no guarantees of quality or API stability, and are not intended for production use.
Users are encouraged to read the overview of major changes coming in 3.0.0. The alpha4 release notes and changelog detail the changes since 3.0.0-alpha3.
Release 2.8.1 available
2017 Jun 8
This is a security release in the 2.8.0 release line. It consists of 2.8.0 plus security fixes. Users on 2.8.0 are encouraged to upgrade to 2.8.1.
Please note that 2.8.x release line continues to be not yet ready for production use. Critical issues are being ironed out via testing and downstream adoption. Production users should wait for a subsequent release in the 2.8.x line.