Apache Arrow Go 18.5.2 Release

Published 04 Mar 2026
By The Apache Arrow PMC (pmc)

The Apache Arrow team is pleased to announce the v18.5.2 release of Apache Arrow Go. This patch release covers 16 commits from 6 distinct contributors.

Contributors

$ git shortlog -sn v18.5.1..v18.5.2
    11	Matt Topol
     2	daniel-adam-tfs
     1	Evan Todd
     1	Rusty Conover
     1	Stas Spiridonov
     1	William

Changelog

What's Changed

  • chore: bump parquet-testing submodule by @zeroshade in #633
  • fix(arrow/array): handle empty binary values correctly in BinaryBuilder by @zeroshade in #634
  • test(arrow/array): add test to binary builder by @zeroshade in #636
  • fix(parquet): decryption of V2 data pages by @daniel-adam-tfs in #596
  • perf(arrow): Reduce the amount of allocated objects by @spiridonov in #645
  • fix(parquet/file): regression with decompressing data by @zeroshade in #652
  • fix(arrow/compute): take on record/array with nested struct by @zeroshade in #653
  • fix(parquet/file): write large string values by @zeroshade in #655
  • ci: ensure extra GC cycle for flaky tests by @zeroshade in #661
  • fix(arrow/array): handle exponent notation for unmarshal int by @zeroshade in #662
  • fix(flight/flightsql/driver): fix time.Time params by @etodd in #666
  • fix(parquet): bss encoding and tests on big endian systems by @daniel-adam-tfs in #663
  • fix(parquet/pqarrow): selective column reading of complex map column by @zeroshade in #668
  • feat(arrow/ipc): support custom_metadata on RecordBatch messages by @rustyconover in #669
  • feat: Support setting IPC options in FlightSQL call options by @peasee in #674
  • chore(dev/release): embed hash of source tarball into email by @zeroshade in #675
  • chore(arrow): bump PkgVersion to 18.5.2 by @zeroshade in #676

New Contributors

  • @spiridonov made their first contribution in #645
  • @etodd made their first contribution in #666
  • @rustyconover made their first contribution in #669
  • @peasee made their first contribution in #674

Full Changelog: https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/compare/v18.5.1...v18.5.2