SEP STS breaking changes#

This page compiles the breaking changes introduced in Starburst Enterprise platform (SEP) STS release 471-e and higher. When upgrading between SEP releases, refer to this page to address all breaking changes listed between the two.

479-e STS (13 Feb 2026)#

  • Starburst data catalog only uses the catalog.default.location.uri as the database location when the database’s catalogid matches the value you configure in catalog.default.catalog.id. If your catalogid does not match catalog.default.catalog.id, you must either specify a locationUri when creating databases or specify a location for each table explicitly, or queries against those tables fail.

  • As of SEP 479-e, integration with Apache Ranger Admin 2.0.0 is no longer supported. You must upgrade your Ranger Admin deployment to version 2.1.0 or higher to continue using Ranger-based authorization.

  • Starburst Warp Speed now requires local SSD storage on the coordinator in addition to the existing local SSDs on worker nodes. You must provision local SSD storage on the coordinator before upgrading.

  • The following Starburst Warp Speed features are removed:

    • Fast warmup

    • Warmup rules

    • Index and cache resiliency

    Associated properties for configuring these features are removed:

    • warp-speed.config.store.type

    • warp-speed.store.path

    • warp-speed.objectstore.*

    • warp-speed.local-store.path

    • warp-speed.enable.import-export

    • warp-speed.use-http-server-port

    • warp-speed.call-home.*

    You must remove these properties from your configuration or the cluster fails to start.

  • The following Delta Lake Unity Catalog managed table configuration properties have been renamed:

    • hive.metastore.unity.catalog-owned-table-enabled to hive.metastore.unity.catalog-managed-table-enabled

    • delta.feature.catalogOwned-preview to delta.feature.catalogManaged

    Update existing configurations to use the new property names.

  • The query editor Run and troubleshoot configuration property troubleshooting.anonymized-query-plan has been removed. Remove this property from your configuration before upgrading.

478-e STS (8 Dec 2025)#

  • As of SEP 478-e, the default implementation of the ConnectorFactory#getSecuritySensitivePropertyName method is abstract. This method identifies configuration properties that may contain security-sensitive information so the engine can mask their values. Custom connectors must provide their own implementation. This change affects only customers who maintain custom plugins.

472-e STS (17 Apr 2025)#

  • The following HTTP client property prefixes have been renamed:

    • workerInfo to worker-info

    • memoryManager to memory-manager

    If you use these properties in your configuration files, the old names are no longer recognized. Update your configurations to use the new names to avoid unexpected behavior.

  • The following Hive metastore HTTP client properties have been removed:

    • hive.metastore.http.client.additional-headers

    • hive.metastore.http.client.authentication.type

    • hive.metastore.http.client.bearer-token

    • hive.metastore.http.client.read-timeout

    If your current configuration includes any of these properties, update your configuration to remove them. If left in place, you may experience connection and authentication issues when interacting with the Hive metastore.

  • The Db2 connector no longer supports setting fetchSize in the JDBC connection URL. You must remove fetchSize from your connection-url property and use the db2.fetch-size property instead.

471-e STS (1 Apr 2025)#

  • The minimum required Java runtime for the JDBC driver and CLI has been updated to Java 11. If you are using an earlier version, you must upgrade to Java 11 or later.

  • The optimize_hash_generation session property and the optimizer.optimize-hash-generation configuration option have been removed. You must remove these properties from your configuration or the cluster fails to start.

  • The following Unity catalog metastore configuration properties have been renamed in the Delta Lake connector:

    • delta.metastore.unity.host to hive.metastore.unity.host

    • delta.metastore.unity.catalog-name to hive.metastore.unity.catalog-name

    • delta.metastore.unity.access-token to hive.metastore.unity.token

    Update these properties in your catalog configuration file or the cluster fails to start.

  • The Kinesis connector has been removed. Update your dependencies and configurations to use an alternative connector.