[RELEASE] Apache Cassandra 6.0-alpha1 is out ‼️

This is a quarterly alpha release, for testing and development purposes.

Download it at: downloads.apache.org/cassandra/6....

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📅 Cassandra has formalized its release cadence: one major release per year (beginning each April), with quarterly trunk alphas in between.
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Predictable upgrades as the project heads toward 6.0.

[RELEASE] Apache Cassandra Releases 5.0.7 , 4.1.11 and 4.0.20 are out ‼️

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Index of /cassandra/cassandra-sidecar/0.3.0

[RELEASE] Apache Cassandra Analytics 0.3.0 is out!

Downloads: downloads.apache.org/cassandra/ca...
Changelog: github.com/apache/cassa...

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[RELEASE] Apache Cassandra Sidecar 0.3.0 is out!

Downloads: downloads.apache.org/cassandra/ca...
Changelog: github.com/apache/cassa...

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CEP-59: Graceful Disconnect for #ApacheCassandra!

When a node shuts down, it now signals connected drivers via an in-band GRACEFUL_DISCONNECT event. Drivers stop new queries, let in-flight requests finish, then reconnect — no more client-side timeouts on restarts 🔄

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The #ApacheCassandra PMC is delighted to welcome Francisco Guerrero ( @francisco-guerrero.bsky.social ) as our newest PMC member! 🎉

Francisco has been a key contributor to the project — especially driving the Sidecar sub-project forward.

Congratulations! 🎊
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Happy Friday! Let's talk about Apache Cassandra "CEP-51: Support Include Semantics for cassandra.yaml" for a hot minute. This CEP proposes a way to split up this crucial and large file. Benefits… | Mariah McLaughlin Happy Friday! Let's talk about Apache Cassandra "CEP-51: Support Include Semantics for cassandra.yaml" for a hot minute. This CEP proposes a way to split up this crucial and large file. Benefits include...

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Apache Software Foundation announced the opening of Travel Assistance Applications for next Community Over Code in Glasgow next October. tac.apache.org

If you are planning to be around, please come and say hi on the @cassandra.apache.org track!

We're halfway through this series on Apache Cassandra CEPs. Next up is "CEP-52: Schema Annotations for Apache Cassandra." Documenting your data provides a multitude of benefits from clarity for users… | Mariah McLaughlin We're halfway through this series on Apache Cassandra CEPs. Next up is "CEP-52: Schema Annotations for Apache Cassandra." Documenting your data provides a multitude of benefits from clarity for users...

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Shout out to Sam Lightfoot for an amazing contribution to Apache Cassandra! CASSANDRA-19987 now gives us the option to use Direct IO on compaction reads. There's a great reason to do… | Jon Haddad Shout out to Sam Lightfoot for an amazing contribution to Apache Cassandra! CASSANDRA-19987 now gives us the option to use Direct IO on compaction reads. There's a great reason to do this: Compaction...

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Community Over Code Call for Presentations Now Open: Introducing Lakehouse Day EU 2026  - The ASF Blog Conference organizers for The ASF are pleased to announce the Call for Presentations for two events coming in October. This year, Community Over Code Glasgow will feature a co-located, standalone,…

Cassandra Track at Community over Code ‼️
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This is the main event for our community to connect this year 🪩

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JDK21 support | Dmitry Konstantinov 🎉 JDK 21 support has been merged into Cassandra trunk! https://lnkd.in/eZrtd6vD We now have access to GenZGC, new Java APIs, and the performance improvements available in this JDK LTS release. Huge...

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Open Source – Amazon Web Services

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GitHub - apache/cassandra-nodejs-driver: Node.js Driver for Apache Cassandra Node.js Driver for Apache Cassandra. Contribute to apache/cassandra-nodejs-driver development by creating an account on GitHub.

The NodeJS Driver is officially in the project, thanks to the donation from @datastax.dev & IBM

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Apache Cassandra® New York Metro Area User Group · Luma Agenda 5 - 5:45: Pizza / Beer 5:45 - 6:15: NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin, NetApp 6:15 - 7:00: Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5…

The NEXT New York Area Cassandra User Group will be held at the NetApp NYC office, 18th February. Help spread the word! luma.com/q6kuetpe

Apache Cassandra® New York Metro Area User Group · Luma Agenda 5 - 5:45: Pizza / Beer 5:45 - 6:15: NetApp, what we do, our role in open source - Mariah McLaughlin, NetApp 6:15 - 7:00: Unleashing AI in Cassandra 5…

The NEXT NY Area Cassandra User Group will be held at the NetApp NYC office, 18th February.
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Not Only did the NoSQL moniker come from a Apache Cassandra dev,
Apache Cassandra remains the leading popular open source NoSQL database today.

#support_open_source_technologies

From db-engines top 50 databases,
the only vendor-neutral open sourced NoSQL databases are
Apache Cassandra and Apache HBase.

#choose_sustainable_open_source_technologies

Happy Friday!! Today is a good day. I am thrilled to announce that latest PR for CDC support in Sidecar (CEP-44) was just merged into C* Sidecar. More testing coverage, bug filing and fixing lies ahead of us. So proud to be a member of this community @cassandra.apache.org!

From db-engines top 100 databases,
the only application databases that are vendor-neutral open sourced are:
Apache Cassandra, Postgres, H2, Apache CouchDB, and HSQLDB.

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Cassandra 5.0 performance improvements.

Sharing my 2025 Apache Cassandra Year in Review and Gratitudes –
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GitHub - apache/cassandra-python-driver: DataStax Python Driver for Apache Cassandra DataStax Python Driver for Apache Cassandra. Contribute to apache/cassandra-python-driver development by creating an account on GitHub.

The Python Driver is officially part of the project, thanks to the donation from DataStax & IBM

Now found at github.com/apache/cassa...

Reach out to get involved in next steps post-donation: new docs location & first release; great ways to get involved & become part of our dev community