Apache Iceberg released Python 0.12.0 with 470+ merged PRs adding REST catalog view support, concurrent commit handling, incremental append scans, and geometry type support. The release fixes numerous correctness bugs and bumps minimum dependencies for PyArrow and PyIceberg-core.

• REST catalog now supports creating, loading, listing, and dropping Iceberg views with a View object API
• Writes now retry on concurrent commits and validate for conflicts instead of failing silently
• 40+ bug fixes address critical issues like partition pruning, null/NaN handling, timestamp parsing, and decimal encoding
• Minimum PyArrow bumped from 17.0.0 to 18.0.0; PyIceberg-core requirement increased to >=0.10.1,<0.11.0

OpenClaw released a major overhaul built by nearly 1,000 contributors that simplifies setup, rebuilds the browser experience, and adds multiplayer collaboration features. The 50% increase in pull requests took seven weeks instead of their usual daily releases because the team rewrote both the codebase and their shipping process simultaneously.

• Installation now starts with what's already on your computer (existing API keys, local models, ChatGPT/Claude subscriptions) rather than requiring fresh setup, letting users reach their first conversation faster
• The browser app was rebuilt as a primary experience where users can set up workflows, return to ongoing work, and follow live progress instead of treating it as secondary
• Shared cloud sessions enable multiplayer workflows—teams can collaborate on tasks with full context intact, which the OpenClaw team itself used while building this release
• The update spans every part of the system: installation, messaging, memory, skills, models, automations, plugins, security, and native apps