Impact Score: 5/10
DuckDB: v1.4.1 Bugfix Release
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
β‘ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
DuckDB v1.4.1. Source highlight: This is a bug fix release for various issues discovered after we released 1.4.0.
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β¨ New Features & Capabilities (4)
- Correctly re-align all child column segments of the ColumnData on Deserialize, and add logging to checkpoints
- Add config: one_schema_per_test.json
- Don't write parquet-native `GEOMETRY` by default, add option to control GeoParquet version
- add support for writing geoparquet with v2 metadata too
β‘ Performance & Enhancements (1)
- HTTPUtil: response might be null, perform check
π§ Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- Fix attach to right DB when using DuckLake
- Build Fix: `unordered_map<enum class` is not supported in all compilers, use `map<` instead
- Re-add aliased settings to duckdb_settings() view, and some fixes for aliased settings
- Fix threading issues in metadata manager, and expand concurrent attach / detach fuzz test
- [unittest] Fixes so that '{BASE_TEST_NAME}' can be used within --on-new-connection
- add a bunch of expected error messages to old macro tests and fix issβ¦
π View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
This is a bug fix release for various issues discovered after we released 1.4.0.
## What's Changed
* Fix attach to right DB when using DuckLake by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19011
* set default value of MAIN_BRANCH_VERSIONING to false by @c-herrewijn in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19014
* ComplexJSON: parse all valid JSON correctly by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19024
* Issue #19016: ICU Offset Parsing by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19029
* Throw if we detect a quoted new line with the null padding set in parallel mode by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19012
* Bump iceberg & ducklake by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19037
* Build Fix: `unordered_map<enum class` is not supported in all compilers, use `map<` instead by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19046
* Disable emitting versioned libraries by default by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19047
* Re-add aliased settings to duckdb_settings() view, and some fixes for aliased settings by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19050
* Fix threading issues in metadata manager, and expand concurrent attach / detach fuzz test by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19054
* Correctly re-align all child column segments of the ColumnData on Deserialize, and add logging to checkpoints by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19055
* [unittest] Fixes so that '{BASE_TEST_NAME}' can be used within --on-new-connection by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19056
* add a bunch of expected error messages to old macro tests and fix iss⦠by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19042
* Always execute cast and try_cast if they are not invertible by @DinosL in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19010
* Switching core extension upload to dedicated credentials by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19061
* Include BeginQuery in latency metric by @taniabogatsch in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19064
* [Dev] Bit of code cleanup in (parquet) ColumnWriter by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19063
* Add config: one_schema_per_test.json by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19059
* Change bucket name for core extensions by @hannes in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19083
* Moved test data into testing dir by @NiclasHaderer in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19102
* Bump httpfs by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19104
* Fix example syntax in `variant_typeof()` function by @krlmlr in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/18977
* Avoid throwing on unset extension setting by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19117
* Fix internal issue 5975 by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19101
* Properly initialize `StringStats` in Parquet reader by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19139
* Remove HTTPFS tests and setup scripts by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19140
* Validate JSON in Parquet reader by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19143
* Fix bug in merge into when condition is in parenthesis by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19137
* Allow implicit casts from `JSON[]` to `JSON` again by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19141
* [ci] Change logic for saving caches: Github variable that decides what gets cached by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19150
* Fix handling of quotes in ToString() of search_path in current_setting by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19162
* Delay throwing `NotImplementedException` in `ExpressionBinder` by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19153
* Issue #18303: AsOf NLJ Nulls by @hawkfish in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19173
* HTTPUtil: response might be null, perform check by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19179
* Handle malformed schema index in Parquet reader by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19191
* ATTACH IF NOT EXISTS: avoid looping waiting for DETACH to finish, wait only for an ATTACH operation to finish by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19193
* Implement duckdb_connection_count table function by @taniabogatsch in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19187
* Disable ALP for non-default block sizes by @taniabogatsch in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19197
* Check for unresolved parameters when binding `CREATE MACRO ... AS TABLE` by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19196
* https://duckdb-blobs.s3.amazonaws.com -> https://blobs.duckdb.org by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19206
* [chore] Attempt at restoring workflow for MinGW Static libs by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19205
* Simple no default region return 301 response by @Tmonster in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19087
* [Fix] Correctly reset the gate status during ART merging by @taniabogatsch in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19204
* build spatial extension for mingw by @c-herrewijn in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19207
* Fixup templated version of TryGetSecretKeyOrSetting by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19218
* Bump: delta by @samansmink in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19220
* Autoloading helper file system: allow either autoloading or proper errors in more file operations by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19198
* Eargerly destroy sort buffers in Window by @lnkuiper in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19224
* [Transaction] Delete and drop of a table can now happen in the same transaction without error by @Tishj in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/18918
* PRAGMA's MissingEntry: Suggest CALL might be an option by @carlopi in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/18815
* Bump: aws, ducklake, iceberg by @samansmink in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19228
* Issue 18603 by @Tmonster in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19227
* Bump DuckLake to latest of V1.4 by @pdet in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19237
* Bump mysql and sqlite by @staticlibs in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19240
* Don't write parquet-native `GEOMETRY` by default, add option to control GeoParquet version by @Maxxen in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19244
* When executing a relation, generate a query to set if it is not a query relation by @Mytherin in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19234
* add support for writing geoparquet with v2 metadata too by @Maxxen in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19246
* Bump: iceberg by @samansmink in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19250
* Bump: avro, httpfs by @samansmink in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19248
* bump duckdb-azure ref for 1.4.1 by @benfleis in https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/pull/19275
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/compare/v1.4.0...v1.4.1