topic Re: When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13 in Data Engineering

When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13

bidek56 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:31:54 GMT

When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13? Thx

Re: When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13

Walter_C — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:45:26 GMT

It is expected to reach with DBR 16.3 LTS which is expected to be GA by beginning of March

Re: When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13

bidek56 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:07:15 GMT

Any way to make it happen sooner? Some of Scala and Java libraries do not work with Scala 2.12 anymore, b/c it's so old. Spark has been available for Scala 2.13 for a long time. It's very disappointing that it takes so long for DB to offer Scala 2.13, specially since Scala has moved to version 3+ long time ago. Thx

Re: When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13

Walter_C — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:23:27 GMT

As per the information from the product team, this was a decision make to accommodate it also with the release of Spark 4. The release timeline is not a full decision it might change but as of now it has been selected to be by the timeframe proposed

Re: When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13

JoseSoto — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:45:20 GMT

Hi everyone,

I saw that Scala 2.13 is expected to be available with Databricks Runtime 16.3 LTS, with a tentative GA release in early March 2025. Can someone from Databricks confirm if this timeline is still on track?

Any updates on potential preview availability would also be helpful.

Thanks!

Re: When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13

bidek56 — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:28:19 GMT

The date keeps moving forward, I wouldn't get your hopes up on 2.13. 😰

Re: When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13

JoseSoto — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:39:42 GMT

Spark 4 is coming and it's only going to support Scala 2.13, so a Databricks Runtime with Spark 3.5.x and Scala 2.13 should be released soonish.

Re: When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13

r0bturner — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:31:36 GMT

Do you have a more precise date for this release now? In the process of downgrading a project from 2.13 to 2.12 just so I can introduce databricks connect.

Re: When will DB release runtime with Scala 2.13

rcaputo3 — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:25:45 GMT

Looks like 16.3 beta has been released with Scala 2.12.15. When has Scala 2.13 been pushed back to?