--- title: Delta Lake 0.7.0 Released | daily.dev description: Delta Lake 0.7.0 ships as the first release built on Apache Spark 3.0, adding Hive metastore support for defining Delta tables and using them directly in SQL... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/delta-lake-0-7-0-released-v8kbrgt07 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Delta Lake 0.7.0 Released | daily.dev og:description: Delta Lake 0.7.0 ships as the first release built on Apache Spark 3.0, adding Hive metastore support for defining Delta tables and using them directly in SQL... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/delta-lake-0-7-0-released-v8kbrgt07 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/V8kBrgt07.png og:image:alt: Delta Lake 0.7.0 Released og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Delta Lake 0.7.0 Released **[Delta Lake Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/delta-lake)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Delta Lake 0.7.0 ships as the first release built on Apache Spark 3.0, adding Hive metastore support for defining Delta tables and using them directly in SQL DDL and DML operations including DELETE, UPDATE, and MERGE. Other additions include automatic incremental Presto/Athena manifest generation, configurable table history retention, user-defined commit metadata, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 support via Hadoop 3.2, and improved handling of streaming one-time triggers. Significant internal changes mean workloads using the DeltaTable programmatic APIs may require migration steps, detailed in the migration guide. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new features does Delta Lake 0.7.0 add on Apache Spark 3.0? Delta Lake 0.7.0 is the first release built on Apache Spark 3.0 and adds support for defining Delta tables in the Hive metastore, using SQL DDL to create and alter tables, and SQL DML operations DELETE, UPDATE, and MERGE. It also adds automatic incremental Presto/Athena manifest generation, configurable table history retention, user-defined commit metadata, and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 support via Hadoop 3.2 libraries. _Track Delta Lake and Spark release notes on daily.dev before planning a metastore migration._ ### Do I need to migrate my code when upgrading to Delta Lake 0.7.0? Yes, workloads using the DeltaTable programmatic APIs from previous Delta Lake versions may require additional changes to migrate to 0.7.0 due to significant internal changes accompanying the move to Apache Spark 3.0. A migration guide is provided in the official documentation to walk through the required updates. _daily.dev helps engineers spot breaking changes like this before an upgrade bites._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Advancing the Open Lakehouse with Apache Spark, the Delta Kernel, and the new UC Delta APIs](https://daily.dev/posts/advancing-the-open-lakehouse-with-apache-spark-the-delta-kernel-and-the-new-uc-delta-apis-dbaazlwws) · Delta Lake Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [DuckLake 1.0: Data Lake Format with SQL Catalog Metadata](https://daily.dev/posts/ducklake-1-0-data-lake-format-with-sql-catalog-metadata-i1k4mw1ne) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Advancing the Lakehouse with Apache Iceberg v3 on Databricks](https://daily.dev/posts/advancing-the-lakehouse-with-apache-iceberg-v3-on-databricks-6p6wf37qi) · databricks · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Apache Iceberg vs Delta Lake: Choosing the Right Table Format](https://daily.dev/posts/apache-iceberg-vs-delta-lake-choosing-the-right-table-format-vtnia2ems) · BigData Boutique blog · 7 upvotes · 0 comments - [Delta Lake Explained: Boost Data Reliability in Cloud Storage](https://daily.dev/posts/delta-lake-explained-boost-data-reliability-in-cloud-storage-oechbmvm4) · databricks · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#sql](https://daily.dev/tags/sql), [#data-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/data-engineering), [#apache-spark](https://daily.dev/tags/apache-spark) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/delta-lake-0-7-0-released-v8kbrgt07) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Delta Lake 0.7.0 Released","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/delta-lake-0-7-0-released-v8kbrgt07","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/delta-lake-0-7-0-released-v8kbrgt07"},"datePublished":"2026-08-16T08:53:39.426Z","dateModified":"2026-08-16T08:57:46.954Z","description":"Delta Lake 0.7.0 ships as the first release built on Apache Spark 3.0, adding Hive metastore support for defining Delta tables and using them directly in SQL...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8205a85053d3da3e0e91669b1b61b1a3?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8205a85053d3da3e0e91669b1b61b1a3?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Delta Lake Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Delta Lake Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--7f2q9Asf--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786870393/logos/delta-lake?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/delta-lake"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/delta-lake-0-7-0-released-v8kbrgt07","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"sql,data-engineering,apache-spark","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Delta Lake Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/delta-lake"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Delta Lake 0.7.0 Released"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/delta-lake-0-7-0-released-v8kbrgt07#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What new features does Delta Lake 0.7.0 add on Apache Spark 3.0?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Delta Lake 0.7.0 is the first release built on Apache Spark 3.0 and adds support for defining Delta tables in the Hive metastore, using SQL DDL to create and alter tables, and SQL DML operations DELETE, UPDATE, and MERGE. 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