Drop support for JDK 11 #4844

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5. comphead commented on Jul 13, 2026

   

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   According to https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/docs/3.5.0/#downloading

   Spark runs on Java 8/11/17, Scala 2.12/2.13, Python 3.8+, and R 3.5+. Java 8 prior to version 8u371 support is deprecated as of Spark 3.5.0. When using the Scala API, it is necessary for applications to use the same version of Scala that Spark was compiled for. For example, when using Scala 2.13, use Spark compiled for 2.13, and compile code/applications for Scala 2.13 as well.
   

   Therefore the minimum JDK 17 is starting only from Spark 4. This ticket should be tied to Spark 3.5 support deprecation
6. sunchao

   closed this as completedin #5897on Sep 13, 2026
7. peterxcli

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   chore: drop support for JDK 11 (apache#5897)

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   This issue will close once commit 481aefe is merged into the 'main' branch.

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