AWS Glue 6.0 Launches with Price Cut and Apache Iceberg v3 Support

AWS Glue 6.0 delivers a 30% price reduction alongside enhancements including Iceberg v3 compatibility and runtimes upgraded to Spark 4.1 and Python 3.13.

By Victor Hale · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-08-21 · 1 min read

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The update incorporates Apache Iceberg v3 features like the VARIANT type for semi-structured data, deletion vectors for optimized row-level updates, spatial data types, and more flexible schema evolution mechanisms. Glue 6.0 also supports newer Apache Hudi and Delta Lake versions.

Developer productivity improvements include Spark Declarative Pipelines for reduced code, real-time streaming with sub-second latencies, and faster Python UDFs via Arrow. The release supports large-scale ETL, batch, streaming, and AI workloads, available broadly across AWS regions.

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AWS Glue 6.0 delivers 30% price reduction and Iceberg v3 support ↗

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