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date: 2024-04-08 title: 'Spice.ai v0.10.2-alpha' type: blog linkTitle: 'Spice.ai v0.10.2-alpha is now available' authors: [jeadie] categories: [release] tags: [mysql]

Announcing the release of Spice v0.10.2-alpha (Apr 9, 2024)! 🔥

The v0.10.2-alpha release adds the MySQL data connector and makes external data connections more robust on initialization.

Highlights in v0.10.2-alpha

• MySQL data connector: Connect to any MySQL server, including SSL support.

• Data connections verified at initialization: Verify endpoints and authorization for external data connections (e.g. databricks, spice.ai) at initialization.

New Contributors

• @rthomas made their first contribution in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1022
• @ahirner made their first contribution in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1029
• @gloomweaver made their first contribution in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1004

Contributors

• @phillipleblanc
• @y-f-u
• @ewgenius
• @sgrebnov
• @lukekim
• @digadeesh
• @jeadie

New in this release

• Adds MySQL data connector by @gloomweaver in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1004
• Fixes show tables; parsing in the Spice SQL repl.
• Adds data connector verification at initialization
  • For Dremio by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1017
  • For Databricks by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1019
  • For Spice.ai by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1020
• Fixes Ensures unit and doc tests compile and run by @rthomas in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1022
• Improves Helm chart + Grafana dashboard by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1030
• Fixes Makes data connectors optional features by @ahirner in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1029
• Fixes Fixes SpiceAI E2E for external contributors in Github actions by @ewgenius in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1023
• Fixes remove hardcoded lookback_size (& improve SpiceAI's ModelSource) by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/1016

Full Changelog: https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v0.10.1-alpha...v0.10.2-alpha

Resources

• Getting started with Spice.ai
• Documentation

Community

Spice.ai started with the vision to make AI easy for developers. We are building Spice.ai in the open and with the community. Reach out on Discord or by email to get involved.

• Twitter: @spice_ai
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