- Fix: Specify metric type as a dimension for testoperator by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5630](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5630)
- Fix: Add option to run dispatch schedule by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5631](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5631)
- Infer placeholder datatype for InList, Like, and SimilarTo by [@kczimm](https://github.com/kczimm) in [#5626](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5626)
- Add QA analytics for 1.2.0 by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5640](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5640)
- Fix: Use SPICED_COMMIT for spiced_commit_sha by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5632](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5632)
- New crates/tools by [@Jeadie](https://github.com/Jeadie) in [#5121](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5121)
- Update openapi.json by [@github-actions](https://github.com/github-actions) in [#5643](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5643)
- Enable metrics reporting for models benchmarks (evals) by [@sgrebnov](https://github.com/sgrebnov) in [#5639](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5639)
- Implement CatalogBuilder, add app and runtime references to catalog component, add runtime reference to connector params by [@ewgenius](https://github.com/ewgenius) in [#5641](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5641)
- Fix eventing bug in LLM progress; Add tool and worker progress by [@Jeadie](https://github.com/Jeadie) in [#5619](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5619)
- Handle small precision differences in TPCH answer validation by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5642](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5642)
- Add TokenProviderRegistry to the runtime by [@ewgenius](https://github.com/ewgenius) in [#5651](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5651)
- Provide ModelContextLayer for evals by [@Jeadie](https://github.com/Jeadie) in [#5648](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5648)
- Databricks data_components refactor. Databricks Spark connect - add set_token method and writable spark session by [@ewgenius](https://github.com/ewgenius) in [#5654](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5654)
- Extract AWS Glue warehouse for cross-account Iceberg tables by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5656](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5656)
- Refactor Dataset component by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5660](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5660)
- Fix Iceberg API returning 404 when schema contains a Dictionary by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5665](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5665)
- Fix dependencies: downgrade swagger-ui to v8; force zip to 2.3.0 by [@kczimm](https://github.com/kczimm) in [#5664](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5664)
- Add DuckDB indexes spicepod, additional dispatches by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5633](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5633)
- Update readme: update data federation link by [@nuvic](https://github.com/nuvic) in [#5673](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5673)
- Support metadata columns for object-store based data connectors by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5661](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5661)
- Add model name to LLM judges, and add model_graded_scoring task by [@Jeadie](https://github.com/Jeadie) in [#5655](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5655)
- Add SF1000 TPCH test spicepods for delta lake by [@Sevenannn](https://github.com/Sevenannn) in [#5606](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5606)
- Validate Github Connector resource existence before building the github connector graphql table by [@Sevenannn](https://github.com/Sevenannn) in [#5674](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5674)
- Remove hard-coded embedding performance tests in CI by [@Sevenannn](https://github.com/Sevenannn) in [#5675](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5675)
- Databricks M2M auth for spark connect data connector by [@ewgenius](https://github.com/ewgenius) in [#5659](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5659)
- Enable federated data refresh support for accelerated views by [@sgrebnov](https://github.com/sgrebnov) in [#5677](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5677)
- Add pods watcher integration test by [@Sevenannn](https://github.com/Sevenannn) in [#5681](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5681)
- Add m2m support for databricks delta connector by [@ewgenius](https://github.com/ewgenius) in [#5680](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5680)
- Update end_game.md by [@sgrebnov](https://github.com/sgrebnov) in [#5684](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5684)
- Update StaticTokenProvider to use SecretString instead of raw str value by [@ewgenius](https://github.com/ewgenius) in [#5686](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5686)
- Add M2M Auth support for Databricks catalog connector by [@ewgenius](https://github.com/ewgenius) in [#5687](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5687)
- Update UX to disable acceleration federation by [@sgrebnov](https://github.com/sgrebnov) in [#5682](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5682)
- Improve placeholder inference (LIMIT & Expr::InSubquery) by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5692](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5692)
- Tweak default log to ignore aws_config::imds::region by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5693](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5693)
- Make Spice properly Iceberg Catalog API compatible for load table API by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5695](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5695)
- Use deterministic queries for Databricks m2m catalog tests by [@ewgenius](https://github.com/ewgenius) in [#5696](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5696)
- Support retrieving the latest Iceberg table on table scan by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5704](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5704)