Generally availableOct 14, 2026

The Apache Hive catalog endpoint in the Lakehouse runtime catalog is now generally available (GA).

The Apache Hive catalog endpoint in the Lakehouse runtime catalog is now generally available (GA). This integration lets you use the metastore as a serverless, central metadata layer, enabling seamless data sharing and unified querying across Apache Spark, Apache Hive, and BigQuery.

For more information, see About the Hive catalog endpoint and Set up Spark and Hive with the Lakehouse runtime catalog.

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