This topic describes the release notes for E-MapReduce (EMR) Serverless Spark on March 3, 2025.
Overview
On March 3, 2025, the latest version of EMR Serverless Spark is released, featuring platform improvements, improved performance, and enhanced engine capabilities.
Platform updates
Feature | Description | References |
Sales | Computing resource plans are provided for pay-as-you-go Spark workspaces. This helps reduce costs. The first time you purchase a resource plan with a capacity of 3,000 CU-hours, you can enjoy a 50% discount. | Notice on the first-purchase discount for EMR Serverless Spark resource plans |
Subscription quotas are provided. Subscription quotas are cost-effective and are suitable for scenarios where long-term and stable resource usage is required. | ||
Free trial | New users can apply for a resource plan with a capacity of 1,000 CU-hours for free and use the resource plan to get started with extract, transform, and load (ETL) development, task scheduling, and data query and analysis. | |
Integration with other ecosystems |
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OpenAPI | APIs for creating workspaces and sessions are available. |
Engine updates
Engine version | Description |
esr-2.5.1 (Spark 3.3.1, Scala 2.12) esr-3.1.1 (Spark 3.4.3, Scala 2.12) esr-4.1.1 (Spark 3.5.2, Scala 2.12) | The ClassNotFound issue and issues related to stack overflow are fixed. |
Celeborn |
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