generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/changelog/
scheme: semver
policy: >-
  Semantic Versioning 2.0.0. Deprecations appear in minor releases before
  complete removal in major versions.
current_version: 1.19.0
entries:
- version: 1.19.0
  date: '2026-07-13'
  highlights:
  - Spark 4 support.
  - Preserve date-like strings in SQL distinct value sets.
  - Regex list validation improvements.
- version: 1.18.2
  highlights:
  - Fix Spark Connect compatibility for .rdd usage in Spark distinct-values metrics.
  - Multiple dependency updates.
- version: 1.18.1
  highlights:
  - Fix HTML escaping for regex angle brackets in Data Docs.
  - Remove the GX Cloud documentation site.
- version: 1.18.0
  breaking: true
  highlights:
  - Raise an error on CloudDataContext construction and remove cloud test suites as part of the GX Cloud shutdown.
- version: 1.17.2
  highlights:
  - Fix boolean value handling in CSV asset addition.
  - Restore SQLAlchemy 1.4 compatibility for column uniqueness checks.
- version: 1.17.1
  highlights:
  - Fix Spark nested columns breaking unexpected index column names.
  - Fix column name recognition in BatchData.