## apache/spark — v4.2.0-rc4…v4.2.0-rc5

_22 commits._

### Features
- **[SPARK-56971][SS] Add CommitMetadataV3 and SinkMetadataInfo for sink evolution** (bfcc62b)
- **[SPARK-57767][R] Drop R 3.x Support** (3598da4)
- **[SPARK-57765][R] Support Java 25 in SparkR** (0c966e0)

### Fixes
- **[SPARK-57679][PYTHON] Fix numpy type checking** (c655abe)
- **[SPARK-57772][INFRA][R] Fix to use `noble-cran40` CRAN repository in SparkR test image** (8b95cd3)
- **[SPARK-57736][SQL] Fix NPE in CreateNamedStruct.dataType when a struct field name is null** (25b4ea9)
- **[SPARK-57726][SQL] Fix NPE in AttributeReference.hashCode when the attribute name is null** (850ee75)
- **[SPARK-57725][4.2][SQL] Fix NPE in AttributeSeq column resolution when an attribute has a null name** (581af90)

### Backend
- **Preparing Spark release v4.2.0-rc5** (15d153e)
- **[SPARK-57869][BUILD] Remove `logging-interceptor` from `LICENSE-binary`** (5074fee)
- **Validate executor local directories and block ids in the external shuffle service** (274c96c)
- **[SPARK-57861][BUILD] Remove `javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api` from `LICENSE-binary`** (ce5ac9a)
- **[SPARK-56972][4.2][SS] Persist sink name in V3 commit log via MicroBatchExecution** (dc3b190)
- **[SPARK-57774][CORE] DriverLogger should not propagate log4j internal exception to caller** (7c86d36)
- **[SPARK-57779][INFRA] Upgrade GitHub Actions artifact actions** (449eed8)
- **[SPARK-57790][BUILD] Remove `LICENSE-machinist.txt` from `licenses-binary`** (42678e0)
- **[SPARK-57758][SQL] Restore O(1) built-in function resolution in the analyzer** (617d5ac)
- **[SPARK-57525][CONNECT] Declarative Pipelines should not throw NoSuchElementException when a run fails without an attached cause** (6325304)
- **[SPARK-57766][SQL] Validate WKB element counts before allocation** (ea90bfa)
- **[SPARK-57600][SQL] Declarative Pipelines should isolate per-flow SQL confs during parallel flow resolution** (915c52e)
- **[SPARK-57613][PYTHON] Stop the Spark session when a Declarative Pipelines run step fails** (c394a8c)
- **Preparing development version 4.2.1-SNAPSHOT** (1944914)

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