## snowflakedb/snowpark-python — v1.54.0…v1.55.0

_23 commits._

### Features
- **SNOW-3472759: support to_polars() eagerFrame interoperability (#4343)** (85af15e)
- **SNOW-3990655: support table_properties in iceberg_config for Iceberg … (#4330)** (550a0c0)
- **feat(iceberg): emit SPARK_INCREMENTAL_READ for incremental reads (#4331)** (f2c0f1c)
- **SNOW-3746497 Snowpark Python SDK: add interval type support for UDFs & Sprocs (#4291)** (846856f)
- **Revert SNOW-3472759: support for to_polars() (#4305)** (e7d77e7)
- **SNOW-3472759: support for to_polars() for snowpark -> polars interoperability (#4288)** (cd6d20b)

### Fixes
- **fix: recognize missing snowpark submodule in Snowpark pandas apply() error (#4336)** (dd0de61)
- **fix: integer optional-argument defaults + generator SEQ test, to clear merge gates (#4335)** (fb4d77b)
- **fix test_generator_table_function stale seq1/seq2 expected values (#4306)** (885b2a0)
- **NO-SNOW: fix more test failures (#4299)** (4392522)
- **NO-SNOW: fix release test failures (#4298)** (b99b89b)

### Backend
- **Update 1.55.0 release date to 2026-09-10** (b1d8dab)
- **Prepare release v1.55.0** (a460ae6)
- **SNOW-2912540: translate create_temp_table=True to table_type in AST encoding (rebased onto main) (#4307)** (3938d73)
- **Update ai_extract's response_format to specify json schema (#4339)** (09fe78f)
- **NO-SNOW: Update snowpark_python_regression_test credentials (#4327)** (8d02ce5)
- **NO-SNOW: stop relying on connector threads in pandas CTE test (#4324)** (10604a6)
- **SNOW-3960822: skip test_sample_with_sampling_method on stored proc localfs (#4318)** (6ab27ed)
- **NO-SNOW: cast numeric prompt arg in AI complete test, drop expired date xfails (#4319)** (6f88fc5)
- **SNOW-3859269: switch from 64-core machine to standard machine for this test (#4311)** (1c389a0)
- **Snow-3859269 migrate regress test (#4304)** (1b972ba)
- **Merge back release-v1.54.0 into main (#4300)** (2b9291a)
- **NO-SNOW: update ownership (#4301)** (ec64c9b)

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