Release notes for 401

[martint]

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[ebyhr]

# MongoDB
* Add `query` table function for query pass-through to the connector. ({issue}`14535`)

#14535

[ebyhr]

# Delta Lake
* Don't overwrite reader and writer versions when executing `COMMENT` and `ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN` statements. ({issue}`14611`)

#14612

[jisqaqov]

Can u please add iceberg connector to support hadoop catalog type

[ebyhr]

@jisqaqov Hi, please subscribe this issue #9256

[findepi]

Iceberg
* Improve performance of, and reduce amount of IO operations made by, the `remove_orphan_files` table procedure. ({issue}`13691`)

#13691 #14383

[findepi]

Iceberg
* Fix query failure when analyzing a table containing a column with non-lowercase name. ({issue}`14583`)

#14583 #14585

[sopel39]

General:
* Report operator blocked time distribution in `EXPLAIN ANALYZE VERBOSE`. ({issue}`14640`)

#14640

[hashhar]

# Kafka
* Allow configuring the prefix for internal column names using `kafka.internal-column-prefix` catalog configuration property.
  The default value is `_` to maintain the same behaviour that exists today. ({issue}`14224`)

#14224

[findepi]

{Iceberg, Hive, Delta}
* Fix failure when listing tables from Glue and one of the Glue tables has no properties. ({issue}`14577`)

#14577

[sopel39]

SPI
* Add stage output buffer distribution to `EventListener`. ({issue}`14638`)

#14638

[sopel39]

General:
* Improve performance and reliability of insert, merge and table optimization. ({issue}`14553`) 

#14553

[findepi]

Hive
* Fix potential query failure or incorrect results when reading from a table with `avro.schema.literal` Hive table property set. ({issue}`14426`)
* Allow creating tables with Avro schema literal using new table property `avro_schema_literal`. ({issue}`14426`)

#14426

[findepi]

Delta
* Support writes on Google Cloud Storage. ({issue}`12264`)

#12264 #12523

[sopel39]

General
* Fix underestimation of CPU and scheduled time statistics of
  join build side in `EXPLAIN ANALYZE`. ({issue}`14572`)

#14572

[ebyhr]

# Pinot
* Fix failure when executing `SHOW CREATE TABLE` statement. ({issue}`14071`)

#14086

[findepi]

# Cassandra
* Discontinue support for Cassandra 2.x. ({issue}`14562`)

#14562