chore!: Remove support for 4.1.0, deprecate 4.0.1 (#711)

* chore!: Remove support for 4.1.0, deprecate 4.0.1

* changelog

* Update CHANGELOG.md

Author: sbernauer

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,12 +19,18 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   Read on the [Hive database documentation](https://docs.stackable.tech/home/nightly/hive/usage-guide/database-driver) for details ([#674]).
 - Internal operator refactoring: introduce dereference() and validate() steps in the reconciler ([#707]).
 - test: Bump vector-aggregator to 0.55.0, replace /graphql call with gRPC call ([#713]).
+- Deprecated support for `4.0.1` ([#711]).
+
+### Removed
+
+- Removed support for `4.1.0` ([#711]).
 
 [#674]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/674
 [#693]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/693
 [#695]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/695
 [#702]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/702
 [#707]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/707
+[#711]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/711
 [#713]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/713
 
 ## [26.3.0] - 2026-03-16

docs/modules/hive/partials/supported-versions.adoc

@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 // This is a separate file, since it is used by both the direct Hive-Operator documentation, and the overarching
 // Stackable Platform documentation.
 
-- 4.2.0
-- 4.1.0 (deprecated)
-- 4.0.1 (LTS)
+- 4.2.0 (LTS)
+- 4.0.1 (deprecated)
 - 4.0.0 (deprecated)
 - 3.1.3 (deprecated)
 
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ Hive 4 has known compatibility issues, especially when using it with Iceberg or
 The missing compatibility with Iceberg also means that Spark jobs using this storage may fail.
 
 Be aware of upgrading Hive (e.g. 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 or 4.0.1 to Hive 4.1.0), as this upgrade is not easily reversible.
-Test the new version before upgrading your production workloads and take backups of your database.
+Test the new version before upgrading your production workloads and take backups of your database before starting an upgrade.
 
 **Workaround:** If you encounter issues with Hive 4.x, use Hive 3.1.3 instead until these upstream issues are resolved.
 

tests/test-definition.yaml

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ dimensions:
       - 3.1.3
       - 4.0.0
       - 4.0.1
-      - 4.1.0
       - 4.2.0
       # Alternatively, if you want to use a custom image, append a comma and the full image name to the product version
       # as in the example below.