docs: Add changelog entry for #696 (#698)

* docs: Add changelog entry for #696

* Remove leftover property

Author: sbernauer

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Fixed
 
 - Application template merging should not ignore "*Overrides" fields ([#680]).
+- Correctly propagate user arguments to the Spark Connect server ([#696]).
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#684]: https://github.com/stackabletech/spark-k8s-operator/pull/684
 [#687]: https://github.com/stackabletech/spark-k8s-operator/pull/687
 [#689]: https://github.com/stackabletech/spark-k8s-operator/pull/689
+[#696]: https://github.com/stackabletech/spark-k8s-operator/pull/696
 
 ## [26.3.0] - 2026-03-16
 

tests/templates/kuttl/spark-connect/20-run-connect-client.yaml.j2

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ data:
         .remote(remote)
         # Must be (and already is) set on the SparkConnectServer
         # .config("spark.sql.extensions", "org.apache.iceberg.spark.extensions.IcebergSparkSessionExtensions")
-        .config("spark.sql.catalog.iceberg", "org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkSessionCatalog")
         .config("spark.sql.catalog.lakehouse", "org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkCatalog")
         .config("spark.sql.catalog.lakehouse.type", "hive")
         .config("spark.sql.catalog.lakehouse.uri", "thrift://hive-metastore:9083")