Prep: Site for 1.2 release (#2877)

Author: singhpk234

site/content/downloads/_index.md

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 ## Helm Chart
 Repo: https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/helm-chart
 
+## 1.2.0
+| Artifact                                                                                                                                                                             | PGP Sig                                                                                                                                                  | SHA-512                                                                                                                                                        |
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+| [source tar.gz](https://dlcdn.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.2.0-incubating/apache-polaris-1.2.0-incubating.tar.gz)                                                                  | [.asc](https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.2.0-incubating/apache-polaris-1.2.0-incubating.tar.gz.asc)                                       | [.sha512](https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.2.0-incubating/apache-polaris-1.2.0-incubating.tar.gz.sha512)                                       |
+| [binary tgz](https://dlcdn.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-bin-1.2.0-incubating.tgz)                                                                           | [.asc](https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-bin-1.2.0-incubating.tgz.asc)                                             | [.sha512](https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-bin-1.2.0-incubating.tgz.sha512)                                             |
+| [binary zip](https://dlcdn.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-bin-1.2.0-incubating.zip)                                                                           | [.asc](https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-bin-1.2.0-incubating.zip.asc)                                             | [.sha512](https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-bin-1.2.0-incubating.zip.sha512)                                             |
+| [Spark 3.5 with Scala 2.12 Client Jar](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/polaris/polaris-spark-3.5_2.12/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-spark-3.5_2.12-1.2.0-incubating-bundle.jar) | [.asc](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/polaris/polaris-spark-3.5_2.12/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-spark-3.5_2.12-1.2.0-incubating-bundle.jar.asc) | [.sha512](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/polaris/polaris-spark-3.5_2.12/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-spark-3.5_2.12-1.2.0-incubating-bundle.jar.sha512) |
+| [Spark 3.5 with Scala 2.13 Client Jar](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/polaris/polaris-spark-3.5_2.13/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-spark-3.5_2.13-1.2.0-incubating-bundle.jar) | [.asc](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/polaris/polaris-spark-3.5_2.13/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-spark-3.5_2.13-1.2.0-incubating-bundle.jar.asc) | [.sha512](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/polaris/polaris-spark-3.5_2.13/1.2.0-incubating/polaris-spark-3.5_2.13-1.2.0-incubating-bundle.jar.sha512) |
+
+Apache Polaris 1.2.0-incubating was released on October 23rd, 2025.
+- **Upgrade Notes**
+  - Amazon RDS plugin enabled, this allows polaris to connect to AWS Aurora PostgreSQL using IAM authentication.
+
+- **Breaking changes**
+  - Creating or altering a namespace with a custom location outside its parent location is now prohibited by default. To restore the old behavior, set the `ALLOW_NAMESPACE_CUSTOM_LOCATION` flag to true.
+
+- **New Features**
+  - Added a finer grained authorization model for UpdateTable requests. Existing privileges continue to work for granting UpdateTable, such as `TABLE_WRITE_PROPERTIES`.
+  However, you can now instead grant privileges just for specific operations, such as `TABLE_ADD_SNAPSHOT`
+  - Added a Management API endpoint to reset principal credentials, controlled by the `ENABLE_CREDENTIAL_RESET` (default: true) feature flag.
+  - The `ENABLE_SUB_CATALOG_RBAC_FOR_FEDERATED_CATALOGS` was added to support sub-catalog (initially namespace and table) RBAC for federated catalogs.
+    The setting can be configured on a per-catalog basis by setting the catalog property: `polaris.config.enable-sub-catalog-rbac-for-federated-catalogs`.
+    The realm-level feature flag `ALLOW_SETTING_SUB_CATALOG_RBAC_FOR_FEDERATED_CATALOGS` (default: true) controls whether this functionality can be enabled or modified at the catalog level.
+  - Added support for S3-compatible storage that does not have STS (use `stsUavailable: true` in catalog storage configuration)
+  - Added a Management API endpoint to reset principal credentials, controlled by the `ENABLE_CREDENTIAL_RESET` (default: true) feature flag.
+  - **Events Persistence (Preview)**: Introduced new event types and added support for persisting events to both Relational JDBC Persistence and AWS CloudWatch.
+  
+    **Note**: This is a preview feature. The persistence schema is subject to change in future releases, and previously stored event data MAY become unreadable (i.e., dropped) after an upgrade.
+
+- **Changes**
+  - The following APIs will now return the newly-created objects as part of the successful 201 response: createCatalog, createPrincipalRole, createCatalogRole.
+
+- **Deprecations**
+
+  - The property `polaris.active-roles-provider.type` is deprecated and has no effect anymore.
+  - The EclipseLink Persistence implementation has been deprecated since 1.0.0 and will be completely removed
+  in 1.3.0 or in 2.0.0 (whichever happens earlier).
+  - The legacy management endpoints at `/metrics` and `/healthcheck` have been deprecated in 1.2.0 and will be
+  completely removed in 1.3.0 or in 2.0.0 (whichever happens earlier). Please use the standard management
+  endpoints at `/q/metrics` and `/q/health` instead.
+
+
 ## 1.1.0
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site/hugo.yaml

@@ -103,23 +103,27 @@ menu:
     - name: "In Development"
       url: "/in-dev/unreleased/"
       parent: "releases"
-      weight: 10
+      weight: 1
+    - name: "1.2.0"
+      url: "/releases/1.2.0/"
+      parent: "releases"
+      weight: 996
     - name: "1.1.0"
       url: "/releases/1.1.0/"
       parent: "releases"
-      weight: 20
+      weight: 997
     - name: "1.0.1"
       url: "/releases/1.0.1/"
       parent: "releases"
-      weight: 30
+      weight: 998
     - name: "1.0.0"
       url: "/releases/1.0.0/"
       parent: "releases"
-      weight: 40
+      weight: 999
     - name: "0.9.0"
       url: "/releases/0.9.0/"
       parent: "releases"
-      weight: 50
+      weight: 1000
 
     - name: "Downloads"
       identifier: "downloads"