0.8.2 is a bug-fix release on the 0.8 line, which brought in support for external service to Tez (TEZ-2003). The APIs for external services continue to be unstable in this release, and can change in future version. All fixes from previous releases - 0.5.4, 0.6.1, 0.7.0, 0.8.1-alpha are part of this release. Major changes 1) Support for co-ordinating and running DAGs for external services. Please see CHANGES.txt for more details. Known Critical Issues 1) TEZ-3053. Containers timeout if not used within the container heartbeat timeout interval