Setting use_beeline by default for hive cli connection

airflow/providers/apache/hive/CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+8.0.0
+.....
+
+
+Breaking changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Changed the default value of ``use_beeline`` in hive cli connection to True.
+Beeline will be always enabled by default in this connection type.
+
 7.0.1
 .....
 

airflow/providers/apache/hive/hooks/hive.py

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def get_connection_form_widgets(cls) -> dict[str, Any]:
         from wtforms import BooleanField, StringField
 
         return {
-            "use_beeline": BooleanField(lazy_gettext("Use Beeline"), default=False),
+            "use_beeline": BooleanField(lazy_gettext("Use Beeline"), default=True),
             "proxy_user": StringField(lazy_gettext("Proxy User"), widget=BS3TextFieldWidget(), default=""),
             "principal": StringField(
                 lazy_gettext("Principal"), widget=BS3TextFieldWidget(), default="hive/_HOST@EXAMPLE.COM"

airflow/providers/apache/hive/provider.yaml

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ state: ready
 source-date-epoch: 1709554960
 # note that those versions are maintained by release manager - do not update them manually
 versions:
+  - 8.0.0
   - 7.0.1
   - 7.0.0
   - 6.4.2

tests/providers/apache/hive/hooks/test_hive.py

@@ -870,6 +870,18 @@ class TestHiveCli:
     def setup_method(self):
         self.nondefault_schema = "nondefault"
 
+    def test_default_values(self):
+        hook = MockHiveCliHook()
+
+        assert hook.use_beeline
+        assert hook.auth is None
+        assert hook.sub_process is None
+        assert hook.mapred_queue == "airflow"
+        assert hook.mapred_queue_priority is None
+        assert hook.mapred_job_name is None
+        assert hook.proxy_user is None
+        assert not hook.high_availability
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "extra_dejson, correct_proxy_user, proxy_user",
         [