+1 Ran validation on source tar, and ran a basic connectivity test against the staged maven artifacts with/ C* 5.0.8 in a container.
[Thu May 28 01:34:01 PM UTC 2026] [INFO] Writing output to /output/4.19.3_1779975241_results.out [Thu May 28 01:34:01 PM UTC 2026] [KEY] Downloading KEYS file from https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/cassandra/KEYS ... [1.348s] [OK] [Thu May 28 01:34:03 PM UTC 2026] [KEY] Importing all entries in KEYS file ... [0.073s] [OK] [Thu May 28 01:34:03 PM UTC 2026] [KEY] Trusting all entries in KEYS file ... [0.066s] [OK] [Thu May 28 01:34:03 PM UTC 2026] [DIR] Downloading distributables from https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/cassandra/cassandra-java-driver/4.19.3 ... [2.806s] [OK] [Thu May 28 01:34:06 PM UTC 2026] [SIG] apache-cassandra-java-driver-4.19.3-source.tar.gz: ensuring signature matches an entry in KEYS ... [0.028s] [OK] [Thu May 28 01:34:06 PM UTC 2026] [SHA] apache-cassandra-java-driver-4.19.3-source.tar.gz: ensuring sha256 matches ... [0.018s] [OK] [Thu May 28 01:34:06 PM UTC 2026] [SHA] apache-cassandra-java-driver-4.19.3-source.tar.gz: ensuring sha512 matches ... [0.018s] [OK] [Thu May 28 01:34:06 PM UTC 2026] [BUILD] Extracting apache-cassandra-java-driver-4.19.3-source.tar.gz ... [0.132s] [OK] [Thu May 28 01:34:06 PM UTC 2026] [BUILD] Building from source and running unit tests ... [101.951s] [OK] [Thu May 28 01:35:48 PM UTC 2026] [TEST] Running a basic connectivity test with artifact 4.19.3 from nexus staging repo 1469 ... [42.901s] [OK] [Thu May 28 01:36:31 PM UTC 2026] [DONE] Completed with all tests passing! [149.953s] [DONE] it has taken me a while to get around to this build will work on getting my validation process opened as a PR against cassandra-builds. Thanks, Andy On Wed, May 27, 2026, at 4:53 PM, Abe Ratnofsky wrote: > Hello all, > > I’m proposing the test build of Cassandra Java Driver 4.19.3 for release. > > sha1: d954b5da58ea682ec39d474e241bc4b426d34dc2 > > Git: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-java-driver/tree/4.19.3 > > Maven Artifacts: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecassandra-1469 > > Source Artifacts: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/cassandra/cassandra-java-driver/4.19.3/ > > The vote will be open for 72 hours (longer if needed). > > Everyone who has tested the build is invited to vote. Votes by PMC > members are considered binding. A vote passes if there are at least > three binding +1s and no -1's. > > This is my first time releasing this project, so feedback would be > especially appreciated. Thanks to Bret McGuire and Andy Tolbert for > guiding me through the process! > > Thanks, > Abe Ratnofsky
