Hi devs, I'd like to share some highlights from the release sync on 01/23/2024
*- Feature freeze* *We plan to freeze the feature on Jan 26th. If there's specific need for an extension, please confirm with RMs by replying this mail.* *- Features & issues tracking* So far we've had 15 flips been marked done(some documentation is still in progress), we also ask responsible contributors to help update the status of the remaining items on the 1.19 wiki page [1], including *documentation and cross-team testing requirements*, this will help the release process. *- Blockers* There're performance regression and blocker issues are being worked on: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-34148 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-34007 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-34225 Note that test instabilities will be upgraded to blocker if it is newly introduced. *- Sync meeting* (https://meet.google.com/vcx-arzs-trv) The next release sync is *Jan 30th, 2024*. We'll switch to weekly release sync. [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/1.19+Release Best, Yun, Jing, Martijn and Lincoln
