Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers,
This is the second candidate for release of Apache Kafka 3.7.2. This is
a bug-fix release, closing 21 Jira tickets.
Release notes for the 3.7.2 release:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.7.2-rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.html
Please download, test and vote by Tuesday, Dec 10, 9am PST.
Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release:
https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS
* Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary):
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.7.2-rc1/
* Docker release artifacts to be voted upon:
https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka/3.7.2-rc1/images/sha256-e81f67cd3ca9c018d9b6a2d2354dc6067a5a25908c642383c652f0c6b3e8c4a4?context=explore
* Maven artifacts to be voted upon:
https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/
* Javadoc:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.7.2-rc1/javadoc/
* Tag to be voted upon (off 3.7 branch) is the 3.7.2 tag:
https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.7.2-rc1
* Documentation:
https://kafka.apache.org/37/documentation.html
* Protocol:
https://kafka.apache.org/37/protocol.html
* Successful CI builds for the 3.7 branch:
Unit/integration tests:
https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.7/
Builds are flaky, but considering the last runs combined, each test
passed at least once.
System tests:
https://confluent-open-source-kafka-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/3.7/2024-12-02--001.ce908c58-d9cf-48db-b95f-08ccd8274a3a--1733218470--confluentinc--3.7--89dd7938f3/report.html
https://confluent-open-source-kafka-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/3.7/2024-11-29--001.5041d078-e977-4cf1-8d8d-76f0feea7ee0--1732947843--confluentinc--3.7--89dd7938f3/report.html
One test is flaky, but we got two different runs that make everything
passing.
* Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 3.7 branch:
Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM):
- https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/12167195510
Build and Push Release Candidate Docker Image Pipeline (JVM):
- https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/12167268398
Thanks,
-Matthias
