Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the third candidate for the release of Apache Kafka 3.9.1.
This RC fixed the LICENSE-binary misalignment issue and also bump the jetty version for CVE-2024-13009 compared with RC1. This is a bug-fix release with several fixes, and most importantly, it adds Java 23 support for 3.9 Release notes for the 3.9.1 release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.9.1-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html Please download, test, and vote by *Sunday, May 18, 9:00 AM PT* 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/3.9.1-rc2/ * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: apache/kafka:3.9.1-rc2: https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka/3.9.1-rc2/images/sha256-5862db4a63a6dd7d46fd14771b10a1b39e069c2c47f17d8e4640f960720a0ead apache/kafka-native:3.9.1-rc2: https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka-native/3.9.1-rc2/images/sha256-985da4a187ec9439df26a945984f894048ea67b2936d85a0cef273b16e32a113 * 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/3.9.1-rc2/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.9 branch) is the 3.9.1 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.9.1-rc2 * Documentation: https://kafka.apache.org/39/documentation.html * Protocol: https://kafka.apache.org/39/protocol.html * CI builds for the 3.9 branch: Unit/integration tests (There are some flaky tests): https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.9/199 System tests: http://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/317 * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 3.9 branch: Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/14965348243 Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/14965352755 Thanks, TengYao Chi
