Hi, Thanks Eduwer for testing the release. I'll follow the analysis from Matthias, so I'm closing this vote and I'll start working on a new RC.
Thanks, Mickael On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7...@apache.org> wrote: > > hi Mickael > > Sorry, I just opened https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19642 as a > blocker for 4.1 - the bug is obvious and can be fixed with a one-line change. > > Best, > Chia-Ping > > On 2025/08/05 17:56:16 Mickael Maison wrote: > > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > > > This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.1.0. > > > > The release brings many new features and improvements: > > - Mechanism for plugin to register metrics > > - Allow running multiple versions of connector plugins > > - Queue are now in preview access > > - New Streams rebalance protocol in early access > > - Support for OAuth jwt-bearer grant type > > - Improved metadata replication > > > > Release notes for the 4.1.0 release: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.1.0-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > > > *** Please download, test and vote by Friday August 8. > > > > 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/4.1.0-rc2/ > > > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > > apache/kafka:4.1.0-rc2 > > apache/kafka-native:4.1.0-rc2 > > > > * 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/4.1.0-rc2/javadoc/ > > > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.1 branch) is the 4.1.0 tag: > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.1.0-rc2 > > > > * Documentation: > > https://kafka.apache.org/41/documentation.html > > PR (https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/702) updated for RC2 is > > not merged yet > > > > * Protocol: > > https://kafka.apache.org/41/protocol.html > > PR (https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/702) updated for RC2 is > > not merged yet > > > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.1 branch: > > Unit/integration tests: > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/16753255070 > > System tests: Tests are currently running, I'll post the results once > > they complete > > > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.1 branch: > > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/16753270537 > > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/16753280218 > > > > Thanks, > > Mickael > >
