Hi Mickael, I've done the following: - built from source with Java 21 - Validated checksums and signatures - Ran unit tests (interestly one test fails because it requires the test to be run in a git repo, but I don't think this is a blocker) - I quickly checked the diff between rc2 and rc3 - Quick peek at the documentation and other artifacts
+1 (binding) Thanks, Justine On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM Bill Bejeck <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mickael, > > I did the following: > > - Built from source with Java 17 > - Validated all checksums and signatures > - Ran unit tests > - Spot checked the docs and java doc > - Ran the broker quickstarts including the docker images > - Ran the Kafka Streams quickstart > - Used classic and the new streams mode > - Ran through the instructions for the Early access of the Streams > Rebalance Protocol > > +1(binding) > > Thanks, > Bill > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM Mickael Maison <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > The docs PR has been merged so the documentation and protocol for 4.1 are > > up: > > - https://kafka.apache.org/41/documentation.html > > - https://kafka.apache.org/41/protocol.html > > > > The system tests have completed. > > I still got the network_degrade_test failure (tracked by > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19549). > > Also I reverted by mistake the temporary fix [0] I had made to the 4.1 > > branch for https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19581, so the > > Streams upgrade tests failed in the results, but they pass locally. > > - Core: > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-XdhozO1t78vWW4z127lweNa45DiYbmd/view?usp=drive_link > > - Non core: > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BLydIgKGBsV6B0UtnKJMNKNwAgz0ABGy/view?usp=drive_link > > > > 0: > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/de16dd103af93bb68a329987ff19469941f85cbc > > > > Thanks, > > Mickael > > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM Paolo Patierno > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > We ran all regression tests with Strimzi and everything looks good. > > > > > > +1 (non binding) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Paolo > > > > > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 at 14:39, Mickael Maison <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > > > > > > > This is the 4th 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-rc3/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > > > > > > > *** Please download, test and vote by Monday September 1 > > > > > > > > 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-rc3/ > > > > > > > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > > > > apache/kafka:4.1.0-rc3 > > > > apache/kafka-native:4.1.0-rc3 > > > > > > > > * 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-rc3/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-rc3 > > > > > > > > * Documentation: > > > > https://kafka.apache.org/41/documentation.html > > > > PR (https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/702) updated for RC3 > is > > > > not merged yet > > > > > > > > * Protocol: > > > > https://kafka.apache.org/41/protocol.html > > > > PR (https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/702) updated for RC3 > is > > > > not merged yet > > > > > > > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.1 branch: > > > > Unit/integration tests: > > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/17263427471 > > > > 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/17263452575 > > > > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/17263456887 > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mickael > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Paolo Patierno > > > > > > *Senior Principal Software Engineer @ IBM**CNCF Ambassador* > > > > > > Twitter : @ppatierno <http://twitter.com/ppatierno> > > > Linkedin : paolopatierno <http://it.linkedin.com/in/paolopatierno> > > > GitHub : ppatierno <https://github.com/ppatierno> > > >
