btw, I'm +1 non binding
On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM Federico Valeri <fedeval...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Mickael, > > I've done the following: > > - Verified signature and checksum > - Built from source using JDK 17 > - Ran all unit tests > - Failing (KAFKA-18912): > MetadataSchemaCheckerToolTest.testVerifyEvolutionGit > - Flaky (first one is mentioned in KAFKA-18834): > ./gradlew connect:runtime:test --tests LoggersTest --tests > OffsetUtilsTest -PmaxParallelForks=1 --rerun-tasks > - OffsetUtilsTest.testProcessPartitionKeyListWithElementsOfWrongType > - OffsetUtilsTest.testProcessPartitionKeyNotList > - OffsetUtilsTest.testProcessPartitionKeyListWithOneElement > - OffsetUtilsTest.testProcessPartitionKeyWithUnknownSerialization > - Flaky (KAFKA-19578): RemoteLogManagerTest#testCopyQuota > - Ran all integration tests > - Flaky (KAFKA-19452, fixed): > LogRecoveryTest.testHWCheckpointWithFailuresMultipleLogSegments > - Ran clients from Kafka examples module > - Tested share group using staging Maven artifacts > - Spot checked documentation > - Ran Docker image > > The failing test is now fixed, the rest is flaky. If you can confirm > OffsetUtilsTest flakiness, I will open a dedicated Jiras. > > Cheers > Fede > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM Mickael Maison <mickael.mai...@gmail.com> > 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
