Hello! A polite bump on this thread. Are there any concerns with the current release candidate or are people happy to cast votes?
Best, Christo On Tue, 23 Sept 2025 at 14:12, Christo Lolov <[email protected]> wrote: > Heya, > > Apologies for the delay, I wasn’t around a computer these last few days. > Let’s cherry-pick it after 4.0.1 unless there is a strong ask from a couple > more people? > > Best, > Christo > > On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 at 04:53, Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> wrote: > >> hi Christo >> >> Kevin found a compatibility issue (KAFKA-19719) that causes an error when >> using `controller.quorum.voters` together with `--no-initial-controllers`. >> Admittedly, that is a strange usage, but it worked in 3.9.0 since >> `--no-initial-controllers` was treated as a no-op. >> >> The bug was introduced in 3.9.1 and 4.0.0, and a patch is already >> available. Do you want to include the patch in 4.0.1, or should I do the >> cherry-pick after 4.0.1 is released? >> >> Best, >> Chia-Ping >> >> >> On 2025/09/11 10:09:00 Christo Lolov wrote: >> > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, >> > >> > This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.0.1. >> > >> > Since this is a patch version it contains the bug fixes outlined in the >> > release notes below! >> > >> > Release notes for the 4.0.1 release: >> > >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.0.1-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html >> > >> > *** Please download, test and vote by Wednesday September 17. >> > >> > 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/4.0.1-rc2/ >> > >> > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: >> > apache/kafka:4.0.1-rc2 >> > apache/kafka-native:4.0.1-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/4.0.1-rc2/javadoc/ >> > >> > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.0 branch) is the 4.0.1 tag: >> > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.0.1-rc2 >> > >> > * Successful CI builds for the 4.0 branch: >> > Unit/integration tests: >> > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/17586456207 >> > >> > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.0 branch: >> > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): >> > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/17586731957 >> > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): >> > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/17587113226 >> > >> > * Documentation updates for website and Javadocs >> > - https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/719 >> > - https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/723 >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Christo >> > >> >
