Hello Kafka users, developers, and client-developers, This is the third candidate for the release of Apache Kafka 4.1.1.
This is a bug-fix release, including several critical ones. All listed in the release notes. Release notes for the 4.1.1 release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.1.1-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html *** Please download, test, and vote by Friday, Oct 31th, 9:00 AM EDT 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/4.1.1-rc2/ * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: apache/kafka:4.1.1-rc2 https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka/4.1.1-rc2/images/sha256-7240ff4534bd23dac2f215ba03a2d0aa9d041b45b830804bbdec3b81c2bdf479 apache/kafka-native:4.1.1-rc2 https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka-native/4.1.1-rc2/images/sha256-017871b0ef2ad665030fc66596b4b9ce583c7faee530829d17d02d16c141d43c * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline: Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/18842310556 Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/18842435768 * 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/4.1.1-rc2/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.1 branch): https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.1.1-rc2 * Documentation: https://kafka.apache.org/41/documentation.html * Protocol: https://kafka.apache.org/41/protocol.html *CI builds for the 4.1 branch: Unit/integration tests (all pass): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/18841931048/job/53756117583 System tests: (Running, I will share the report when ready) Thanks! Lianet
