Hi Lianet, Thanks for the new RC, I'll take time to test it this week.
I noticed you created a 4.1.1 branch. That's not part of the release cycle, the instruction say to "Skip this section [Cut Branches] if you are releasing a bug fix version (e.g. 2.2.1)." [0] For bug fix releases we don't create new branches. We bump the version in the release branch, in this case 4.1, and once a RC is voted we create a tag, in this case 4.1.1. 0: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Process#ReleaseProcess-CutBranches Thanks, Mickael On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM Lianet M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
