I used the staged binaries and Maven artifacts ... and did some manual smoke testing and tested it with Strimzi tests as well.
All seems to work fine, so +1 (non-binding). Thanks for running the release. Jakub On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 7:31 AM PoAn Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the 1st candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.2.1. > > This is the first bug fix release for Apache Kafka 4.2 with fixes as > described in the release notes. > > Release notes for the 4.2.1 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.2.1-rc3/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > Please download, test and vote by Friday, May 1, 9pm PT. > > 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/4.2.1-rc3/ > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:4.2.1-rc3 > apache/kafka-native:4.2.1-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/4.2.1-rc3/javadoc/index.html > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.2 branch) is the 4.2.1 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.2.1-rc3 > > * Documentation: https://kafka.apache.org/42/documentation.html > > * Protocol: https://kafka.apache.org/42/design/protocol/ > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.2 branch: > Unit/integration tests: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/24934069240 > System tests: https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/736/ , > https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/737/ , > https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/738/ > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.2 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline > (JVM): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/24934131423 > (Native): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/24934136446 > > Thanks, > PoAn >
