Hi, I did the following: - verified signatures and checksums - ran quickstart with Java 21 and both docker images - built from source
+1 (binding) I've not seen a PR yet in kafka-site for the 4.2.1 docs. Thanks, Mickael On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM PoAn Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the third 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. In the third candidate, it adds KAFKA-20572. > > Release notes for the 4.2.1 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.2.1-rc5/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > Please download, test and vote by Thursday, May 20, 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-rc5/ > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:4.2.1-rc5 > apache/kafka-native:4.2.1-rc5 > > * 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-rc5/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-rc5 > > * 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/25801189532 > System tests: https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/756/, > https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/757/, > https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/758/ > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.2 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25800098270 > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25800112759 > > Thanks, > PoAn > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "kafka-clients" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/kafka-clients/CAL6fUMRnZLWC7VdoHh7nkr6Oi4K3%3D9hghvZ8MdvO%3DaqhJJb3oA%40mail.gmail.com.
