+1 (non-binding). I used the staged binaries and Maven artifacts ... and did some manual testing and tested it with Strimzi tests as well. All seems to work fine.
Jakub On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 12:42 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 >
