Hi everyone thanks for support on this. I have put an initial release plan to the wiki https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+4.4.0 If I've missed a KIP, feel free to add it to the list.
The initial goal is to aim for Sep 2026 for this release and KIP freeze 8th Jun 2026. Let me know if you have any questions. > On 15 May 2026, at 09:04, Christo Lolov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Thanks for stepping forward Omnia, +1 from me! > > Best, > Christo > > On Fri, 15 May 2026 at 02:52, Ming-Yen Chung <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> +1, thanks Omnia for running 4.4 release! >> >> I'd also like to push KIP-1232: Deprecate broker.id config into the 4.4 >> release. >> >> Best, >> Ming-Yen >> >> Muralidhar Basani via dev <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月15日週五 上午3:57寫道： >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Thanks Omnia for volunteering for 4.4.0. >>> +1 from me too. >>> >>> I'd also like to add KIP-1325 (adding a new streams config to handle >>> restore-state path) to 4.4 release. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Murali >>> >>> On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM TaiJu Wu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> +1 , thanks Omnia for running 4.4 release! >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> TaiJuWu >>>> >>>> 黃竣陽 <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月14日週四 下午7:52寫道： >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> +1 >>>>> >>>>> Thanks Omnia for running 4.4 release! >>>>> >>>>> And I’d also like to push KIP-1327: Prevent Hot Data Loss on Partition >>>>> Expansion for Latest Policy >>>>> into the 4.4 release. >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> Jiunn-Yang >>>>> >>>>>> PoAn Yang <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月14日 晚上7:37 寫道： >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks Omnia for running 4.4 release! +1 from me. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> PoAn >>>>>> >>>>>>> On May 14, 2026, at 3:59 AM, Lianet Magrans <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks Omnia for volunteering for 4.4! +1 from me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We're working on KIP-1332: Dynamic memory allocation for the Kafka >>>>>>> producer, under discussion at the moment but aiming at a phased >>>> delivery >>>>>>> starting in 4.4 (I updated the jiras) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best! >>>>>>> Lianet >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 7:35 AM Omnia Ibrahim < >>>> [email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks Chia for starting the thread and for the support with my >>> first >>>>>>>> release process, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I had a quick look into open and resolved issues on jira and I can >>>> see >>>>> we >>>>>>>> have >>>>>>>> 66 resolved tickets. >>>>>>>> 43 open tickets (with status not resolved, or closed) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The KIPs I can see marked for 4.4.0, have sub-tasks marked for >>> 4.4.0 >>>> or >>>>>>>> remaining followups are >>>>>>>> KIP-1191: Dead-letter queues for share groups < >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1191%3A+Dead-letter+queues+for+share+groups >>>>>> >>>>>>>> majority of it has been resolved and marked for 4.4.0 except single >>>>>>>> remaining jira which in progress >>>>>>>> KIP-892: Transactional Semantics for StateStores < >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-892%3A+Transactional+Semantics+for+StateStores >>>>>> >>>>>>>> is also marked for 4.4.0 but it has too many in-progress tasks at >>> the >>>>>>>> moment >>>>>>>> KIP-1263: Group Coordinator Assignment Batching and Offload < >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1263%3A+Group+Coordinator+Assignment+Batching+and+Offload >>>>>> >>>>>>>> it has a couple of open jiras one of them marked for 4.4.0 >>>>>>>> Single resolved jira for KIP-1226: Introducing Share Partition Lag >>>>>>>> Persistence and Retrieval < >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1226%3A+Introducing+Share+Partition+Lag+Persistence+and+Retrieval >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Open Jira for KIP-1298: Per-Resource-Type Authorization for >>>>>>>> LIST_CONFIG_RESOURCES < >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1298%3A+Per-Resource-Type+Authorization+for+LIST_CONFIG_RESOURCES?src=jira >>>>>> >>>>>>>> but this still under discussion >>>>>>>> Open Jira for KIP-1170: Unify cluster metadata bootstrapping < >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1170%3A+Unify+cluster+metadata+bootstrapping?src=jira >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Open Jira for KIP-1260: Enable ProducerPerformance to abort >>>>> transactions < >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1260%3A+Enable+ProducerPerformance+to+abort+transactions >>>>>> >>>>>>>> but this still under discussion >>>>>>>> KIP-939: Support Participation in 2PC < >>>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-939%3A+Support+Participation+in+2PC >>>>>> >>>>>>>> marked for 4.4.0 but I can it still has couple of jiras still not >>>>> resolved >>>>>>>> Some open jiras as followup for KIP-853 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best >>>>>>>> Omnia >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 13 May 2026, at 11:21, Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> While there are still a few pending RCs, I'd like to start the >>>>> discussion >>>>>>>>> for the 4.4.0 Release Manager. Omnia has raised her hand offline, >>>> and >>>>> we >>>>>>>>> (myself and our team) are fully committed to supporting her >>>> throughout >>>>>>>> her >>>>>>>>> first release process. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Of course, please feel free to shout out if anyone else is also >>>>>>>> interested >>>>>>>>> in volunteering or co-managing this release. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Best, Chia-Ping >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>
