Hi Bill, I did the following on the rc2: - verified signatures and checksums - downloaded sources, ran unit/integration tests - ran quick start for produce/consume + basic consumer group admin operations, mixed groups classic/consumer, upgrade/downgrade - downloaded and started broker with both docker images + quickstart basic produce/consume - checked release notes - nit here, I noticed KAFKA-20694 ended up making it into this cut but does not show in the release notes (the jira didn't have the right fix version, I update it now) - about the sys test, I ran the connect ones that failed on your report and they pass locally for me (test_file_source_and_sink, test_exactly_once_source and test_bounce)
+1 (binding) Thanks for running the release! Lianet On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 11:18 AM Bill Bejeck <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's the system test update > > > https://confluent-open-source-kafka-branch-builder-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/trunk/2026-06-18--001.e7c35ba4-7dc2-41ce-a5db-b59e84c807cb--1781759604--apache--4.3--26b251a451/report.html > > There were some flaky failures that I verified locally > > > ================================================================================ > test_id: > > > kafkatest.tests.core.network_degrade_test.NetworkDegradeTest.test_latency.task_name=latency-100.device_name=eth0.latency_ms=50.rate_limit_kbit=0.metadata_quorum=COMBINED_KRAFT > status: PASS > run time: 46.092 seconds > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ================================================================================ > test_id: > > > kafkatest.tests.core.network_degrade_test.NetworkDegradeTest.test_latency.task_name=latency-100-rate-1000.device_name=eth0.latency_ms=50.rate_limit_kbit=1000.metadata_quorum=COMBINED_KRAFT > status: PASS > run time: 42.932 seconds > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ================================================================================ > test_id: > > > kafkatest.tests.tools.replica_verification_test.ReplicaVerificationToolTest.test_replica_lags.metadata_quorum=ISOLATED_KRAFT > status: PASS > run time: 42.376 seconds > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > There will be a couple more that I will post soon > > -Bill > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 4:21 PM Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for running the release Bill! > > > > > > - Verified signature and checksums > > - Compiled from sources and run all unit/integration tests > > - Using binaries to run broker/connect/streams quickstart > > * for streams, tested upgrade/downgrade classic/streams, too > > > > > > +1 (binding) > > > > > > -Matthias > > > > On 6/18/26 7:17 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 2026/06/17 22:12:33 Bill Bejeck wrote: > > >> Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > >> > > >> This is the third release candidate of Apache Kafka 4.3.1. > > > > > > +1 (non-binding) > > > > > > * Verified signatures and hashes on the following files as per > > https://apache.org/info/verification.html > > > - kafka-4.3.1-src.tgz (SHA512, SHA1, GPG signature) > > > - kafka_2.13-4.3.1-site-docs.tgz (SHA512, SHA1, GPG signature) > > > - kafka_2.13-4.3.1.tgz (SHA1, SHA512, GPG signature) > > > * Verified LICENSE and NOTICE files > > > > >
