hi Andrew I think this RC0 is a kind of warm-up, which also let us test release tools, so we definitely need next RC
We will file the patch to address the issue you mentioned Best, Chia-Ping > Andrew Schofield <[email protected]> 於 2026年8月22日 清晨6:14 寫道： > > Hi Omnia, > Thanks for driving the release. > > I will continue testing, but I'm afraid there's a trivial problem which is > going to require a new RC. The metadata.version should be 4.4-IV2, not > 4.3-IV0. All of the KIPs which bumped the MetadataVersion in 4.4 (1312, 1276 > and 1191) were completed as far as I know, so > MetadataVersion.LATEST_PRODUCTION can be bumped to IBP_4_4_IV2. As it stands, > these KIPs are not enabled in 4.4.0. > > Thanks, > Andrew > >> On 2026/08/21 17:09:56 Omnia Ibrahim wrote: >> Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, >> >> This is the 1st candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.4.0. >> Apache Kafka 4.4.0 is a minor release that includes 26 KIPs spanning >> improvements to all components. >> >> Release notes for the 4.4.0 release: >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.4.0-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html >> >> Please download, test and vote by Monday, August 24, 2026 at 3:00pm BST >> (7:00am PT) >> >> Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: >> https://downloads.apache.org/kafka/KEYS >> >> * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.4.0-rc0/ >> >> * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: >> apache/kafka:4.4.0-rc0 >> apache/kafka-native:4.4.0-rc0 >> >> * 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/4.4.0-rc0/javadoc/index.html >> >> * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.4 branch) is the 4.4.0 tag: >> https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.4.0-rc0 >> >> * Documentation: >> PR: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/905 >> >> * Protocol: >> PR: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/905 >> >> * Successful CI builds for the 4.4 branch: >> https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/32487577786 >> >> * Docker Build Test Pipeline: >> Blocked by a GitHub Actions allowlist issue (fix pending: >> https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23229). The RC Docker images >> were built and pushed successfully. >> >> Thanks, >> Omnia
