Hi Omnia, Votes should run for at least 72 hours. So we need to wait a bit longer before closing it and finalizing the release.
Thanks, Mickael On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks to Omnia for driving this release! > > <[email protected]> 於 2026年10月9日週五 上午1:25寫道： > > > > > > > Nice RC4 passed with 3 binging votes and update the PR on Kafka-site with > > RC4 docs > > Will merge the docs and promote RC4 as final release > > > > Thanks everyone and sorry for taking long to get this release out there > > > > Omnia > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On 8 Oct 2026, at 12:35, Luke Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Omnia, > > > > > > Thanks for running this release. > > > > > > I did the following: > > > - Run quickstart using the artifacts in java 17 > > > - Browsed the document > > > - Browsed the java doc > > > - Run quick start using JVM docker image > > > > > > +1 (binding) from me. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Luke > > > > > >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> +1 (binding) > > >> > > >> Verified: > > >> - signatures and sha512 of the src, binary and site-docs tarballs > > >> - signatures of the maven staging artifacts (16 files across > > >> kafka-clients, kafka-streams, kafka_2.13, kafka-server, kafka-metadata, > > >> kafka-raft, connect-runtime, kafka-group-coordinator). All signed by the > > >> primary key, so the RC3 issue is fixed > > >> - tag 4.4.0-rc4 matches the 4.4 branch head and the CI run > > >> - unit and integration tests from the source tarball > > >> - binary tarball: KRaft format/start, metadata.version 4.4-IV2, > > >> produce/consume with classic, consumer and share protocols, verifiable > > >> producer/consumer with acks=all > > >> > > >> non-blocking note: > > >> - kafka-site #905 was generated on 9/22, so it is missing the later docs > > >> changes on 4.4 (#23565, #23479) and the KAFKA-21134 fix (#23671, trunk > > >> only). It should be regenerated from the final tag before the release > > >> > > >> Thanks for running the release, Omnia. > > >> > > >>> On 2026-10-07 09:09 UTC Omnia Ibrahim wrote: > > >>> Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > >>> This is the latest 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-rc4/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > >>> *** Please download, test and vote by Monday, Oct 12, 9am 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-rc4/ > > >>> Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > > >>> apache/kafka:4.4.0-rc4 > > >>> apache/kafka-native:4.4.0-rc4 > > >>> 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-rc4/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-rc4 > > >>> 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: > > >>> Unit/integration tests: > > >> https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/37496670106 > > >>> System tests: <PENDING> > > >>> Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.4 branch: > > >>> Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > > >> https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/37591376291 > > >>> Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > > >> https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/37591376291 > > >>> Thanks > > >>> Omnia > >
