Hi, I check the signatures and checksums, and ran the quickstart with the binary (Java 20) and both docker images.
+1 (binding) Thanks, Mickael On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 11:38 PM Muralidhar Basani via dev <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I tested the native (GraalVM) image apache/kafka-native:4.4.0-rc4 > - Ran these examples from docker/examples; in each, the brokers started > and producing and consuming worked: > - single-node plaintext > - single-node sasl_plaintext > - single-node ssl > - cluster/combined sasl_plaintext (three brokers) > > (SASL on the native image fails in 4.3.x (and earlier versions) fixed in > 4.4.) > > +1 (non-binding) for the native Docker image > > Regards, > Murali > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 9:39 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the reminder Michael will wait till Monday then > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On 8 Oct 2026, at 18:56, Mickael Maison <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > >>> > >
