+1 (binding) Verified the following: - signatures and checksums of source/binary tarballs and staged maven artifacts - source tarball builds; ran unit and integration tests locally (a few streams/MM2 integration tests timed out on the first pass due to local resource limits, all passed on re-run) - started a KRaft broker from the binary tarball, produce/consume works - apache/kafka:4.3.2-rc3 and apache/kafka-native:4.3.2-rc3 start with the default config and accept client connections - javadoc, release notes, and documentation links
Two small notes: - the hyperlinks behind "Release notes" and "Release artifacts" point to 4.3.2-rc/ instead of 4.3.2-rc3/ (the visible text is correct) - system test results are still marked as "will provide it soon" Thanks for running the release, Jiunn-Yang. Chia-Ping On 2026-10-11 14:06 UTC 黃竣陽 wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the fourth candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.3.2. > > This is a bugfix release in 4.3 line. > > Release notes for the 4.3.2 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.3.2-rc3/RELEASE_NOTES.html > <https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.3.2-rc/RELEASE_NOTES.html> > > Please download, test and vote by Wednesday, October 14th, 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/4.3.2-rc3/ > <https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.3.2-rc/> > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:4.3.2-rc3 > apache/kafka-native:4.3.2-rc3 > > * 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/4.3.2-rc3/javadoc/index.html > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.3 branch) is the 4.3.2-rc3 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.3.2-rc3 > > * Documentation: > https://kafka.apache.org/43/documentation.html > > * Protocol: > https://kafka.apache.org/43/design/protocol > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.3 branch: > Unit/integration tests: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/38121352442 > System tests: [will provide it soon] > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.3 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/38107480297 > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/38107494688 > > Thanks, > Jiunn-Yang Huang
