Hi all, This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.1.1. This release includes many bug fixes for Apache Kafka 2.1.
Compared to rc1, this release includes the following changes: * MINOR: release.py: fix some compatibility problems. * KAFKA-7897; Disable leader epoch cache when older message formats are used * KAFKA-7902: Replace original loginContext if SASL/OAUTHBEARER refresh login fails * MINOR: Fix more places where the version should be bumped from 2.1.0 -> 2.1.1 * KAFKA-7890: Invalidate ClusterConnectionState cache for a broker if the hostname of the broker changes. * KAFKA-7873; Always seek to beginning in KafkaBasedLog * MINOR: Correctly set dev version in version.py Check out the release notes here: http://home.apache.org/~cmccabe/kafka-2.1.1-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html The vote will go until Wednesday, February 13st. * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): http://home.apache.org/~cmccabe/kafka-2.1.1-rc2/ * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/ * Javadoc: http://home.apache.org/~cmccabe/kafka-2.1.1-rc2/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 2.1 branch) is the 2.1.1 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/2.1.1-rc2 * Jenkins builds for the 2.1 branch: Unit/integration tests: https://builds.apache.org/job/kafka-2.1-jdk8/ Thanks to everyone who tested the earlier RCs. cheers, Colin