Hi all, We discovered some problems with the second release candidate (RC2) of 2.3.0. Specifically, KAFKA-8564. I've created a new RC which includes the fix for this issue.
Check out the release notes for the 2.3.0 release here: https://home.apache.org/~cmccabe/kafka-2.3.0-rc3/RELEASE_NOTES.html The vote will go until Saturday, June 22nd, or until we create another RC. * Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release can be found here: https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS * The release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary) are here: https://home.apache.org/~cmccabe/kafka-2.3.0-rc3/ * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ * Javadoc: https://home.apache.org/~cmccabe/kafka-2.3.0-rc3/javadoc/ * The tag to be voted upon (off the 2.3 branch) is the 2.3.0 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/2.3.0-rc3 best, Colin C.