[VOTE] 4.0.0 RC1

Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the second candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.0.0. - This is the first release without Apache Zookeeper - The Next Generation of the Consumer Rebalance Protocol is Generally Available - The Transactions Server-Side Defense (Phase 2

Re: [VOTE] 4.0.0 RC1

We still have two documentation blockers: * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-18074 * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-18422 They should be resolved by the end of the week. I will update the documentation when they are merged. Best, David On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM David