Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.4.1.
This is a bug fix release and it includes fixes and improvements from 38 JIRAs, including a few critical bugs. Release notes for the 2.4.1 release: https://home.apache.org/~bbejeck/kafka-2.4.1-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html *Please download, test and vote by Thursday, March 5, 9 am PT* Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): https://home.apache.org/~bbejeck/kafka-2.4.1-rc0/ * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ * Javadoc: https://home.apache.org/~bbejeck/kafka-2.4.1-rc0/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 2.4 branch) is the 2.4.1 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/2.4.1-rc0 * Documentation: https://kafka.apache.org/24/documentation.html * Protocol: https://kafka.apache.org/24/protocol.html * Successful Jenkins builds for the 2.4 branch: Unit/integration tests: Links to successful unit/integration test build to follow System tests: https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka/job/2.4/152/ Thanks, Bill Bejeck
