Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the second candidate we are considering for the release of Apache Kafka 3.6.2.
This is a bugfix release with several fixes, including dependency version bumps for CVEs. Release notes for the 3.6.2 release: https://home.apache.org/~manikumar/kafka-3.6.2-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html *** Please download, test and vote by by Wednesday, April 3rd 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/~manikumar/kafka-3.6.2-rc2/ * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ * Javadoc: https://home.apache.org/~manikumar/kafka-3.6.2-rc2/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.6 branch) is the 3.6.2 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.6.2-rc2 * Documentation: https://kafka.apache.org/36/documentation.html * Protocol: https://kafka.apache.org/36/protocol.html * Successful Jenkins builds for the 3.6 branch: Unit/integration tests: https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.6/167/ (test failures passed in local runs) System tests: I will update system test results soon. Thanks, Manikumar
