Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the second release candidate of Apache Kafka 3.8.1.
This is a bugfix release with several fixes. Release notes for the 3.8.1 release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.8.1-rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.html **** Please download, test and vote by Tuesday, October 22, 9am ET* 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://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.8.1-rc1/ * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: apache/kafka:3.8.1-rc1 apache/kafka-native:3.8.1-rc1 * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ * Javadoc: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.8.1-rc1/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.8 branch) is the 3.8.1 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.8.1-rc1 * Documentation: Mind that the home.apache.org server is retired now. https://kafka.apache.org/38/documentation.html And https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/635 * Protocol: https://kafka.apache.org/38/protocol.html And https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/635 * Jenkins builds for the 3.8 branch: Unit/integration tests: There are some flaky tests, with the combination of these 4 builds all tests passed at least once: https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.8/103/testReport/ (latest build) https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.8/101/testReport/, https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.8/102/testReport/ and https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.8/97/testReport/ All tests pass locally System tests: Between these 2 runs all tests were successful: https://confluent-open-source-kafka-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/3.8/2024-10-07--001.af519a09-fdc8-4d46-8478-e0280854e43e--1728373295--confluentinc--3.8--7dbc44143a/report.html https://confluent-open-source-kafka-branch-builder-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/trunk/2024-10-01--001.e7b0a1be-bac1-4792-96da-ec94116e20ce--1727846843--confluentinc--3.8--99746d683a/report.html * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 3.8 branch: Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/11390962530 Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/11391548205 /************************************** Thanks, -- [image: Aiven] <https://www.aiven.io> *Josep Prat* Open Source Engineering Director, *Aiven* josep.p...@aiven.io | +491715557497 aiven.io <https://www.aiven.io> | <https://www.facebook.com/aivencloud> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/aiven/> <https://twitter.com/aiven_io> *Aiven Deutschland GmbH* Alexanderufer 3-7, 10117 Berlin Geschäftsführer: Oskari Saarenmaa, Hannu Valtonen, Anna Richardson, Kenneth Chen Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B
