Hi David, we ran all the automated regression pipelines by using the Kafka 4.0.0 RC4 binaries within the next planned Strimzi 0.46.0 release (Kafka on Kubernetes). Everything seems to be fine so this RC4 looks good to me.
+1 non binding Thanks for running the release. Cheers, Paolo On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 at 11:09, David Jacot <da...@apache.org> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the fourth 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) is Generally Available > - Queues for Kafka is in Early Access > - Kafka uses log4j2 > - Drop broker and tools support for Java 11 > - Remove old client protocol API versions > > Release notes for the 4.0.0 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.0.0-rc4/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > *** Please download, test and vote by Monday, March 17, 9am 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://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.0.0-rc4/ > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:4.0.0-rc4 > apache/kafka-native:4.0.0-rc4 > > * 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/4.0.0-rc4/javadoc/ > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.0 branch) is the 4.0.0 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.0.0-rc4 > > * Documentation: > https://kafka.apache.org/40/documentation.html > > * Protocol: > https://kafka.apache.org/40/protocol.html > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.0 branch: > Unit/integration tests: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/13846870683 > System tests: > https://confluent-open-source-kafka-branch-builder-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/trunk/2025-03-13--001.6a14e68a-4791-44eb-a6be-24ce25bc1678--1741882266--apache--4.0--8f765a1886/report.html > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.0 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/13852844456 > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/13853116713 > > /************************************** > > Thanks, > David Jacot > -- Paolo Patierno *Senior Principal Software Engineer @ Red Hat**CNCF Ambassador* *Microsoft MVP on **Azure* Twitter : @ppatierno <http://twitter.com/ppatierno> Linkedin : paolopatierno <http://it.linkedin.com/in/paolopatierno> GitHub : ppatierno <https://github.com/ppatierno>
