Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.0.1.
Since this is a patch version it contains the bug fixes outlined in the release notes below! Release notes for the 4.0.1 release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.0.1-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html *** Please download, test and vote by Wednesday July 30. 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/4.0.1-rc0/ * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: apache/kafka:4.0.1-rc0 apache/kafka-native:4.0.1-rc0 * 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/4.0.1-rc0/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.0 branch) is the 4.0.1 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.0.1-rc0 * Successful CI builds for the 4.0 branch: Unit/integration tests: https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/16498400650 System tests: I am in the process of setting up my environment for running system tests, any runs from members of the community are welcome in the meantime! * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.0 branch: Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/16499762043 Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/16501196196 Thanks, Christo
