+1 (binding) - Run E2E tests locally; all passed with a few retries. - Set up a 3-node cluster and ran a simple producer/consumer workflow; no obvious performance regression. - Run unit/integration tests locally; all passed with minimal retries.
Best, Chia-Ping On 2026/05/14 10:41:11 PoAn Yang wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.2.1. > > This is the first bug fix release for Apache Kafka 4.2 with fixes as > described in the release notes. In the third candidate, it adds KAFKA-20572. > > Release notes for the 4.2.1 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.2.1-rc5/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > Please download, test and vote by Thursday, May 20, 9pm 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/4.2.1-rc5/ > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:4.2.1-rc5 > apache/kafka-native:4.2.1-rc5 > > * 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/4.2.1-rc5/javadoc/index.html > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.2 branch) is the 4.2.1 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.2.1-rc5 > > * Documentation: > https://kafka.apache.org/42/documentation.html > > * Protocol: > https://kafka.apache.org/42/design/protocol/ > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.2 branch: > Unit/integration tests: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25801189532 > System tests: https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/756/, > https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/757/, > https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/758/ > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.2 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25800098270 > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25800112759 > > Thanks, > PoAn >
