Hi everyone, It's take a bit of time, but we've managed to get a new release candidate out that has been valiidated against some more upstream projects!
I'd like to propose the following RC2 to be released as the official Apache Avro 1.12.2 release. The commit id is 3ecb553ad519cf2c0e5c5391d03b8f368698be03 * This corresponds to the tag: release-1.12.2-rc2 * https://github.com/apache/avro/releases/tag/release-1.12.2-rc2 The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here (revision 86542) * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/avro/avro-1.12.2-rc2/ You can find the KEYS file here: * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/avro/KEYS Binary artifacts for Java are staged in Nexus here: * https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/avro/avro/1.12.2/ This release includes ~30 Jira issues: * https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%3DAVRO%20AND%20fixVersion%3D1.12.2 I'll send a follow-up email with the notable highlights for each language and SDK, but I wanted to give everyone a head start to check their favourite fixed JIRAs and features! Please download, verify, and test. This vote will remain open for at least 72 hours. I would like to close at 18h00 UTC Monday August 10th 2026. [X] +1 Release this as Apache Avro 1.12.2 [ ] +0 [ ] -1 Do not release this because... Best regards, Ryan Skraba [Countdown to vote]: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20260810T180000&p0=1440
