+1 (binding) Tested a Java pipeline and confirmed that gcsio and memory regressions on the Dataflow runner both are resolved in this release.
Thanks, Danny On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM Chamikara Jayalath via dev < [email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > Tested several pipelines that use Beam portability features. > > Thanks, > Cham > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 7:05 AM Vitalii Terentev <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> After further investigation, it turns out these issues are not release >> blockers. >> >> So we’ll continue with the current RC4 voting and validation process >> rather than moving to RC5. >> >> On 2026/08/27 08:03:38 Vitalii Terentev wrote: >> > Found a few issues, moving to RC #5. >> > >> > On 2026/08/21 16:54:24 Vitaly Terentyev via dev wrote: >> > > Hi everyone, >> > > Please review and vote on the release candidate #4 for the version >> 2.76.0, >> > > as follows: >> > > [ ] +1, Approve the release >> > > [ ] -1, Do not approve the release (please provide specific comments) >> > > >> > > >> > > Reviewers are encouraged to test their own use cases with the release >> > > candidate, and vote +1 if >> > > no issues are found. Only PMC member votes will count towards the >> final >> > > vote, but votes from all >> > > community members are encouraged and helpful for finding regressions; >> you >> > > can either test your own >> > > use cases [13] or use cases from the validation sheet [10]. >> > > >> > > The complete staging area is available for your review, which >> includes: >> > > * GitHub Release notes [1], >> > > * the official Apache source release to be deployed to >> dist.apache.org [2], >> > > which is signed with the key with fingerprint D20316F712213422 as >> automated >> > > [3], >> > > * all artifacts to be deployed to the Maven Central Repository [4], >> > > * source code tag "v2.76.0-RC4" [5], >> > > * website pull request listing the release [6], the blog post [6], and >> > > publishing the API reference manual [7]. >> > > * Python artifacts are deployed along with the source release to >> > > dist.apache.org [2] and PyPI[8]. >> > > * Go artifacts and documentation are available at pkg.go.dev [9] >> > > * Validation sheet with a tab for 2.76.0 release to help with >> validation >> > > [10]. >> > > * Docker images published to Docker Hub [11]. >> > > * PR to run tests against release branch [12]. >> > > * Github Release pre-release page for v2.76.0-RC4 [13]. >> > > * pull request to apache/beam updating the managed-io docs[15] >> > > >> > > The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. It is adopted by majority >> > > approval, with at least 3 PMC affirmative votes. >> > > >> > > For guidelines on how to try the release in your projects, check out >> our RC >> > > testing guide [14]. >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Release Manager >> > > >> > > [1] https://github.com/apache/beam/milestone/44 >> > > [2] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/beam/2.76.0/ >> > > [3] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/beam/KEYS >> > > [4] >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachebeam-1436/ >> > > [5] https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/v2.76.0-RC4 >> > > [6] https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/39718 >> > > [7] https://github.com/apache/beam-site/pull/708 >> > > [8] https://pypi.org/project/apache-beam/2.76.0rc4/ >> > > [9] >> https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/[email protected]/go/pkg/beam >> > > [10] >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qk-N5vjXvbcEk68GjbkSZTR8AGqyNUM-oLFo_ZXBpJw/edit?gid=1287201083#gid=1287201083 >> > > [11] https://hub.docker.com/search?q=apache%2Fbeam&type=image >> > > [12] https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/39653 >> > > [13] https://github.com/apache/beam/releases/tag/v2.76.0-RC4 >> > > [14] >> https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/contributor-docs/rc-testing-guide.md >> > > [15] <https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/39717> >> https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/39839 >> > > >> > > >> > >> >
