+1 (binding) Verified artifacts and signatures Installed operator from helm chart Ran basic examples, ran session examples, verified bugfix
Cheers Gyula On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM Prashant Bhardwaj <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 (non-binding) > > * Downloaded all artifacts (source tar.gz, Helm chart, Nexus staging jars) > * Verified SHA512 checksums and GPG signatures for source, Helm chart, and > a sample Nexus jar > * Diff of git tag release-1.15.0-rc2 checkout vs downloaded sources > * Compiled sources with Temurin JDK 17 + Maven 3.8.6 (mvn clean install > -DskipTests) > * Ran full test suite (mvn clean verify) — 13/13 modules, ~2568 tests, 0 > failures > * Checked that all POMs have the expected 1.15.0 version > * Verified NOTICE / LICENSE / licenses/ cover all bundled doc assets > * Verified Helm chart version + appVersion (1.15.0) and image pin ( > ghcr.io/apache/flink-kubernetes-operator:79d730b) > * Verified Docker image is multi-arch (linux/amd64 + arm64) and OCI > revision label matches the RC2 commit > * Smoke test on minikube + helm install from the RC tgz: basic.yaml, > basic-checkpoint-ha.yaml (HA + savepoint completed and recorded as > FlinkStateSnapshot CR), canary.yaml, and a flinkVersion:v1_18 variant > - all OK > > Regards > Prashant > > > On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 4:36 PM Gyula Fóra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > Please review and vote on the release candidate #2 for the version 1.15.0 > > of Apache Flink Kubernetes Operator, > > as follows: > > [ ] +1, Approve the release > > [ ] -1, Do not approve the release (please provide specific comments) > > > > **Release Overview** > > > > As an overview, the release consists of the following: > > a) Kubernetes Operator canonical source distribution (including the > > Dockerfile), to be deployed to the release repository at dist.apache.org > > b) Kubernetes Operator Helm Chart to be deployed to the release > repository > > at dist.apache.org > > c) Maven artifacts to be deployed to the Maven Central Repository > > d) Docker image to be pushed to dockerhub > > > > **Staging Areas to Review** > > > > The staging areas containing the above mentioned artifacts are as > follows, > > for your review: > > * All artifacts for a,b) can be found in the corresponding dev repository > > at dist.apache.org [1] > > * All artifacts for c) can be found at the Apache Nexus Repository [2] > > * The docker image for d) is staged on github [3] > > > > All artifacts are signed with the key 21F06303B87DAFF1 [4] > > > > Other links for your review: > > * JIRA release notes [5] > > * source code tag "release-1.15.0-rc2" [6] > > * PR to update the website Downloads page to > > include Kubernetes Operator links [7] > > > > **Vote Duration** > > > > The voting time will run for at least 72 hours. > > It is adopted by majority approval, with at least 3 PMC affirmative > votes. > > > > **Note on Verification** > > > > You can follow the basic verification guide here[8]. > > Note that you don't need to verify everything yourself, but please make > > note of what you have tested together with your +- vote. > > > > Cheers! > > Gyula Fora > > > > [1] > > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/flink/flink-kubernetes-operator-1.15.0-rc2/ > > [2] > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheflink-1911/ > > [3] ghcr.io/apache/flink-kubernetes-operator:79d730b > > [4] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/flink/KEYS > > [5] > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12315522&version=12356676 > > [6] > > > https://github.com/apache/flink-kubernetes-operator/tree/release-1.15.0-rc2 > > [7] https://github.com/apache/flink-web/pull/845 > > [8] > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/Verifying+a+Flink+Kubernetes+Operator+Release > > >
