We have landed several fixes for referencing counting concerns, with one pending, and the SimpleRpcServer problem has also been addressed. Therefore, I would like to roll 2.5.0RC1 by the end of this week. Time to get the train moving again.
There is one blocker filed by Duo on HBASE-27189 which has an associated PR we can apply. I put the issue into Patch Available state and am prepared to merge the PR. After this one there are six other issues in Patch Available state: HBASE-27097 (simplerpcserver fix), HBASE-27188 (metrics improvement), HBASE-27186 (metrics improvement), HBASE-27161 (test improvement), HBASE-27153 (tracing improvement), HBASE-27088 (integration test improvement). I hope we can get these all landed in the next couple of days. Best, Andrew
