Hello,
The first release candidate for JMeter 5.4.2 (f393453287) has been
prepared, and your votes are solicited.
This release is only a vulnerabily fix release about the CVE-2021-44228:
Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled
LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints.
Please, test this release candidate (with load tests and/or functional
tests) using Java 8+ on Linux/Windows/macOS, especially on the changes.
Feedback is very welcome within the next 72 hours.
You can read the New and Noteworthy section with some screenshots to
illustrate improvements and full list of changes at:
https://apache.github.io/jmeter-site-preview/site/changes.html
JMeter is a Java desktop application designed to load test functional
behavior and measure performance. The current version targets Java 8+
Download - Archives/hashes/sigs:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/jmeter/apache-jmeter-5.4.2-rc1
(dist revision 51472)
RAT report:
https://apache.github.io/jmeter-site-preview/rat/
SHA512 hashes of archives for this vote: see footnote [1]
Site preview is here:
https://apache.github.io/jmeter-site-preview/site/
JavaDoc API preview is here:
https://apache.github.io/jmeter-site-preview/site/api/
Maven staging repository is accessible here:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachejmeter-1073/org/apache/jmeter/
Tag:
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=jmeter.git;a=tag;h=refs/tags/v5.4.2-rc1
Keys are here:
https://www.apache.org/dist/jmeter/KEYS
N.B.
To create the distribution and test JMeter: "./gradlew build -Prelease
-PskipSign".
JMeter 5.4.2 requires Java 8 or later to run.
The artifacts were built with
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment Oracle Corporation (build 1.8.0_271-b09)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM Oracle Corporation (build
25.271-b09, mixed mode)
Some known issues and incompatible changes are listed on changes page.
https://apache.github.io/jmeter-site-preview/site/changes.html#Known%20problems%20and%20workarounds
All feedback and vote are welcome.
[ ] +1 I support this release
[ ] +0 I am OK with this release
[ ] -0 OK, but....
[ ] -1 I do not support this release (please indicate why)
The vote will remain open for at least 72 hours.
The PMC members please indicate the mention "(binding)" with your vote.
Note: If the vote passes, the intention is to release the archive files
and rename the RC tag as the release tag.
Thanks in advance!
Milamber
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