Hi Lianet, Thanks for volunteering and the plan.
I would like to get KAFKA-19760 in this release too. It is a nasty bug which impacts the reliability of the group/share coordinators. The PR is ready, it should be merged by the deadline. Best, David On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM Lianet M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Based on the previous discussion, here is a proposal of release plan for > 4.1.1 > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+4.1.1 > > Aiming for code freeze in a week from now, mainly to allow time to > investigate the Connect issue Mickael shared ( > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19758), but still be able to > ship this release as soon as possible. Note that there is also an open > blocker but has a PR in review (I will follow-up with them) > > Let's wait to hear from Mickael, and we can adjust the target date if > needed. Let me know if you have any thoughts in the meantime. > > Thanks! > > Lianet > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Any idea how much time you will need Mickael? > > > > Personally, I would like to move fast, and delaying the release for an > > uncertain amount of time seems not desirable. We will do a 4.1.2 release > > for sure some time later. > > > > But I understand that it's a critical issue for Connect, so I agree that > > it would be great to get into 4.1.1. (Or as a last resort, so a quick > > 4.1.2 after you figured out a fix, in case you need more time...) > > > > > > @Lianet: Thanks for volunteering to be the RM! Can you prepare a release > > plan? > > > > > > -Matthias > > > > > > On 10/7/25 9:42 AM, Mickael Maison wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > If we do a 4.1.1 I'd like to include > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19758. > > > I'm still investigating but it looks like KIP-891 broke plugin > > > isolation in Connect and thus workloads that worked with Connect 4.0.0 > > > don't work anymore on 4.1.0. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mickael > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> +1 to release 4.1.1 ASAP > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Lianet M. <[email protected]> 於 2025年10月6日 週一 下午9:33寫道： > > >> > > >>> Hello, > > >>> > > >>> Agree with the proposed 4.1.1 bug fix release to ship this asap. If > we > > all > > >>> agree on the need for it, I would like to volunteer to be the release > > >>> manager. > > >>> > > >>> Best, > > >>> Lianet > > >>> > > >>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Hello, > > >>>> > > >>>> we now understand the recently reported memory leak bug in Kafka > > Streams > > >>>> 4.1.0, and have a PR to fix it. > > >>>> > > >>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19748 > > >>>> > > >>>> I consider this bug severe, as we expect that it affects a large > > number > > >>>> of Kafka Streams user, makes Kafka Streams unusable, and there is no > > >>>> workaround. > > >>>> > > >>>> So I would like to propose to start 4.1.1 bug-fix release > immediately, > > >>>> and also update the Kafka web page with a note that people should be > > >>>> careful and maybe not even upgrade to Kafka Streams 4.1.0. > > >>>> > > >>>> Looking forward to your feedback. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> -Matthias > > >>>> > > >>> > > > > >
