Hi Christo, I did following validations:
- Build from source with OpenJDK 17 - Ran all unit tests - Validated all checksums and signatures - Ran the quickstart from source, apache/kafka:4.0.1-rc2, and apache/kafka-native:4.0.1-rc2 image - Ran the Kafka Streams quickstart +1 binding Thanks, Bill On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM Mickael Maison <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Christo, > > I did the following: > - checked signatures and checksums > - ran the quickstart with the binaries with OpenJDK 21 > - ran the quickstart with the apache/kafka:4.0.1-rc2 image > > +1 binding > > Thanks, > Mickael > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > +1 (binding) > > > > - run 4.0.1 cluster under JDK 21 > > - run e2e-latency test with 100GB > > - run all e2e tests - all pass after retry > > - run all integration tests - all pass > > > > Best, > > Chia-Ping > > > > On 2025/09/11 10:09:00 Christo Lolov wrote: > > > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > > > > > This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.0.1. > > > > > > Since this is a patch version it contains the bug fixes outlined in the > > > release notes below! > > > > > > Release notes for the 4.0.1 release: > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.0.1-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > > > > > *** Please download, test and vote by Wednesday September 17. > > > > > > Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: > > > https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS > > > > > > * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.0.1-rc2/ > > > > > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > > > apache/kafka:4.0.1-rc2 > > > apache/kafka-native:4.0.1-rc2 > > > > > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ > > > > > > * Javadoc: > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.0.1-rc2/javadoc/ > > > > > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.0 branch) is the 4.0.1 tag: > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.0.1-rc2 > > > > > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.0 branch: > > > Unit/integration tests: > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/17586456207 > > > > > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.0 branch: > > > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/17586731957 > > > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/17587113226 > > > > > > * Documentation updates for website and Javadocs > > > - https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/719 > > > - https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/723 > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Christo > > > >
