Hi Christo,
I've added a few KIPs to the 4.2 release plan.

KIP-932 (Queues for Kafka) is planning to GA in 4.2. We have one PR still in 
progress and a few reviews. Documentation will extend past the feature freeze.
KIP-1226 (Share group lag) is complete apart from one PR for integration tests 
which is under review and almost ready.
KIP-1227 (Expose rack ID in member description) which is complete and was 
missing from the list.

Thanks,
Andrew

On 2025/11/05 15:12:18 Christo Lolov wrote:
> Heya!
> 
> Sure, I will add them to the release plan. Let me know if there are problems 
> with the implementation!
> 
> Best,
> Christo
> 
> > On 4 Nov 2025, at 14:34, Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > hi Christo
> > 
> > Could we include KIP-1196 and KIP-1231 in the 4.2 release? Their 
> > implementations are simple, so I believe they can be completed in time for 
> > the feature freeze.
> > 
> > Best,
> > Chia-Ping
> > 
> >> On 2025/11/03 09:39:48 Christo Lolov wrote:
> >> Heya Justine,
> >> 
> >> Sure, I will include it in the release plan! Let me know if you encounter 
> >> issues with implementation or reviews!
> >> 
> >> Best,
> >> Christo
> >> 
> >>>> On 30 Oct 2025, at 16:27, Justine Olshan <[email protected]> 
> >>>> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Hey Christo
> >>> I was wondering if we could include KIP-1228 in the 4.2 release. We have
> >>> the required votes -- we just didn't officially close the vote yet.
> >>> I think we should also be able to implement it in time for the feature
> >>> freeze. What do you think?
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Justine
> >>> 
> >>>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM Christo Lolov <[email protected]>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> Hello!
> >>>> 
> >>>> We have now passed the KIP freeze date for 4.2.0. The next goal is the
> >>>> feature freeze on the 19th of November!
> >>>> 
> >>>> Feel free to reachout on this thread if your changes are not getting
> >>>> traction to meet that date!
> >>>> 
> >>>> Best,
> >>>> Christo
> >>>> 
> >>>>> On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 at 11:16, Christo Lolov <[email protected]>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Hello!
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> This is to bump the 4.2.0 thread to the top of the mailing list!
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> The KIP freeze date is 1 week from today on the 29th of October.
> >>>>> Please ensure that you have the required number of binding votes for
> >>>>> your KIP by that date if you would like it included in 4.2.0.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Best,
> >>>>> Christo
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 at 15:08, Mickael Maison <[email protected]>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> I think moving code freeze to December 10 makes sense.
> >>>>>> Many people will be off the last 2 weeks of December, so it's best to
> >>>>>> not have deadlines then.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Mickael
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM Christo Lolov <[email protected]>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Hello!
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Thanks for the review!
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> I am okay with pulling all dates by 2 weeks earlier in time (barring
> >>>> the
> >>>>>>> 7th of January one). If there are no objections to the new dates I
> >>>> will
> >>>>>>> update them in the plan tomorrow!
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> Best,
> >>>>>>> Christo
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 at 07:14, Ismael Juma <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Hi Christo,
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Thanks for managing the release and for the proposed release plan.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Given our desire to ship every 4 months, I think the proposed
> >>>> dates should
> >>>>>>>> be shifted a bit. The original plan was for 4.1 to ship in mid
> >>>> July and for
> >>>>>>>> 4.2 to ship in mid November. The former eventually shipped on
> >>>> September 2nd
> >>>>>>>> and with the current plan would probably result in 4.2 shipping in
> >>>> late
> >>>>>>>> January/early February. Given where we are, I would suggest
> >>>> something like:
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> KIP Freeze: October 29 (Wednesday)
> >>>>>>>> Feature Freeze: November 19 (Wednesday)
> >>>>>>>> Code Freeze: December 10 (Wednesday)
> >>>>>>>> At least four weeks of stabilization will follow Code Freeze
> >>>> (taking
> >>>>>>>> holidays into account), meaning we expect to release no earlier
> >>>> than
> >>>>>>>> January 7 2026.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Ideally, we'd get RC0 out before the holiday break and then
> >>>> complete the
> >>>>>>>> release by early/mid January.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Thoughts?
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> Ismael
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM Christo Lolov <
> >>>> [email protected]>
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> Hello!
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> I would like to volunteer to be the release manager for the
> >>>> Apache Kafka
> >>>>>>>>> 4.2.0 release.
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> If no one has any objections, you can find a proposed release
> >>>> plan at
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+4.2.0.
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>>> Christo
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>> 
> >> 
> 

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