Hi Chisto,

I have added KIP-1224 to the release plan because we completed the
implementation.

Best,
David

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM Lucas Brutschy
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Christo,
>
> I have added KIP-1071 to the release plan. After EA in 4.1, this
> release will mark GA (stable & production-ready) for a limited feature
> set. We will add details to the Kafka Streams upgrade guide.
>
> Thanks,
> Lucas
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM Christo Lolov <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Heya Andrew,
> >
> > Thanks a lot for adding the KIPs.
> >
> > On a separate note, tomorrow (19th of November) is the feature freeze
> > date. I will wait until the morning of the 20th to cut the release
> > branch and from then on any necessary commits should be cherry-picked
> > to that branch.
> >
> > Let me know if the freeze date needs adjustment!
> >
> > Best,
> > Christo
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 at 12:23, Andrew Schofield <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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