Hi all, I finished testing of Kafka 3.9.2 RC0 from Strimzi side. All executed pipelines finished successfully:
- KRaft regression - ZooKeeper regression - Migration from ZooKeeper to Kraft - upgrade/downgrade - various UTs/ITs +1 (non-binding) for the release. Thank you. Best regards, Lukas Kral On 2026/01/15 03:45:05 PoAn Yang wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the RC0 candidate for release of Apache Kafka 3.9.2. > > This is a bug-fix & CVE-fix release like CVE-2024-29371, CVE-2025-58057, and CVE-2025-48734. In this version, we have a KIP-1252 to align AlterConfigPolicy behavior between ZK and Kraft. > > Release notes for the 3.9.2 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.9.2-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > Please download, test and vote by *Wednesday, January 21, 9:00 PM PT* > > 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/3.9.2-rc0/ > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:3.9.2-rc0 > apache/kafka-native:3.9.2-rc0 > > * 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/3.9.2-rc0/javadoc/ > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.9 branch) is the 3.9.2 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.9.2-rc0 > > * Documentation: > https://kafka.apache.org/39/documentation.html > > * Protocol: > https://kafka.apache.org/39/protocol.html > > * Successful CI builds for the 3.9 branch: > Unit/integration tests (There are some flaky tests): https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.9/258/ > System tests: https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/629/ > For failed tests, they can pass in another run, so the result is green: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GXoTYEUu8PjuJYoVvUbAm9LCJotDRfJ-?usp=sharing > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 3.9 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/20997657980 > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/20997669079 > > Thanks, > PoAn
