Hi Andrew, * verified the gpg signatures * looked at the release notes * checked that the artifacts can be resolved in maven * ran the quickstart and clients against them * ran the docker quickstart * checked the docs
Apart from the protocol link pointing to the old docs (I think) all seems good. +1 (binding) Thanks for running the release! Viktor On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 2:13 PM Andrew Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.1.2. > > This is the second bug fix release for Apache Kafka 4.1 with fixes as > described in the release notes. > > Release notes for the 4.1.2 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.1.2-rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > *** Please download, test and vote by Wednesday, March 4 2026, 9am UTC. > > Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/kafka/KEYS > > * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.1.2-rc1/ > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:4.1.2-rc1 > apache/kafka-native:4.1.2-rc1 > > * 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/4.1.2-rc1/javadoc/ > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.1 branch) is the 4.1.2 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.1.2-rc1 > > * Documentation: > https://kafka.apache.org/41/documentation.html > > * Protocol: > https://kafka.apache.org/41/protocol.html > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.1 branch: > Unit/integration tests: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/22355871722 > > System tests: > https://confluent-open-source-kafka-branch-builder-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/trunk/2026-02-24--002.59fb52a4-4668-45ab-9ffa-bd60aad81cd4--1771979898--confluentinc--4.1--631c2c8761/report.html > One failure which has been present across several releases: > - > tests/kafkatest/tests/tools/replica_verification_test.py::ReplicaVerificationToolTest.test_replica_lags@ > {"metadata_quorum":"ISOLATED_KRAFT"} > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.1 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/22391397131 > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/22392649516 > > Thanks, > Andrew Schofield >
