Hi Viktor, Thanks for running the release. I did the following to validate it:
* Verified the gpg signatures * Checked the release notes * Built from source and ran client tests * Ran the quickstart and console tools * Checked the javadoc * Pulled and ran the docker images * Checked the docs +1 (binding) Thanks, Andrew On 2026/03/04 16:54:36 Viktor Somogyi-Vass wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.0.2. > > This is a patch release and therefore it contains important bug fixes. > > Release notes for the 4.0.2 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.0.2-rc3/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > *** Please download, test and vote by Wednesday, March 11. > > 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/4.0.2-rc3/ > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:4.0.2-rc3 > apache/kafka-native:4.0.2-rc3 > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.0.2-rc3/kafka_2.13-4.0.2.tgz > > * 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/4.0.2-rc3/javadoc/ > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.0 branch) is the 4.0.2 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.0.2-rc3 > > * Documentation: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/807 > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.0 branch: > Unit/integration tests: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/22615674106 > System tests: test runs are available at > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1K8nfXNgnSOwc61JhRQylICFivn7ZSMKq?usp=sharing > There were some failures of which all but one are flaky (successful on > rerun) and one is a known test issue: > tests/kafkatest/tests/core/network_degrade_test.py::NetworkDegradeTest.test_rate@ > {"task_name":"rate-1000-latency-50","device_name":"eth0","latency_ms":50,"rate_limit_kbit":1000000,"metadata_quorum":"COMBINED_KRAFT"} > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.0 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/22615750194 > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/22615760392 > > I will shortly write a blog post too. > > Best, > Viktor >
