Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the second candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.2.1.
This is the first bug fix release for Apache Kafka 4.2 with fixes as described in the release notes. In the second candidate, it adds KAFKA-19851 and KAFKA-20380. Release notes for the 4.2.1 release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.2.1-rc4/RELEASE_NOTES.html Please download, test and vote by Tuesday, May 19, 9pm 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/4.2.1-rc4/ * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: apache/kafka:4.2.1-rc4 apache/kafka-native:4.2.1-rc4 * 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/4.2.1-rc4/javadoc/index.html * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.2 branch) is the 4.2.1 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.2.1-rc4 * Documentation: https://kafka.apache.org/42/documentation.html * Protocol: https://kafka.apache.org/42/design/protocol/ * Successful CI builds for the 4.2 branch: Unit/integration tests: https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25717277218 System tests: https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/746/, https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/747/, https://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/748/ * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.2 branch: Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25728469988 Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25728486740 Thanks, PoAn
