Hi Omnia, Thanks for the release plan. I've updated it to include KIP-892.
-Bill On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 2:06 PM Omnia Ibrahim <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone thanks for support on this. > I have put an initial release plan to the wiki > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+4.4.0 If > I've missed a KIP, feel free to add it to the list. > > The initial goal is to aim for Sep 2026 for this release and KIP freeze > 8th Jun 2026. > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > > On 15 May 2026, at 09:04, Christo Lolov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Thanks for stepping forward Omnia, +1 from me! > > > > Best, > > Christo > > > > On Fri, 15 May 2026 at 02:52, Ming-Yen Chung <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> +1, thanks Omnia for running 4.4 release! > >> > >> I'd also like to push KIP-1232: Deprecate broker.id config into the 4.4 > >> release. > >> > >> Best, > >> Ming-Yen > >> > >> Muralidhar Basani via dev <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月15日週五 > 上午3:57寫道： > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Thanks Omnia for volunteering for 4.4.0. > >>> +1 from me too. > >>> > >>> I'd also like to add KIP-1325 (adding a new streams config to handle > >>> restore-state path) to 4.4 release. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Murali > >>> > >>> On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM TaiJu Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> > >>>> +1 , thanks Omnia for running 4.4 release! > >>>> > >>>> Best, > >>>> TaiJuWu > >>>> > >>>> 黃竣陽 <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月14日週四 下午7:52寫道： > >>>> > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> > >>>>> +1 > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks Omnia for running 4.4 release! > >>>>> > >>>>> And I’d also like to push KIP-1327: Prevent Hot Data Loss on > Partition > >>>>> Expansion for Latest Policy > >>>>> into the 4.4 release. > >>>>> > >>>>> Best Regards, > >>>>> Jiunn-Yang > >>>>> > >>>>>> PoAn Yang <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月14日 晚上7:37 寫道： > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks Omnia for running 4.4 release! +1 from me. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> PoAn > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On May 14, 2026, at 3:59 AM, Lianet Magrans <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks Omnia for volunteering for 4.4! +1 from me. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> We're working on KIP-1332: Dynamic memory allocation for the Kafka > >>>>>>> producer, under discussion at the moment but aiming at a phased > >>>> delivery > >>>>>>> starting in 4.4 (I updated the jiras) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Best! > >>>>>>> Lianet > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 7:35 AM Omnia Ibrahim < > >>>> [email protected]> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thanks Chia for starting the thread and for the support with my > >>> first > >>>>>>>> release process, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I had a quick look into open and resolved issues on jira and I can > >>>> see > >>>>> we > >>>>>>>> have > >>>>>>>> 66 resolved tickets. > >>>>>>>> 43 open tickets (with status not resolved, or closed) > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> The KIPs I can see marked for 4.4.0, have sub-tasks marked for > >>> 4.4.0 > >>>> or > >>>>>>>> remaining followups are > >>>>>>>> KIP-1191: Dead-letter queues for share groups < > >>>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1191%3A+Dead-letter+queues+for+share+groups > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> majority of it has been resolved and marked for 4.4.0 except > single > >>>>>>>> remaining jira which in progress > >>>>>>>> KIP-892: Transactional Semantics for StateStores < > >>>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-892%3A+Transactional+Semantics+for+StateStores > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> is also marked for 4.4.0 but it has too many in-progress tasks at > >>> the > >>>>>>>> moment > >>>>>>>> KIP-1263: Group Coordinator Assignment Batching and Offload < > >>>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1263%3A+Group+Coordinator+Assignment+Batching+and+Offload > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> it has a couple of open jiras one of them marked for 4.4.0 > >>>>>>>> Single resolved jira for KIP-1226: Introducing Share Partition Lag > >>>>>>>> Persistence and Retrieval < > >>>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1226%3A+Introducing+Share+Partition+Lag+Persistence+and+Retrieval > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Open Jira for KIP-1298: Per-Resource-Type Authorization for > >>>>>>>> LIST_CONFIG_RESOURCES < > >>>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1298%3A+Per-Resource-Type+Authorization+for+LIST_CONFIG_RESOURCES?src=jira > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> but this still under discussion > >>>>>>>> Open Jira for KIP-1170: Unify cluster metadata bootstrapping < > >>>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1170%3A+Unify+cluster+metadata+bootstrapping?src=jira > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Open Jira for KIP-1260: Enable ProducerPerformance to abort > >>>>> transactions < > >>>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1260%3A+Enable+ProducerPerformance+to+abort+transactions > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> but this still under discussion > >>>>>>>> KIP-939: Support Participation in 2PC < > >>>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-939%3A+Support+Participation+in+2PC > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> marked for 4.4.0 but I can it still has couple of jiras still not > >>>>> resolved > >>>>>>>> Some open jiras as followup for KIP-853 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Best > >>>>>>>> Omnia > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On 13 May 2026, at 11:21, Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> While there are still a few pending RCs, I'd like to start the > >>>>> discussion > >>>>>>>>> for the 4.4.0 Release Manager. Omnia has raised her hand offline, > >>>> and > >>>>> we > >>>>>>>>> (myself and our team) are fully committed to supporting her > >>>> throughout > >>>>>>>> her > >>>>>>>>> first release process. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Of course, please feel free to shout out if anyone else is also > >>>>>>>> interested > >>>>>>>>> in volunteering or co-managing this release. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Best, Chia-Ping > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >
