Hi Omnia, Thanks again for the 4.4 release plan.
The release plan has June 23 as the feature freeze with code freeze of August 8, which is roughly 6 weeks. For 4.3 there was 3 weeks between feature and code freeze, so can we adjust feature freeze to July 18th? Thanks! Bill On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM Bill Bejeck <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>
