Thanks Bill, I updated the code freeze to 20th of July Thanks Omnia Sent from my iPhone
> On 22 May 2026, at 19:41, Bill Bejeck <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>> >>>
