hi Matthias Sorry for the delay, I just got back to my computer.
I will cut the 4.4 branch later today :) Best, Chia-Ping Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> 於 2026年8月11日週二 上午7:55寫道： > Hi, > > it seems we are still not having a 4.4 branch, almost 2 weeks after > feature freeze, with code freeze being set for Aug/12. > > Does this mean that there is delays in code freeze deadline, too? Not > sure why the release branch was not cut right after feature freeze... > > It's overall a little bit confusing. Would be good to get some clarify > from RM side. > > Thanks > > > -Matthias > > > On 8/5/26 10:59 AM, Chia-Ping Tsai wrote: > > hi all, > > > > We are going to cut the 4.4 branch. If your KIP is very close to > completion, please remember to backport it to 4.4! KIPs without any merged > PRs have already been moved out of 4.4. > > > > Also, please feel free to raise your hand if we missed anything :) > > > > Best, > > Chia-Ping > > > > On 2026/05/13 11:35:04 Omnia Ibrahim 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 > >> > >> > >
