Hi Omnia and Chia-Ping I opened a blocker for 4.4 this morning KAFKA-20933 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20933> . While implementing KIP-892 in 4.4 we missed one write path: `RocksDBStore#putAll` writes its batch directly to the base store instead of staging it in the transaction buffer. This an isolation and atomicity violation of what KIP-892 promises. This will be a low-risk fix and I already have a PR and expect getting it merged in the next couple of days.
Thanks, Bill On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM Omnia Ibrahim <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > Code freeze for Apache Kafka 4.4.0 is now in effect. > From this point on, the 4.4 release branch will only accept fixes for > blocker bugs. No new features or non‑critical changes should be merged into > this branch until the 4.4.0 release is complete. > > Release plan: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/KAFKA/pages/429064575/Release+Plan+4.4.0 > > We’ll start the vote on the first RC soon, once we’ve scanned all Jira > tickets to move out incomplete items and chased down the flaky tests we’ve > found. > If you believe a change qualifies as a blocker or requires an exception, > please discuss it on this list and coordinate with Chia‑Ping or me before > merging anything into the 4.4 branch. > > Thanks everyone for your contributions so far. > > Best, > Omnia > >
