Hi Andrew We have filed https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23235 to address that issue
Best, Chia-Ping > Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> 於 2026年8月22日 上午8:50 寫道： > > hi Andrew > > I think this RC0 is a kind of warm-up, which also let us test release tools, > so we definitely need next RC > > We will file the patch to address the issue you mentioned > > Best, > Chia-Ping > >> Andrew Schofield <[email protected]> 於 2026年8月22日 清晨6:14 寫道： >> >> Hi Omnia, >> Thanks for driving the release. >> >> I will continue testing, but I'm afraid there's a trivial problem which is >> going to require a new RC. The metadata.version should be 4.4-IV2, not >> 4.3-IV0. All of the KIPs which bumped the MetadataVersion in 4.4 (1312, 1276 >> and 1191) were completed as far as I know, so >> MetadataVersion.LATEST_PRODUCTION can be bumped to IBP_4_4_IV2. As it >> stands, these KIPs are not enabled in 4.4.0. >> >> Thanks, >> Andrew >> >>>> On 2026/08/21 17:09:56 Omnia Ibrahim wrote: >>> Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, >>> >>> This is the 1st candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.4.0. >>> Apache Kafka 4.4.0 is a minor release that includes 26 KIPs spanning >>> improvements to all components. >>> >>> Release notes for the 4.4.0 release: >>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.4.0-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html >>> >>> Please download, test and vote by Monday, August 24, 2026 at 3:00pm BST >>> (7:00am PT) >>> >>> Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: >>> https://downloads.apache.org/kafka/KEYS >>> >>> * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): >>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.4.0-rc0/ >>> >>> * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: >>> apache/kafka:4.4.0-rc0 >>> apache/kafka-native:4.4.0-rc0 >>> >>> * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: >>> https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ >>> >>> * Javadoc: >>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.4.0-rc0/javadoc/index.html >>> >>> * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.4 branch) is the 4.4.0 tag: >>> https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.4.0-rc0 >>> >>> * Documentation: >>> PR: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/905 >>> >>> * Protocol: >>> PR: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/905 >>> >>> * Successful CI builds for the 4.4 branch: >>> https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/32487577786 >>> >>> * Docker Build Test Pipeline: >>> Blocked by a GitHub Actions allowlist issue (fix pending: >>> https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23229). The RC Docker images >>> were built and pushed successfully. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Omnia
