Did the staged Maven artifacts disappear from the staging repo for everyone or only for me? I was able to pull them yesterday and earlier today. But 4.2.2 now seems to be gone. E.g.: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/kafka_2.13/4.2.2/ and so on.
Thanks & Regards Jakub On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 10:32 PM Apoorv Mittal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the second (RC1) candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.2.2. > > This is a bug fix release in the 4.2 line. > > Release notes for the 4.2.2 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.2.2-rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > Please download, test and vote by *24 September, Monday 5PM PST* > > Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: > https://downloads.apache.org/kafka/KEYS <https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS> > > * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.2.2-rc1/ > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:4.2.2-rc1 > < > https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka/4.2.2-rc1/images/sha256-daa39dc85acd37b148fad74d6b22b60fa5f7fa05048a5c8aa3b654140c63dd58 > > > apache/kafka-native:4.2.2-rc1 > < > https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka-native/4.2.2-rc1/images/sha256-eae4a5c3675030bb3c854eb89fab50bbb75fd2f7800d4385b0b3fda642852d2b > > > > * 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/4.2.2-rc1/javadoc/index.html > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.2 branch) is the 4.2.2 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.2.2-rc1 > > * Documentation: > https://kafka.apache.org/42/documentation.html > > * Protocol: > https://kafka.apache.org/42/design/protocol > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.2 branch: > Unit/integration tests: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/35636810731 > System tests: Before Test Only fix - > > https://confluent-open-source-kafka-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/4.2/2026-09-20--002.7c3ba21d-079a-4799-8f1e-1f798f499541--1789972353--confluentinc--4.2--0fbf14c557/report.html > I have retriggered system tests though; will update the thread. > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.2 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/35637052515 > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/35637084838 > > Regards, > Apoorv Mittal >
