Please go ahead and  cherry pick it I will trigger a new RC again Friday 

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> On 24 Sep 2026, at 18:01, Bill Bejeck <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Omnia/Chia-Ping
> 
> We just fixed a critical bug PR - https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23570
> JIRA - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20416.
> It's a small 1-line fix. I don't think this meets the bar for a blocker as
> it's not a regression, but I'd like to cherry-pick this to 4.4 and if we
> need
> another RC for some reason this would ship with 4.4.
> 
> WDYT?
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 12:36 AM Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Andrew
>> 
>> I have reviewed https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23499, and the fix
>> makes sense to me.
>> 
>> +1 to cherry-pick it into 4.4. I left some minor comments on the PR, and
>> they can be addressed in follow-ups.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Chia-Ping
>> 
>> Andrew Schofield <[email protected]> 於 2026年9月21日週一 上午5:17寫道:
>> 
>>> Hi Omnia,
>>> I have merged https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23499 and would like
>>> to cherry-pick into 4.4 to resolve the blocking issue.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrew
>>> 
>>> On 2026/09/18 12:30:58 Andrew Schofield wrote:
>>>> Hi Omnia,
>>>> An update on the blocker issue 21106. I have a PR building on trunk
>>> which I expect to be the candidate to cherry pick (
>>> https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23499). Once the build is green and
>>> we are finished with validation, I'll request permission to cherry pick.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Andrew
>>>> 
>>>> On 2026/09/16 17:42:10 Apoorv Mittal wrote:
>>>>> Hi Omnia,
>>>>> There is a memory leak bug in ShareConsumer, which seems to be a
>>> blocker
>>>>> for now. I have raised the jira:
>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-21106 and PR:
>>>>> https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23478.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We are working to resolve it; I'll keep the group posted.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Apoorv Mittal
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Bill
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I left a small comment on the PR, and +1 to the 4.4 branch :)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Chia-Ping
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Bill Bejeck <[email protected]> 於 2026年9月14日週一 下午9:59寫道:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Omnia/Chia,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I just merged https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/22102 into
>>> trunk,
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> small bugfix PR and is low risk.
>>>>>>> Ok for me to merge this into 4.4 to get it into the next RC?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]
>>> 
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I merged the other blocker follow-up for the KIP-909 issue.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -Matthias
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 9/9/26 10:15 AM, Lianet Magrans wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Omnia/Chia,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I just merged one of the remaining blockers (KAFKA-21010) and
>>>>>>>> cherry-picked
>>>>>>>>> it to 4.4
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>> Lianet
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 12:08 PM Andrew Schofield <
>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>> I've just merged https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23014
>>> into
>>>>>>> trunk
>>>>>>>>>> which address one of the 4.4 blockers.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> It should also be cherry-picked to 4.4.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 2026/08/18 04:15:32 Chia-Ping Tsai wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd like to cherry-pick this to 4.4, given it's a one-line
>>> change
>>>>>>>>>> seems low
>>>>>>>>>>>> risk.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> I have reviewed that change and cherry-picked it to 4.4
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Chia-Ping
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2026/08/17 17:17:44 Bill Bejeck wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Omina and Chia-Ping
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have a minor PR (one line change)
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23182 that I'll get
>>> merged
>>>>>>> soon.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd like to cherry-pick this to 4.4, given it's a one-line
>>> change
>>>>>>>>>> seems low
>>>>>>>>>>>> risk.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Bill
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for updating us, yes please go ahead and
>>> cherry-pick it to
>>>>>>> 4.4
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14 Aug 2026, at 21:59, Bill Bejeck <
>> [email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Omnia and Chia-Ping
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have a minor docs PR
>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23131
>>>>>>>>>> that I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just merged into trunk.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ok to cherry-pick to 4.4?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM Bill Bejeck <
>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Omnia and Chia-Ping,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've merged my blocker fix to trunk and cherry-picked
>> to
>>> 4.4
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I initially raised the issue here
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <
>>>>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread/sktbl653wbxhbhbfsgh54bwd3jgspqy4
>>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 1:38 PM <
>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Matthias I had a look all seems very small and no risk
>>> please
>>>>>> go
>>>>>>>>>> ahead
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and cherry pick them to 4.4
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 14 Aug 2026, at 16:50, Matthias J. Sax <
>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have three smaller merged PRs I would like to
>>> cherry-pick
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> 4.4
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> branch. If we don't cherry-pick now, I would need to
>>> cycle
>>>>>> back
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cherry-pick for 4.4.1 release what seems unnecessary
>>>>>> bookkeeping
>>>>>>>>>>>>> overhead.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Given that we are waiting for some blockers to get
>>> resolved
>>>>>>>>>> anyway,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there should be zero impact on the release; all three
>>> are low
>>>>>>>>>> risk of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> course.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please let me know:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23080
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23002
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23143
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Matthias
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/12/26 9:53 AM, José Armando García Sancio via
>> dev
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Chia-Ping,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That decision sounds good to me. I marked it as
>> fixed
>>> in
>>>>>> 4.5.0
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will not cherry pick it to the 4.4 branch.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hi José
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Actually, we did NOT extend the code freeze :)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The only commits we are pushing to the 4.4 branch
>>> right now
>>>>>>>>>> are to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> revert incomplete KIPs.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> KAFKA-16517 is a kind of performance optimization,
>>> right?
>>>>>> If
>>>>>>>>>> so, it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't seem necessary for 4.4.0.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please correct me if I am wrong.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chia-Ping
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> José Armando García Sancio via dev <
>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>> 於
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2026年8月13日週四 上午12:28寫道:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Chia-Ping,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for volunteering to release 4.4. Since we
>>> extended
>>>>>>>>>> the code
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> freeze to Aug 19th, I would like to include
>>> KAFKA-16517 in
>>>>>>>>>> the 4.4
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> release.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you agree? Can I cherry pick the commit
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/22805) to
>>> the 4.4
>>>>>>>>>> branch?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -José
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> 
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