Hi Alex,

The Drools CI ran successfully and updated the 999-SNAPSHOT versions as
expected. However, the OptaPlanner and Kogito builds were unstable
and didn't correctly update the 999-SNAPSHOT version, so I'm currently
investigating those issues before proceeding with the kie-tools build. I
plan on branching the kie-tools repo next week once that's resolved.

I'll update the Zulip thread as I make progress.

Best regards,
Kennedy

On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM Alex Porcelli <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Kennedy,
>
> I wanted to follow up and see if you could share an update on the release
> status. I took a look at the repositories, and while some now have 10.2.x
> branches, I noticed the versions are still set to 999-SNAPSHOT, which
> suggests the automation may not have completed successfully.
>
> I also noticed that kie-tools doesn't appear to have been branched yet,
> which could put us at risk of getting out of sync with the rest of the
> release.
>
> Could you provide some clarity on the current state and next steps?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 3:44 AM, Dominik Hanak <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Good news!
> >
> > Thank you Kennedy!
> >
> > Following our past practice I have created a zulip topic[1] to facilitate
> > collaboration on the release.
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://kie.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/386449-kie-dev/topic/10.2E2.2E0.
> > 20Release.20Thread/with/575482378
> >
> > Dominik
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 at 15:35, Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Thank you for your patience as we finalize preparations for the 10.2
> > release. I appreciate everyone pitching in with PRs and reviews to keep
> the
> > momentum going.
> >
> > I’m pleased to share that the final PR related to the new BPMN Editor,
> > first announced here [1], has now been merged [2]. A big thank you to
> Tiago
> > Bento for the significant work behind this modernization effort, which
> > allows us to move away from our GWT dependency and brings us further into
> > compliance with Apache guidelines.
> >
> > Additionally, all Quarkus and Spring Boot upgrades have been successfully
> > merged. Many thanks to Jijo Thomas K and Nithin R Krishnan for your work
> on
> > these updates [3].
> >
> > Our original plan for the 10.2 release was to remove the GWT-based
> > BPMN/DMN/SceSim Editors from the codebase, with the Quarkus and Spring
> Boot
> > upgrades scheduled for the following release. Because the GWT work took
> > longer than anticipated, it’s great that we are now able to include these
> > upgrades in 10.2 as well.
> >
> > I will begin running the CI pipelines tomorrow morning (CET) which will
> > create the new 10.2.x branches. If you have any PRs that you believe
> should
> > be included in this release and would justify a short delay, please
> respond
> > here. That said, given the time since 10.1, I believe it’s important that
> > we move forward and publish this release soon to re-establish a
> consistent
> > and reliable release cadence.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Kennedy
> >
> > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/87863y10qxm564cc76svvonslponv2f9
> > [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-tools/pull/3448
> > [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/314vb9wxt22r0t4rh6xqlcf78yz66wv5
> >
> >
>

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