+1 I tested the RC2 in debug build in RHEL 8.0 in x86 architecture. The same flaky tests from above failed in the C++ side and no test failures were seen in the Java side.
Thank you all for testing the release and voting. I'll proceed with the release. Thanks, Abhishek On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM Alexey Serbin <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > Thank you very much for preparing RC2 for the 1.18.1 release, Abhishek! > > I built the C++ part of the project on RHEL8.8 on aarch64 (graviton3) > machine. > The build succeeded in DEBUG configuration. After that, I ran the tests. > All tests have passed except for log_block_manager-test, where several > scenarios failed due to the mismatch on expected and actual number of bytes > in FS containers and files, which I attribute to various issues related to > 64k block alignment in containers. There were a few attempts to address > the issue in the past, e.g. in the context of KUDU-3527, and I guess it > might be > something similar. So far those failures look like rest-only issues, > where the expectation on the size wasn't properly adjusted when using 64k > block > alignment or similar "non-standard" (i.e. non-4k) alignment: > > src/kudu/fs/log_block_manager-test.cc:1658: Failure > Expected equality of these values: > file_size_on_disk > Which is: 57479168 > fcs.excess_bytes + initial_file_size_on_disk > > Which is: 57417728 > > 57479168 - 57417728 = 61440 > > With that, I don't think it's something that should block the release. > > > Kind regards, > > Alexey > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM Marton Greber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Thanks for preparing the RC Abhishek! > > > > Here are the tests I performed on Ubuntu22: > > - built the Cpp part in release mode > > - all the Cpp tests passed except: > > 350 - kudu-admin-test.5 (Failed) > > 464 - minidump-test (Failed) > > 469 - curl_util-test (Failed) > > These look like test only issues on Ubuntu22. > > - built the Java part > > - all the Java tests passed except: > > > > > > > org.apache.kudu.client.TestSecurity.testExternallyProvidedSubjectRefreshedExternally > > This looks like a test issue. > > - built the Python part > > - all the Python tests passed with Python 2.7 and Python 3.10 > > - built the Python client, installed it locally and ran the Python > > examples > > > > No major issues found, only minor, test only issues. > > My vote is +1. > > > > Thanks for your efforts Abhishek! > > > > Marton > > > > Abhishek Chennaka <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. dec. > 9., > > K, 0:54): > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > The Apache Kudu team is happy to announce the second release candidate > > for > > > Apache Kudu 1.18.1. > > > > > > Apache Kudu 1.18.1 is a maintenance release that offers critical bug > > fixes. > > > > > > This is a source-only release. The artifacts have been staged here: > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kudu/1.18.1-RC2/ > > > > > > Java convenience binaries in the form of a Maven repository are staged > > > here: > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1131 > > > > > > Linux (x86_64 and aarch64 platforms built on RHEL 8) and macOS (built > on > > > Sequoia 15.7.2) test-only Kudu binary JAR artifacts are staged here: > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1132 > > > > > > It is tagged in Git as 1.18.1-RC2 and the corresponding hash is the > > > following: > > > > > > > > > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=kudu.git;a=commit;h=3a9f8c319ddbfbff2a9c546e71ff7bd248caebfd > > > > > > The release notes can be found here: > > > https://github.com/apache/kudu/blob/1.18.1-RC2/docs/release_notes.adoc > > > < > https://github.com/apache/kudu/blob/1.18.1-RC1/docs/release_notes.adoc> > > > > > > The KEYS file to verify the artifact signatures can be found here: > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/kudu/KEYS > > > > > > I'd suggest going through the release notes, building Kudu, and running > > the > > > unit tests. Testing out the Maven repo would also be appreciated. Also, > > > it's worth running Kudu Java tests against kudu-binary JAR artifact as > > > described in the commit message here: > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/kudu/commit/8a6faaa93f3e206ac75e8087731daccaf7ab646a > > > > > > The vote will run until a majority[1] is achieved, but at least until > > > Thursday, December 11 16:00:00 PST 2025. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Abhishek > > > > > > [1] https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#ReleaseVotes > > > > > >
