Pierre, Thanks for handling this, and reviewing the pull request with the correction [1]. Thanks to everyone who voted in this first release candidate for 2.8.0.
I agree that the narrow nature of this fix provides good confidence to move forward with a shorter cycle for a vote for RC2. I could also see extending the RC2 vote window as needed, if the initial response is not sufficient confirmation. Regards, David Handermann [1] https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/10894 On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM Pierre Villard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cancelling the RC1. > > Thanks David, I was about to close the vote but that is definitely > something to address given the usage of Prometheus in the community. > > It sounds like a very minimal change and I'm happy to review the PR > once you file one. I can then get a RC2 going after that and I suggest > that we have a 24 hours window for the vote on the RC2 given that this > would be the only additional change. > > Thanks, > Pierre > > Le jeu. 12 févr. 2026 à 19:13, David Handermann > <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > > -1 binding > > > > In the process of verifying changes, I observed that Prometheus > > metrics fail to return as a result of changes for NIFI-15351 [1]. > > > > The build branch and revision fields are null in the build, so this > > needs to be checked and handled. I plan to write this up in a Jira > > issue and put together a pull request soon. > > > > Regards, > > David Handermann > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-15351 > > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM Pierre Villard > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Team, > > > > > > I am pleased to be calling this vote for the source release of Apache > > > NiFi 2.8.0. > > > > > > Please review the following guide for how to verify a release candidate > > > build: > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Release+Candidate+Verification > > > > > > The source being voted on the and the convenience binaries are > > > available on the Apache Distribution Repository: > > > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-2.8.0 > > > > > > The build artifacts are available on the Apache Nexus Repository: > > > > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachenifi-1330 > > > > > > Git Tag: nifi-2.8.0-RC1 > > > Git Commit ID: e20697a583566d04f60376fcb2f0276023a2202b > > > GitHub Commit Link: > > > https://github.com/apache/nifi/commit/e20697a583566d04f60376fcb2f0276023a2202b > > > > > > Hash of nifi-2.8.0-source-release.zip > > > > > > SHA512: > > > 9995ccc42fc61354fd3dd8fa479c1d307f7ca24916709ac2376545aa621be0e41f64fffce97b293fa1dc44c9f93d9097ead48aaad1e8f62fabc653596e6e84fe > > > > > > Release artifacts are signed with the following key: > > > > > > https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/pvillard.asc > > > > > > KEYS file is available on the Apache Distribution Repository: > > > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/nifi/KEYS > > > > > > Issues resolved for this version: 228 > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12316020&version=12356467 > > > > > > Release note highlights can be found on the project wiki: > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Release+Notes#ReleaseNotes-Version2.8.0 > > > > > > The vote will be open for 72 hours. > > > > > > Please download the release candidate and evaluate the necessary items > > > including checking hashes, signatures, build from source, and test. > > > Then please vote: > > > > > > [] +1 Release this package as nifi-2.8.0 > > > [] +0 no opinion > > > [] -1 Do not release this package because...
