+1 non-binding - Built from source - Checked the signatures of the source and binary release artifacts - Ran pulsar standalone - Checked producer and consumer - Verified the Cassandra connector - Verified the Stateful function
Regards, Yike ________________________________ From: Lari Hotari <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2026 22:51 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [VOTE] Release Apache Pulsar 4.2.1 based on 4.2.1-candidate-1 Hello Apache Pulsar Community, This is a call for the vote to release the Apache Pulsar version 4.2.1 based on 4.2.1-candidate-1. Included changes since the previous release: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fpulsar%2Fcompare%2Fv4.2.0...v4.2.1-candidate-1&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cb6307847ab1248596e0508dea147f456%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639125527561948361%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=drgNmhpA84EPnUJ5VG5xo6%2FTR0KFAzBEvfdB0xU2xtU%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/apache/pulsar/compare/v4.2.0...v4.2.1-candidate-1> *** Please download, test and vote on this release. This vote will stay open for at least 72 hours *** Only votes from PMC members are binding, but members of the community are encouraged to test the release and vote with "(non-binding)". Note that we are voting upon the source (tag), binaries are provided for convenience. The release candidate is available at: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdist.apache.org%2Frepos%2Fdist%2Fdev%2Fpulsar%2Fpulsar-4.2.1-candidate-1%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cb6307847ab1248596e0508dea147f456%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639125527561976070%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=meqINU3azG%2BC5gfQcp25D0PQNErTpmnAmvLk7vJ9ebQ%3D&reserved=0<https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/pulsar/pulsar-4.2.1-candidate-1/> SHA-512 checksums: 6f43174d4e215a8214c845baa65717b0db4fac4bff1efdda49d444dd960640b9a85dfc00fbbf8b55ad43f52f5f16af7944833f519bfe655504917626db4c738c apache-pulsar-4.2.1-src.tar.gz 8dbc1bd558e55925ba4d361ebb561b0c227a5c71843c371935700d6b360e1bc509147e088017242ed8f021165e55060b6e2bb966a2595ab465f07cc86e1a70df apache-pulsar-4.2.1-bin.tar.gz Maven staging repo: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frepository.apache.org%2Fcontent%2Frepositories%2Forgapachepulsar-1389&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cb6307847ab1248596e0508dea147f456%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639125527561996348%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wlfRoVLFvOr0oVxueR2D2bKUuEgg5jQ%2BMfTndUpr0Ys%3D&reserved=0<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepulsar-1389> The tag to be voted upon: v4.2.1-candidate-1 (commit aabd80bb483810f9597c82fcf20808a5980bbb19) https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fpulsar%2Freleases%2Ftag%2Fv4.2.1-candidate-1&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cb6307847ab1248596e0508dea147f456%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639125527562020429%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=aSFp43y4LanydG6ien3YaH08NmXA%2FMpvtHzebKsiF%2BE%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/apache/pulsar/releases/tag/v4.2.1-candidate-1> Pulsar's KEYS file containing PGP keys you use to sign the release: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdownloads.apache.org%2Fpulsar%2FKEYS&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cb6307847ab1248596e0508dea147f456%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639125527562038535%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6kldzHLBbNiHIA6jFxPKf7QU1OpHi0Ocu%2BIyyVmfR8c%3D&reserved=0<https://downloads.apache.org/pulsar/KEYS> Docker images: docker pull lhotari/pulsar:4.2.1-aabd80b https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.docker.com%2Flayers%2Flhotari%2Fpulsar%2F4.2.1-aabd80b%2Fimages%2Fsha256-2d56c2aee9a4c87a45ffabda5315e67b243a78b64331983830a2cccc8cff21e0&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cb6307847ab1248596e0508dea147f456%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639125527562056598%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=KHHfHqBuka2a1S2ID4Q9xsqIveex%2BXpZtcFkQQDqZPE%3D&reserved=0<https://hub.docker.com/layers/lhotari/pulsar/4.2.1-aabd80b/images/sha256-2d56c2aee9a4c87a45ffabda5315e67b243a78b64331983830a2cccc8cff21e0> docker pull lhotari/pulsar-all:4.2.1-aabd80b https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.docker.com%2Flayers%2Flhotari%2Fpulsar%2F4.2.1-aabd80b%2Fimages%2Fsha256-2d56c2aee9a4c87a45ffabda5315e67b243a78b64331983830a2cccc8cff21e0&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cb6307847ab1248596e0508dea147f456%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639125527562074135%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2F3YTNf4TdpR6lGjjK7czqS4lKtb9iDbFfIRbowo1%2FZY%3D&reserved=0<https://hub.docker.com/layers/lhotari/pulsar/4.2.1-aabd80b/images/sha256-2d56c2aee9a4c87a45ffabda5315e67b243a78b64331983830a2cccc8cff21e0> Please download the source package, and follow the README to build and run the Pulsar standalone service. 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