+1 (non-binding) Validated apache-pulsar 5.0.0-M1-candidate-1 on macOS x86_64: - SHA-512 checksums match the published .sha512 (and the email) - GPG: Good signature, KEYS from downloads.apache.org - Tag v5.0.0-M1-candidate-1 commit confirmed against the email - BookKeeper native libs packaged in the binary - Built source tarball with JDK 21 / Gradle wrapper (./gradlew assemble) - Standalone health checks pass; pub/sub, Java function, and stateful word-count function work; Cassandra sink verified
Thanks! Pavel Zeger On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM Lari Hotari <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Apache Pulsar Community, > > This is a call for the vote to release the Apache Pulsar version > 5.0.0-M1 based on 5.0.0-M1-candidate-1. > > Included changes, the merged PRs of the 5.0.0-M1 milestone: > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+milestone%3A5.0.0-M1 > > *** 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://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/pulsar/pulsar-5.0.0-M1-candidate-1/ > > SHA-512 checksums: > > 7d81d54bf776b66b69d19517be95c5443e406e1a91da95e7f516dc98699526a011c33c68cf1fd0578eda26c42163812f2e0d75c65f06eeab5a0d7b32951e43bd > apache-pulsar-5.0.0-M1-src.tar.gz > > 51da3ea56788c0a65844824a4cd2c54e4df513e453a1fe3e8444b98a0cccb91085c8b0af04606bd6e5570293b76f355d40b2f3607d6a8139f0aab70de1486855 > apache-pulsar-5.0.0-M1-bin.tar.gz > > Maven staging repo: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepulsar-1412 > > The tag to be voted upon: > v5.0.0-M1-candidate-1 (commit 8dae0236c0a0d405ed7f8303081080520fe91551) > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/releases/tag/v5.0.0-M1-candidate-1 > > Pulsar's KEYS file containing PGP keys you use to sign the release: > https://downloads.apache.org/pulsar/KEYS > > Docker images: > docker pull lhotari/pulsar:5.0.0-M1-8dae023 > > https://hub.docker.com/layers/lhotari/pulsar/5.0.0-M1-8dae023/images/sha256-fff60a921e95047cc81abd715f6fa0556c498fea57d6405200d997711d9369d1 > > Please download the source package, and follow the README to build > and run the Pulsar standalone service. > > More advanced release validation instructions can be found at > https://pulsar.apache.org/contribute/validate-release-candidate/ > > Thanks, > > Lari Hotari >
