+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: Monday, July 27, 2026 5:17 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [VOTE] Release Apache Pulsar 4.2.4 based on 4.2.4-candidate-1 Hello Apache Pulsar Community, This is a call for the vote to release the Apache Pulsar version 4.2.4 based on 4.2.4-candidate-1. Included changes since the previous release: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fpulsar%2Fcompare%2Fv4.2.3...v4.2.4-candidate-1&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9672a00471d842c845b008deeb5b61f1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639206974882077442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wm5H7eI1oklHadFBQP%2BkZF23Gnp4qWD6iuF0gZFL8DI%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/apache/pulsar/compare/v4.2.3...v4.2.4-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-4.2.4-candidate-1%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9672a00471d842c845b008deeb5b61f1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639206974882101939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BSLADpT%2FCRJWl0EyaFoESgulJLCmZDeLVKmdvefeI6U%3D&reserved=0<https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/pulsar/pulsar-4.2.4-candidate-1/> SHA-512 checksums: 462270b723b74765b263ff8cbc45884231a82bae49ccd4bc9e87bf06025219173a64f30e3907dc40e7587609051f6a449c218044bafb9b488af78c80b9242b68 apache-pulsar-4.2.4-src.tar.gz 8c0a63cc6421c8eb3c4a55b8895ca08a38a1c6771758251fc7a82edbc4c6a42bb8ba5c956066b637ec7e049149d467c034e854b571a4cb000f42a47ae6105971 apache-pulsar-4.2.4-bin.tar.gz Maven staging repo: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frepository.apache.org%2Fcontent%2Frepositories%2Forgapachepulsar-1417&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9672a00471d842c845b008deeb5b61f1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639206974882120264%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HZbwa9F7UIyDA1dpcMUxVBm9T%2B3UmjEY87jDxUR%2BRgE%3D&reserved=0<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepulsar-1417> The tag to be voted upon: v4.2.4-candidate-1 (commit 534a635dca0748eaf43ae67002ce2c2077487b4e) https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fpulsar%2Freleases%2Ftag%2Fv4.2.4-candidate-1&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9672a00471d842c845b008deeb5b61f1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639206974882137783%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3pbpJoLin7XD288tt09eiVTbmQcTMD3Bns%2BhZBptvWc%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/apache/pulsar/releases/tag/v4.2.4-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%7C9672a00471d842c845b008deeb5b61f1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639206974882157146%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wHigvYgl%2FGEALS4dEJYcq14h9cK%2Bx4A1Jxla4kUiqkg%3D&reserved=0<https://downloads.apache.org/pulsar/KEYS> Docker images: docker pull lhotari/pulsar:4.2.4-534a635 https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.docker.com%2Flayers%2Flhotari%2Fpulsar%2F4.2.4-534a635%2Fimages%2Fsha256-7b4c5a018314f609cb09766bf5d3104346c95b534f2a362a723ebace76485dc2&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9672a00471d842c845b008deeb5b61f1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639206974882174486%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WLcUGuhxTOF4%2Fa%2FGjvv%2F45WdSCdJU4x7QhRQuK%2BdEnI%3D&reserved=0<https://hub.docker.com/layers/lhotari/pulsar/4.2.4-534a635/images/sha256-7b4c5a018314f609cb09766bf5d3104346c95b534f2a362a723ebace76485dc2> docker pull lhotari/pulsar-all:4.2.4-534a635 https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.docker.com%2Flayers%2Flhotari%2Fpulsar-all%2F4.2.4-534a635%2Fimages%2Fsha256-8427649f47407550ec9f91447eda559c449b7d49cde50aaf24a238f457ab19e7&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9672a00471d842c845b008deeb5b61f1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639206974882191707%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SmmRFGOZJHtL1RVxx3t4AbPPhRYzWoIe9Y%2BmKbBO31g%3D&reserved=0<https://hub.docker.com/layers/lhotari/pulsar-all/4.2.4-534a635/images/sha256-8427649f47407550ec9f91447eda559c449b7d49cde50aaf24a238f457ab19e7> 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://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpulsar.apache.org%2Fcontribute%2Fvalidate-release-candidate%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C9672a00471d842c845b008deeb5b61f1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639206974882209447%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=v72NOOF%2BbE%2BJs80njhk%2BinoeamSzt5H16zQnja7jbXw%3D&reserved=0<https://pulsar.apache.org/contribute/validate-release-candidate/> Thanks, Lari Hotari
