Hi, RocketMQ community: This is the vote for the release of Apache RocketMQ version 5.3.4.
Compared to the previous version 5.3.3, this is a bug-fix release that includes numerous improvements to enhance stability, performance, and correctness. Key highlights include critical dependency upgrades (e.g., Netty, OpenTelemetry), significant stability enhancements like the TimerWheel snapshot mechanism for reliable recovery, and a wide range of bug fixes across modules such as Broker, Proxy, and Client. Thank you for your attention, If you have any suggestions please reply to this email. *The artifacts:* https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/rocketmq/5.3.4-rc1/ *The staging repo:* https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacherocketmq-1350/org/apache/rocketmq/ *Git tag for the release:* https://github.com/apache/rocketmq/tree/rocketmq-all-5.3.4 *Hash for the release tag:* b77f2ab3a4dcb96befb02bf44526311be70b4749 *Release Notes:* PR: https://github.com/apache/rocketmq-site/pull/753 Website: https://rocketmq.apache.org/release-notes/2025/11/26/5.3.4 (Note: Temporarily inaccessible, waiting for the PR to be approved before placing it on the official website.) The artifacts have been signed with Key 09D58134D2DA90B296ABCB77D5C871BAC9D394D2 which can be found in the keys file: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/rocketmq/KEYS The vote will be open for at least 72 hours or until the necessary number of votes are reached. Please vote accordingly: [ ] +1 approve [ ] +0 no opinion [ ] -1 disapprove with the reason Thanks, The Apache RocketMQ Team
