The Apache ZooKeeper community would like to make the official announcement of 3.7 release line End-of-Life. It will be effective on 2nd of February, 2024 00:01 AM (PDT). From that day forward the 3.7 version of Apache ZooKeeper won’t be supported by the community which means we won't
- accept patches on the 3.7.x branch, - run automated tests on any JDK version, - create new releases from 3.7.x branch, - resolve security issues, CVEs or critical bugs. Latest released version of Apache ZooKeeper 3.7 (currently 3.7.2) will be available on the download page for another year (until 2nd of February, 2025), after that it will be accessible among other historical versions from Apache Archives. === Upgrade === We recommend users of Apache ZooKeeper 3.7 to plan your production upgrades according to the following supported upgrade path: 1) Upgrade to latest 3.8.x version 2) (Optional) Upgrade to latest 3.9.x version. Please find known upgrade issues and workarounds on the following wiki page: Upgrade FAQ [1] In addition to that the user@ mailing list is open 24/7 to help and answer your questions as usual. === Compatibility === Our backward compatibility rules still apply and can be found here: Backward compatibility rules [2] Following the recommended upgrade path with rolling upgrade process ZooKeeper quorum will be available at all times as long as clients are not starting to use new features. Regards, Andor [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ZOOKEEPER/Upgrade+FAQ [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ZOOKEEPER/ReleaseManagement
