Hi, we ran all the regression tests within the Strimzi project and also all the KRaft migration and upgrade related test. Everything is fine.
+1 (non binding) Thanks Paolo Paolo Patierno *Senior Principal Software Engineer @ Red Hat**CNCF Ambassador* *Microsoft MVP on **Azure* Twitter : @ppatierno <http://twitter.com/ppatierno> Linkedin : paolopatierno <http://it.linkedin.com/in/paolopatierno> GitHub : ppatierno <https://github.com/ppatierno> On Mon, 12 May 2025, 10:57 TengYao Chi, <frankvi...@apache.org> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the third candidate for the release of Apache Kafka 3.9.1. > > This RC fixed the LICENSE-binary misalignment issue and also bump the jetty > version for CVE-2024-13009 compared with RC1. > > This is a bug-fix release with several fixes, and most importantly, it adds > Java 23 support for 3.9 > > Release notes for the 3.9.1 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.9.1-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > Please download, test, and vote by *Sunday, May 18, 9:00 AM PT* > > Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: > https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS > > * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.9.1-rc2/ > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:3.9.1-rc2: > > https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka/3.9.1-rc2/images/sha256-5862db4a63a6dd7d46fd14771b10a1b39e069c2c47f17d8e4640f960720a0ead > > apache/kafka-native:3.9.1-rc2: > > https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka-native/3.9.1-rc2/images/sha256-985da4a187ec9439df26a945984f894048ea67b2936d85a0cef273b16e32a113 > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ > > * Javadoc: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/3.9.1-rc2/javadoc/ > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.9 branch) is the 3.9.1 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.9.1-rc2 > > * Documentation: > https://kafka.apache.org/39/documentation.html > > * Protocol: > https://kafka.apache.org/39/protocol.html > > * CI builds for the 3.9 branch: > Unit/integration tests (There are some flaky tests): > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.9/199 > System tests: http://jenkins.opensource4you.tw/job/kafka-e2e/317 > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 3.9 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/14965348243 > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/14965352755 > > Thanks, > TengYao Chi >