Hi Matthias, I believe we should now have confirmation of the exact release date for Kafka 4.4.0. Could you please share the confirmed date?
Regards Vivek -----Original Message----- From: Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> Sent: 17 September 2026 05:59 To: Mayank Maheshwari M <[email protected]>; Vivek Agarwal B <[email protected]>; [email protected] Cc: Ashish Verma V <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Kafka 4.4.0 formal release date -- Important No updates... We are waiting for RC2. But today, a potentially new blocker bug was found... On 9/16/26 5:27 AM, Mayank Maheshwari M wrote: > Hi @Matthias J. Sax, > > Unfortunately, I have not been able to follow the development mailing list to > monitor the progress, as you suggested, due to security constraints at > Ericsson. > > I understand that you previously mentioned the Kafka release may require > approximately two more weeks. As noted in my last email, we have a release > delivery scheduled for the end of September. Therefore, I would like to check > whether you see a possibility of having the Kafka release available within > that timeframe. > > I really appreciate your response and support on this. > > //Mayank > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivek Agarwal B <[email protected]> > Sent: 16 September 2026 05:05 PM > To: Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Cc: Ashish Verma V <[email protected]>; Mayank Maheshwari M > <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Kafka 4.4.0 formal release date -- Important > > Hi Matthias, > > Do we now have a confirmed date for the formal release of Kafka 4.4.0? > > Regards > Vivek > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> > Sent: 10 September 2026 02:49 > To: [email protected]; Vivek Agarwal B > <[email protected]> > Cc: Ashish Verma V <[email protected]>; Mayank Maheshwari M > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Kafka 4.4.0 formal release date -- Important > > [You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is > important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] > > As an open source project, we don't have committed release dates. The page > literally says "no earlier than": > > > meaning we expect to release no earlier than September 9 2026 > > The AK 4.4.0 release is in code freeze, and a first RC was cut. But some > blocker bugs were found, and need to be fixed before the next RC can be > prepared. > > If you want to monitor the progress more closely, you can follow the dev > mailing list (or the corresponding email thread on the archive in case you > don't want to subscribe). > > At this point, I would think we need _at least_ two more weeks... > > > -Matthias > > On 9/8/26 9:52 PM, Mayank Maheshwari M via users wrote: >> Hi Kafka Team, >> >> Appreciate your response to the email below. >> >> We have a release planned for the end of September and are planning to >> include this Kafka version with the vulnerability fixes in the release. >> >> //Mayank >> >> From: Vivek Agarwal B <[email protected]> >> Sent: 08 September 2026 09:16 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Ashish Verma V <[email protected]>; Mayank Maheshwari M >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Kafka 4.4.0 formal release date >> >> Hi, >> >> As per Release Plan 4.4.0 - Apache Kafka - Apache Software >> Foundation<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/KAFKA/pages/429064575/Release+Plan+4.4.0>, >> the formal release for Kafka 4.4.0 is planned for 9th Sep. >> Could you please confirm that the release date remains unchanged and that >> there are no updates to the current schedule? >> >> Regards >> Vivek >
