I notice 3.9 is still listed as supported at https://kafka.apache.org/community/downloads/
Do we have any thoughts on whether there will be a 3.9.3?
From: Matthias J. Sax < mjsax@apache.org >
Date: Tuesday, 25 November 2025 at 11:28
To: users@kafka.apache.org < users@kafka.apache.org >
Subject: Re: Trying to gauge the eol for Kafka 3.9.1. Please help.
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https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Time+Based+Release+Plan#TimeBasedReleasePlan-WhatIsOurEOLPolicy ?
In general, we maintain 3 versions, so with AK 4.2 release, 3.9.x would
actually hit EOL.
Given that 4.0 is a major change with ZK removal in favor of KRaft, it
will most likely be maintained a little longer though. We are currently
discussing a 3.9.2 bug-fix release.
But it will depend on overall community demand, if their will be a 3.9.3
bug-fix release or not. In general, I would not expect 3.9.x to be
maintained too much longer, and migrating off ZK, and to upgrade to 4.x
is h...