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I used the staged binaries and Maven artifacts ... and did some manual smoke testing and tested it with Strimzi tests as well. All seems to work fine, so +1 (non-binding). Thanks for running the release. Jakub On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 7:31 AM PoAn Yang <yangpoan@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the 1st candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.2.1. > > This is the first bug fix release for Apache Kafka 4.2 with fixes as > described in the release notes. > > Release notes for the 4.2.1 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.2.1-rc3/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > Please download, test and vote by Friday, May 1, 9pm 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/4.2.1-rc3/ ...

I used the staged binaries and Maven artifacts, and did some manual smoke testing and tested it with Strimzi tests as well. All seems to work fine, so +1 (non-binding). Thanks for running the release, Mickael. Jakub On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM Mickael Maison <mickael.maison@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.3.0. > > This release includes 25 KIPs bringing improvements to all components. > > Note that we still have 1 blocker (KAFKA-20441) so there will be another > RC. > > Release notes for the 4.3.0 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.3.0-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > Please download, test and vote by May 4, 5pm CEST > > Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: > https://downloads.apache.org/kafka/KEYS > > * Release artifacts to be voted upon (so...

Congratulations Sean! -- Igor On Wed, Apr 29, 2026, at 19:48, Chia-Ping Tsai wrote: > The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache Kafka is pleased to > announce Sean Quah as a new Kafka committer. > > Sean is a true Kafka expert who has made numerous significant contributions > to the project. If you are amazed by the new consumer protocol, we owe a > huge thanks to Sean for helping build this foundational feature. Honestly, > I am so proud to be the one sharing this exciting news with you all. > > Please join me in welcoming and congratulating Sean! > > Chia-Ping Tsai > On behalf of the Apache Kafka PMC >

Congratulations Sean! ________________________________ From: Matthias J. Sax <mjsax@apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 4:18 PM To: dev@kafka.apache.org <dev@kafka.apache.org> Cc: users@kafka.apache.org <users@kafka.apache.org> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] New committer: Sean Quah Congrats! On 4/29/26 12:39 PM, Lianet Magrans wrote: > Congratulations Sean!!! > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:19 p.m. Mickael Maison <mickael.maison@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Congratulations Sean! >> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM Dongnuo Lyu via dev >> <dev@kafka.apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> Congrats Sean!! >> >

Hi, Following up with the test results: Unit/integration tests: https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25053481746 System tests: Core: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k7Vblxai4n1hV6mPlJ4O_Zp5zJx3OYuC/view?usp=sharing 1 failure: test_rate_device_name=eth0_latency_ms=50_metadata_quorum=COMBINED_KRAFT_rate_limit_kbit=1000000_task_name=rate-1000-latency-50 kafkatest.tests.core.network_degrade_test The test consistently fails in my environment Non Core: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Fg7IcKOl5l3sbfcLjD08Wd6yWEP2ofx/view?usp=sharing 1 failure: test_replica_lags_metadata_quorum=ISOLATED_KRAFT kafkatest.tests.tools.replica_verification_test The test is flaky, it passed in a rerun. Thanks, Mickael On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 4:57 PM Mickael Maison <mickael.maison@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.3.0. > > This release includes ...

Congratulations Sean. On Thu, 30 Apr, 2026, 00:18 Chia-Ping Tsai, <chia7712@gmail.com> wrote: > The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache Kafka is pleased to > announce Sean Quah as a new Kafka committer. > > Sean is a true Kafka expert who has made numerous significant contributions > to the project. If you are amazed by the new consumer protocol, we owe a > huge thanks to Sean for helping build this foundational feature. Honestly, > I am so proud to be the one sharing this exciting news with you all. > > Please join me in welcoming and congratulating Sean! > > Chia-Ping Tsai > On behalf of the Apache Kafka PMC >

Congrats! On 4/29/26 12:39 PM, Lianet Magrans wrote: > Congratulations Sean!!! > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 3:19 p.m. Mickael Maison <mickael.maison@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Congratulations Sean! >> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM Dongnuo Lyu via dev >> <dev@kafka.apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> Congrats Sean!! >> >