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The Apache Kafka community is pleased to announce the release for Apache Kafka 4.2.2 This bug-fix release includes several critical fixes as documented in the release notes. All of the changes in this release can be found in the release notes: https://www.apache.org/dist/kafka/4.2.2/RELEASE_NOTES.html An overview of the release can be found in our announcement blog post: https://kafka.apache.org/blog/2026/09/29/apache-kafka-4.2.2-release-announcement/ You can download the source and binary release (Scala 2.13) from: https://kafka.apache.org/community/downloads/#422 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform with four core APIs: ** The Producer API allows an application to publish a stream of records to one or more Kafka topics. ** The Consumer API allows an application to subscribe to one or more topics and process the stream of records produce...

Hi Chia-Ping, Please can you share test build for rc-1. Also please can you confirm if formal release v4.4.0 be available by 1st week of October. Regards Vivek ________________________________ From: Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7712@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, 29 September 2026 10:48:03 To: dev@kafka.apache.org <dev@kafka.apache.org> Cc: users@kafka.apache.org <users@kafka.apache.org>; Ashish Verma V <ashish.v.verma@ericsson.com>; Mayank Maheshwari M <mayank.m.maheshwari@ericsson.com>; Vivek Agarwal B <vivek.b.agarwal@ericsson.com>; dev Shekhar Prasad Rajak via <dev@kafka.apache.org> Subject: Re: 4.4.0 Release Manager Hi Vivek The next 4.4.0 RC, which includes the updates you mentioned, is being prepared. We will let you know once the artifacts are uploaded. Best, Chia-Ping > Vivek Agarwal B via dev <dev@kafka.apache.org> 於 2026年9月29日 上午11:49 寫道： > > Hi Chia-Ping, > > Thank you for considering this re...

Hi Vivek The next 4.4.0 RC, which includes the updates you mentioned, is being prepared. We will let you know once the artifacts are uploaded. Best, Chia-Ping > Vivek Agarwal B via dev <dev@kafka.apache.org> 於 2026年9月29日 上午11:49 寫道： > > Hi Chia-Ping, > > Thank you for considering this request. > > Could you please let me know when the formal release of Kafka 4.4.0 is expected to be available? > > Our product currently uses Kafka 4.3.0, and we plan to migrate to Kafka 4.4.0, as several vulnerabilities have been addressed in the newer version. Since our product release is approaching, we would like to integrate and test Kafka 4.4.0 to identify and address any migration or functionality issues. > > Could you please provide us with a test build based on the latest Kafka 4.4.0 release candidate, if available? > > Regards > Vivek > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7712@apac...

Hi Chia-Ping, Thank you for considering this request. Could you please let me know when the formal release of Kafka 4.4.0 is expected to be available? Our product currently uses Kafka 4.3.0, and we plan to migrate to Kafka 4.4.0, as several vulnerabilities have been addressed in the newer version. Since our product release is approaching, we would like to integrate and test Kafka 4.4.0 to identify and address any migration or functionality issues. Could you please provide us with a test build based on the latest Kafka 4.4.0 release candidate, if available? Regards Vivek -----Original Message----- From: Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7712@apache.org> Sent: 28 September 2026 21:49 To: users@kafka.apache.org Subject: Re: 4.4.0 Release Manager [You don't often get email from chia7712@apache.org. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] Hi Vivek I have backported the Jetty and zstd-jni updates to the 4.4 branch. Also, I op...