RE: Question about Kafka 3.9.2 version

Thanks for the information.

Regards,
James

-----Original Message-----
From: Ivan Yurchenko <ivan@ivanyu.me>
Sent: 21 January 2026 13:24
To: users@kafka.apache.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Question about Kafka 3.9.2 version

Hi James,

3.9.2 is about to be released soon. "RC0" means "release candidate", a build on which final pre-release checks and tests are performed. If nothing major is discovered, it'll become the 3.9.2 release.

Best,
Ivan

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026, at 04:31, JAMES JOSE wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The latest download available is 3.9.1 version as per https://kafka.apache.org/community/downloads/ . However, the source repository shows a Tag named 3.9.2-rc0. Does it mean 3.9.2 is released, if so, is there a plan to add the downloadable binaries for 3.9.2 ?
>
> Regards,
> James
>