Re: Kafka 4.1.2 release plan

Hi,
I think our release process doesn't currently specify when to update this
page. Many release managers update it after the release is done. Let me add
the ones that we have in flight in that page.

Best,

On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 10:52 AM Xiong, Benson <benson.xiong01@sap.com>
wrote:

> Hi Prat,
>
> Thank you for the information. Where can we watch the status of this
> release? I originally thought it was tracked in
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Future+release+plan.
>
>
> Regards,
> Benson
>
> *From: *Josep Prat <josep.prat@aiven.io>
> *Date: *Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 17:30
> *To: *users@kafka.apache.org <users@kafka.apache.org>
> *Cc: *Xiong, Benson <benson.xiong01@sap.com>
> *Subject: *Re: Kafka 4.1.2 release plan
>
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> Hi Benson,
> A release candidate for 4.1.2 has been recently published [1]. We are
> currently in the process of verifying and validating it. Expect it to be
> released soon.
>
> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/ff002gcyvhslhz7rwnvz07fmpd34p6t3
>
> Best,
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 10:02 AM Xiong, Benson via users <
> users@kafka.apache.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
>
> According to https://kafka.apache.org/blog/releases/, 4.2.0 was released
> on Feb 17, I'm wondering will kafka 4.1.2(
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+4.1.2)
> still be released and when?
>
> The page
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Future+release+plan does
> not mention 4.1.2. Can anyone help to clarify?
>
>
> Thanks
> Benson
>
>
>
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