Re: Trying to gauge the eol for Kafka 3.9.1. Please help.

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.

Cf
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 highly recommended.


-Matthias


On 11/24/25 9:15 PM, Ranjan, Ravi via users wrote:
> Hi
>
> Trying to gauge the eol for Kafka 3.9.1. I could figure out dates for Kafka 3.9 https://endoflife.date/apache-kafka but not for 3.9.1 Please help.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Ravi Ranjan
>
> Senior Manager, Blue Plant Systems Design Architecture | Ciena
>
> Gurgaon, Haryana
>
>
>



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