[VOTE] 4.3.0 RC2

Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the 3rd candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.3.0. Since RC2, we've added fixes for: - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20380 - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20571 - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20572 Release notes for the 4.3.0 release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.3.0-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html *** Please download, test and vote by May 20, 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 (source and binary): https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.3.0-rc2/ * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: apache/kafka:4.3.0-rc2 apache/kafka-native:4.3.0-rc2 * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ * Javadoc: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.3.0-rc2/javadoc/index.html * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.3 branch) is the 4.3.0 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.3.0-rc2 * Documentation: PR: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/853 * Protocol: PR: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/853 * Successful CI builds for the 4.3 branch: Unit/integration tests: https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25797645206 System tests: Build is running * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.3 branch: Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25790809579 Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25790821471 Thanks, Mickael