As an open source project, we don't have committed release dates. The page literally says "no earlier than": > meaning we expect to release no earlier than September 9 2026 The AK 4.4.0 release is in code freeze, and a first RC was cut. But some blocker bugs were found, and need to be fixed before the next RC can be prepared. If you want to monitor the progress more closely, you can follow the dev mailing list (or the corresponding email thread on the archive in case you don't want to subscribe). At this point, I would think we need _at least_ two more weeks... -Matthias On 9/8/26 9:52 PM, Mayank Maheshwari M via users wrote: > Hi Kafka Team, > > Appreciate your response to the email below. > > We have a release planned for the end of September and are planning to include this Kafka version with the vulnerability fixes in the release. > > //Mayank > > From: Vivek Agarwal B <vivek.b.agarwal@ericsson.com> > Sent: 08 September 2026 09:16 AM > To: users@kafka.apache.org > Cc: Ashish Verma V <ashish.v.verma@ericsson.com>; Mayank Maheshwari M <mayank.m.maheshwari@ericsson.com> > Subject: Kafka 4.4.0 formal release date > > Hi, > > As per Release Plan 4.4.0 - Apache Kafka - Apache Software Foundation<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/KAFKA/pages/429064575/Release+Plan+4.4.0>, the formal release for Kafka 4.4.0 is planned for 9th Sep. > Could you please confirm that the release date remains unchanged and that there are no updates to the current schedule? > > Regards > Vivek
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