Re: [VOTE] 4.3.2 RC0

I used the staged binaries and Maven artifacts to run my smoke tests & the Strimzi tests. All seems to work fine. So +1 non-binding from me. Thanks for running the release. Thanks & Regards Jakub On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM 黃竣陽 <s7133700@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.3.2. > > This is a bugfix release in 4.3 line. > > Release notes for the 4.3.2 release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.3.2-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > Please download, test and vote by Friday, October 2nd, 9am PT > > 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/4.3.2-rc0/ > > * Docker release artifacts to be voted upon: > apache/kafka:4.3.2-rc0 < > https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka/4.3.2-rc0/images/sha256-aad4e610fcbbb44b142dfe89c5d1e62262d0323bba68b46092853d3ee961c719 > > > apache/kafka-native:4.3.2-rc0 < > https://hub.docker.com/layers/apache/kafka-native/4.3.2-rc0/images/sha256-aad4e610fcbbb44b142dfe89c5d1e62262d0323bba68b46092853d3ee961c719 > > > > * 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/4.3.2-rc0/javadoc/index.html > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 4.3 branch) is the 4.3.2 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.3.2-rc0 > > * Documentation: > https://kafka.apache.org/43/documentation.html > > * Protocol: > https://kafka.apache.org/43/design/protocol > > * Successful CI builds for the 4.3 branch: > Unit/integration tests: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/36498239102 > System tests: [will provide it soon] > > * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 4.3 branch: > Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/36444796001 > Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native): > https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/36444991180 > > Thanks, > Jiunn-Yang Huang