Hi All, The release branch was cut: https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/release-2.43.0
We currently have three open blockers in the release milestone: https://github.com/apache/beam/milestone/5 I'll look into cherry-picking fixes for these and hopefully creating a RC early next week. Thanks, Cham On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 3:25 PM Ahmet Altay <al...@google.com> wrote: > +1 - Thank you Cham! > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 1:38 PM Chamikara Jayalath via dev < > dev@beam.apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> The next (2.43.0) release branch cut is scheduled for October 19th, >> according to the release calendar [1]. >> >> I would like to volunteer myself to do this release. My plan is to cut >> the branch on that date, and cherrypick release-blocking fixes afterwards, >> if any. >> >> Please help me make sure the release goes smoothly by: >> - Making sure that any unresolved release blocking issues for 2.43.0 should >> have their "Milestone" marked as "2.43.0 Release" [2] as soon as >> possible. >> - Reviewing the current release blockers [2] and removing the Milestone >> if they don't meet the criteria at [3]. >> >> Let me know if you have any comments/objections/questions. >> >> Thanks, >> Cham >> >> [1] >> https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=0p73sl034k80oob7seouani...@group.calendar.google.com >> [2] https://github.com/apache/beam/milestone/5 >> [3] https://beam.apache.org/contribute/release-blocking/ >> >