Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers,
This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.3.1 which includes many bug fixes for Apache Kafka 2.3. Release notes for the 2.3.1 release: https://home.apache.org/~davidarthur/kafka-2.3.1-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html *** Please download, test and vote by Wednesday, September 18, 9am PT Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): https://home.apache.org/~davidarthur/kafka-2.3.1-rc0/ * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ * Javadoc: https://home.apache.org/~davidarthur/kafka-2.3.1-rc0/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 2.3 branch) is the 2.3.1 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/2.3.1-rc0 * Documentation: https://kafka.apache.org/23/documentation.html * Protocol: https://kafka.apache.org/23/protocol.html * Successful Jenkins builds for the 2.3 branch: Unit/integration tests: https://builds.apache.org/job/kafka-2.3-jdk8/ System tests: https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka/job/2.3/119 We have yet to get a successful unit/integration job run due to some flaky failures. I will send out a follow-up email once we have a passing build. Thanks! David
