Hi Divij, I did the following checks: - Checked signature, checksum, licenses - Spot checked documentation and javadoc - Built from source with Java 17 and Scala 2.13 - Ran full unit and integration test suites - Ran test Java app using staging Maven artifacts
+1 (non binding) Cheers Fede On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 10:27 AM Divij Vaidya <divijvaidy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the second candidate (RC1) for release of Apache Kafka 3.5.1. First > release candidate (RC0) was discarded due to incorrect license files. They > have been fixed since then. > > This release is a security patch release. It upgrades the dependency, > snappy-java, to a version which is not vulnerable to CVE-2023-34455. You > can find more information about the CVE at Kafka CVE list > <https://kafka.apache.org/cve-list#CVE-2023-3445>. > > Additionally, this releases fixes a regression introduced in 3.3.0, which > caused security.protocol configuration values to be restricted to upper > case only. With this release, security.protocol values are > case insensitive. See KAFKA-15053 > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-15053> for details. > > Release notes for the 3.5.1 release: > https://home.apache.org/~divijv/kafka-3.5.1-rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > *** Please download, test and vote by Thursday, July 20, 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/~divijv/kafka-3.5.1-rc1/ > > Maven artifacts to be voted upon: > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ > > Javadoc: > https://home.apache.org/~divijv/kafka-3.5.1-rc1/javadoc/ > > Tag to be voted upon (off 3.5 branch) is the 3.5.1 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.5.1-rc1 > > Documentation: > https://kafka.apache.org/35/documentation.html > Please note that documentation will be updated with upgrade notes ( > https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/4c78fd64454e25e3536e8c7ed5725d3fbe944a49) > after the release is complete. > > Protocol: > https://kafka.apache.org/35/protocol.html > > Unit/integration tests: > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.5/43/ (2 failures) > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.5/42/ (6 failures) > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.5/39/ (9 failures) > > In all 3 runs above, there are no common tests which are failing, which > leads me to believe that they are flaky. I have also verified that > unit/integration tests on my local machine successfully pass (JDK 17 + > Scala 2.13) > > System tests: > Not planning to run system tests since this is a patch release. > > Thank you. > > -- > Divij Vaidya > Release Manager for Apache Kafka 3.5.1