Hi Mickael,
My view is that https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19851 should
be in 4.3.0 (which it is) and
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20380 does not matter.
Thanks,
Andrew
On 2026/05/12 13:21:03 Josep Prat via dev wrote:
Hi Mickael,
while this was going on I was doing some validation and I did:
- checked the signatures and checksums
- Tested Docker Images:
-- can start
-- can create topics
- ran quickstart
- ran sample apps with consumer groups
- checked Java client interaction from artifacts (admin, producer,
consumer
and streams)
- check Tiered Storage offloads to remote storage (with Aiven's plugin)
- check Kafka Connect
+1 (binding).
Regarding whether to make another RC or not. I don't see these issues as
blockers and if really needed they will definitely land in 4.3.1.
Best,
On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM Mickael Maison <
[email protected]>
wrote:
Slight correction:
KAFKA-19851 is in 4.3.0 RC1:
https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/4e823a07a3ef366768e967148a11b39c3759d318
KAFKA-20380
<
https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/4e823a07a3ef366768e967148a11b39c3759d318KAFKA-20380
is in the 4.3 branch but not in RC1
Thanks,
Mickael
On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM Mickael Maison <
[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
So we've technically passed the vote.
However I just noticed that we're doing another 4.2.1 release
candidate (even though RC3 had also passed the vote) to include
fixes
for KAFKA-19851 and KAFKA-20380.
These fixes are not included in 4.3.0 RC1.
It's not clear to me that these are high importance fixes (opened
for
several versions, not marked as blockers) needed for 4.3.0.
If people want to make a case for including these in 4.3.0, please
let
me know.
Otherwise I'll proceed with the release of 4.3.0 using RC1.
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19851
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20380
Thanks,
Mickael
On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM Luke Chen <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi Mickael,
I found a non-blocking doc issue KAFKA-20569
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20569> that might
also
affect
v4.3.0.
We might need to fix it for v4.3.0.
Thanks,
Luke
On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM Federico Valeri <
[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi Mickael,
- built from source using Java 21
- tested KAFKA-19655
- ran various test client applications
- browsed Javadoc
+1 non binding
Thanks for running the release.
Fede
On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 9:09 AM Maroš Orsák <
[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi Mickael,
I have run the Strimzi test container tests on Aarch64 image
build
from
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.3.0-rc1/kafka_2.13-4.3.0.tgz
,
all tests passed without issues.
+1 (non-binding)
Cheers,
Maros
po 11. 5. 2026 o 23:54 Lianet Magrans <[email protected]>
napísal(a):
Hi Mickael,
I did the following:
- verified the checksums and signatures
- build from source (java 21) -> run quickstart, basic
produce/consume
with
Classic and Consumer groups
- run basic consume/produce on both docker images
- run the network degrade sys test that was failing on your
side. I
got a
green run for the test_rate on 4.3 after some retries
https://confluent-open-source-kafka-branch-builder-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/trunk/2026-05-11--001.f3134388-b3df-48e5-ae8b-98d07ddfff55--1778526564--apache--4.3--84b51283d6/report.html
+1 (binding)
Best!
Lianet
On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM Jakub Scholz <
[email protected]>
wrote:
@Maciej: You mean within Strimzi? The system tests we have
covering
OAuth
passed. But I have not done any special testing for that
as
OAuth is
not
really my specialty.
Jakub
On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM Maciej Malecki <
[email protected]>
wrote:
Does this version work with strimzi oauth 0.17.1?
*__________________*
*Regards,*
*Maciej Małecki*
pon., 11 maj 2026, 16:58 użytkownik Jakub Scholz <
[email protected]>
napisał:
I used the staged binaries and Maven artifacts, and:
* did some manual smoke testing
* Run it within Strimzi and its system tests
All seems to work fine, so +1 (non-binding).
Thanks & Regards
Jakub
On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM Mickael Maison <
[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers,
This is the 2nd candidate for release of Apache
Kafka
4.3.0.
This release includes 25 KIPs bringing improvements
to
all
components.
Release notes for the 4.3.0 release:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kafka/4.3.0-rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.html
*** Please download, test and vote by May 11, 5pm
CEST
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/4.3.0-rc1/
* Docker release artifacts to be voted upon:
apache/kafka:4.3.0-rc1
apache/kafka-native:4.3.0-rc1
* 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/4.3.0-rc1/javadoc/index.html
* Tag to be voted upon (off 4.3 branch) is the
4.3.0 tag:
https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/4.3.0-rc1
* Documentation:
PR: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/853
* Protocol:
PR: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/853
* Successful CI builds for the 4.3 branch:
Unit/integration tests:
https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25372903952
System tests: Tests are currently running
* Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline
for 4.3
branch:
Docker Build Test Pipeline (JVM):
https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25367577186
Docker Build Test Pipeline (Native):
https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/25367591295
Thanks,
Mickael
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