Hi,
it seems we are still not having a 4.4 branch, almost 2 weeks after
feature freeze, with code freeze being set for Aug/12.
Does this mean that there is delays in code freeze deadline, too? Not
sure why the release branch was not cut right after feature freeze...
It's overall a little bit confusing. Would be good to get some clarify
from RM side.
Thanks
-Matthias
On 8/5/26 10:59 AM, Chia-Ping Tsai wrote:
hi all,
We are going to cut the 4.4 branch. If your KIP is very close to completion,
please remember to backport it to 4.4! KIPs without any merged PRs have already
been moved out of 4.4.
Also, please feel free to raise your hand if we missed anything :)
Best,
Chia-Ping
On 2026/05/13 11:35:04 Omnia Ibrahim wrote:
Thanks Chia for starting the thread and for the support with my first release
process,
I had a quick look into open and resolved issues on jira and I can see we have
66 resolved tickets.
43 open tickets (with status not resolved, or closed)
The KIPs I can see marked for 4.4.0, have sub-tasks marked for 4.4.0 or
remaining followups are
KIP-1191: Dead-letter queues for share groups
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1191%3A+Dead-letter+queues+for+share+groups>
majority of it has been resolved and marked for 4.4.0 except single remaining jira
which in progress
KIP-892: Transactional Semantics for StateStores
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-892%3A+Transactional+Semantics+for+StateStores>
is also marked for 4.4.0 but it has too many in-progress tasks at the moment
KIP-1263: Group Coordinator Assignment Batching and Offload
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1263%3A+Group+Coordinator+Assignment+Batching+and+Offload>
it has a couple of open jiras one of them marked for 4.4.0
Single resolved jira for KIP-1226: Introducing Share Partition Lag Persistence and
Retrieval
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1226%3A+Introducing+Share+Partition+Lag+Persistence+and+Retrieval>
Open Jira for KIP-1298: Per-Resource-Type Authorization for LIST_CONFIG_RESOURCES
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1298%3A+Per-Resource-Type+Authorization+for+LIST_CONFIG_RESOURCES?src=jira>
but this still under discussion
Open Jira for KIP-1170: Unify cluster metadata bootstrapping
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1170%3A+Unify+cluster+metadata+bootstrapping?src=jira>
Open Jira for KIP-1260: Enable ProducerPerformance to abort transactions
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1260%3A+Enable+ProducerPerformance+to+abort+transactions>
but this still under discussion
KIP-939: Support Participation in 2PC
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-939%3A+Support+Participation+in+2PC>
marked for 4.4.0 but I can it still has couple of jiras still not resolved
Some open jiras as followup for KIP-853
Best
Omnia
On 13 May 2026, at 11:21, Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
While there are still a few pending RCs, I'd like to start the discussion
for the 4.4.0 Release Manager. Omnia has raised her hand offline, and we
(myself and our team) are fully committed to supporting her throughout her
first release process.
Of course, please feel free to shout out if anyone else is also interested
in volunteering or co-managing this release.
Best, Chia-Ping
