hi all, The 4.4 branch is cut. We will file follow-up PRs to update the versions in the codebase.
Also, I have left comments on the KIPs that are almost there :) Best, Chia-Ping Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> 於 2026年8月11日週二 上午10:52寫道： > hi Matthias > > Sorry for the delay, I just got back to my computer. > > I will cut the 4.4 branch later today :) > > Best, > Chia-Ping > > Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> 於 2026年8月11日週二 上午7:55寫道： > >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >>
