Hi Chia-Ping,
Thanks for digging into this. There are far too many tricky cases in this area 
I feel.

Thanks,
Andrew

On 2026/08/20 15:56:59 Chia-Ping Tsai wrote:
> hi Andrew 
> 
> I just reviewed and backported https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23014, 
> but unfortunately I noticed another busy loop. I have created 
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20970, which is a blocker too, to 
> handle that busy loop.
> 
> The ticket is already assigned to Ken, and I think we can tackle it soon.
> 
> Best,
> Chia-Ping
> 
> On 2026/08/20 11:28:56 Andrew Schofield wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've just merged https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/23014 into trunk 
> > which address one of the 4.4 blockers.
> > 
> > It should also be cherry-picked to 4.4.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
> > 
> > On 2026/08/20 08:13:37 David Jacot wrote:
> > > Hi Omnia,
> > > 
> > > As agreed, I have merged https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/22969.
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > David
> > > 
> > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 9:35 AM Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I have merged the following commits to the 4.4 branch:
> > > >
> > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/0078945f4c31b3ad8ade4823d72ddec7482ead50:
> > > >  consolidate tests to ensure the correct behavior logic
> > > >
> > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/b8e55ea90ee61e0592d68223a149920be918f76c:
> > > >  fix the docs missed from KIP-1301
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > > Chia-Ping
> > > >
> > > > On 2026/08/13 08:55:42 Omnia Ibrahim wrote:
> > > > > Hi all
> > > > > Code freeze for Apache Kafka 4.4.0 is now in effect.
> > > > > From this point on, the 4.4 release branch will only accept fixes for 
> > > > > blocker bugs. No new features or non‑critical changes should be 
> > > > > merged into this branch until the 4.4.0 release is complete.
> > > > >
> > > > > Release plan: 
> > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/KAFKA/pages/429064575/Release+Plan+4.4.0
> > > > >
> > > > > We’ll start the vote on the first RC soon, once we’ve scanned all 
> > > > > Jira tickets to move out incomplete items and chased down the flaky 
> > > > > tests we’ve found.
> > > > > If you believe a change qualifies as a blocker or requires an 
> > > > > exception, please discuss it on this list and coordinate with 
> > > > > Chia‑Ping or me before merging anything into the 4.4 branch.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks everyone for your contributions so far.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best,
> > > > > Omnia
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > 
> > 
> 

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