Hello all There has been a small issue when publishing signed Java artifacts that has been reported in the Kudu slack[1]. As a result, we have decided to proceed with RC-2 which contains the fix. I will be sending the RC-2 shortly.
Thanks, Abhishek [1] https://getkudu.slack.com/archives/C0CPXJ3CH/p1764842063893939 On Tue, Dec 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM Abhishek Chennaka <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > The Apache Kudu team is happy to announce the first release candidate for > Apache Kudu 1.18.1. > > Apache Kudu 1.18.1 is a maintenance release that offers critical bug fixes. > > This is a source-only release. The artifacts have been staged here: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kudu/1.18.1-RC1/ > > Java convenience binaries in the form of a Maven repository are staged > here: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1128 > > Linux (x86_64 and aarch64 platforms built on RHEL 8) and macOS (built on > Sequoia 15.7.2) test-only Kudu binary JAR artifacts are staged here: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1129 > > It is tagged in Git as 1.18.1-RC1 and the corresponding hash is the > following: > > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=kudu.git;a=commit;h=e509433cebcb110e8f4adcd469132288c252eb44 > > The release notes can be found here: > https://github.com/apache/kudu/blob/1.18.1-RC1/docs/release_notes.adoc > > The KEYS file to verify the artifact signatures can be found here: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/kudu/KEYS > > I'd suggest going through the release notes, building Kudu, and running the > unit tests. Testing out the Maven repo would also be appreciated. Also, > it's worth running Kudu Java tests against kudu-binary JAR artifact as > described in the commit message here: > > https://github.com/apache/kudu/commit/8a6faaa93f3e206ac75e8087731daccaf7ab646a > > The vote will run until a majority[1] is achieved, but at least until > Friday, December 5 20:00:00 PST 2025. > > Thank you, > Abhishek > > [1] https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#ReleaseVotes >
