The vote has passed with:

4 binding votes: Fokko, Daniel, Xinli, Gang
2 non-binding votes: Steve, Russell

Thanks everyone for voting, much appreciated! I'll go ahead and release the
artifacts.

Best,
Gang

On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 3:52 AM Xinli shang <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1 (binding)
> Verified things below:
>    - SHA-512 matches bd984a06…29b8b8.
>   - GPG signature good — Gang Wu, fp D7F3 5922 8AE6 9060 2218 8C6D 72A6
> 333C 8A46 1DF4 (also signs every Nexus jar I sampled).
>   - Tag apache-parquet-1.17.1-rc0 resolves to
> 78a8d3230eb4769db93de5f2f2e18363c04cae81 per the vote email.
>   - Source tarball is byte-identical to the git tag working tree (only
> delta is .git/).
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM Daniel Weeks <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > +1 (binding)
> >
> > Verified sigs/sums/license/build/test (Java 17)
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> > On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 11:46 AM Russell Spitzer <
> > [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > +1 (Non-binding)
> > >
> > > Automated Verification Follows
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Apache Parquet-Java 1.17.1 RC0 — Validation Report
> > > Tag:       apache-parquet-1.17.1-rc0
> > > (78a8d3230eb4769db93de5f2f2e18363c04cae81)
> > > Signed by: Gang Wu <[email protected]>
> > >             fingerprint D7F359228AE6906022188C6D72A6333C8A461DF4
> > > Tarball:
> > >
> >
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/parquet/apache-parquet-1.17.1-rc0/
> > > Staging:
> > >
> >
> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheparquet-1078/
> > > Passed
> > > ------
> > > * GPG signature verified against the project KEYS file
> > >   (signer Gang Wu, key D7F35922...).
> > > * SHA-512 checksum matches:
> > >   bd984a06a2b0010056cc1dfc1deb4315af4d84dfed5cd44aa9ce6e4ace770cb4
> > >   95d0438160ad881d53070ec638f417438ce2486e22117caea03ab3e5a729b8b8
> > > * Tag points at the commit declared in the vote email
> > >   (78a8d3230eb4769db93de5f2f2e18363c04cae81).
> > > * Source tarball matches the git tag exactly (only deltas vs the
> > >   tag working tree are .git and a local .idea folder).
> > > * Top-level LICENSE (Apache 2.0) and NOTICE files present.
> > >   No DISCLAIMER (correct — Parquet is a TLP).
> > > * License headers present on all 617 source files
> > >   scanned by the validator.
> > > * CHANGES align with the GitHub release notes:
> > >   3 user-visible commits (proto Uint32Value fix; jackson 2.19.2 ->
> > >   2.21.2; jackson 2.21.2 -> 2.21.3) plus the maven-release-plugin
> > >   bookkeeping commits.
> > > * Source build (`./mvnw clean verify -DskipITs`) succeeded for all
> > >   modules I was able to build locally:
> > >     parquet-format-structures   2 tests
> > >     parquet-common             308 tests
> > >     parquet-encoding            32 tests
> > >     parquet-column             572 tests
> > >     parquet-arrow               25 tests
> > >     parquet-hadoop             650 tests (24 skipped)
> > >     parquet-variant            131 tests (1 skipped)
> > >     parquet-avro               408 tests (2 skipped)
> > >     parquet-benchmarks         109 tests
> > >     parquet-protobuf            64 tests (2 skipped)
> > >     parquet-hadoop-bundle      packaging only (shade)
> > >   All 0 failures, 0 errors in those modules.
> > > * Nexus staging artifact completeness — every published module has
> > >   jar/pom + sources/javadoc + .asc + .sha1 + .md5. (Two shade-only
> > >   modules, parquet-jackson and parquet-hadoop-bundle, intentionally
> > >   do not publish javadoc.jar — consistent with 1.17.0.)
> > > * POM metadata correct: groupId org.apache.parquet, version 1.17.1,
> > >   Apache 2.0 license, scm tag apache-parquet-1.17.1-rc0.
> > > * Published JAR MANIFEST.MF includes
> > >     git-SHA-1: 78a8d3230eb4769db93de5f2f2e18363c04cae81
> > >     Implementation-Version: 1.17.1
> > >     Build-Jdk-Spec: 11
> > > * Shaded dependencies are correctly relocated:
> > >     parquet-jackson           ->
> shaded/parquet/com/fasterxml/jackson/...
> > >     parquet-format-structures -> shaded/parquet/org/apache/thrift/...
> > > * Bundled-dep LICENSE/NOTICE in the modules that include third-
> > >   party code (parquet-jackson, parquet-cli, parquet-hadoop-bundle,
> > >   parquet-avro, parquet-protobuf) correctly enumerate Jackson,
> > >   Thrift, SLF4J, Lemire/JavaFastPFOR, fastutil, snappy-java,
> > >   commons-pool/compress, Guava, JCommander, OpenCSV, paranamer, xz.
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 7:26 AM Fokko Driesprong <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > +1 (binding)
> > > >
> > > > Checked license, checksums, etc. Tested against Iceberg and it passes
> > all
> > > > the tests (https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16257).
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards,
> > > > Fokko
> > > >
> > > > On 2026/05/11 05:24:44 Gang Wu wrote:
> > > > > Cast my own vote
> > > > >
> > > > > +1 (binding)
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd encourage PMC members to vote as we still need 2 more binding
> > > votes.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM Steve Loughran <[email protected]
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > +1, non binding
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Got claude to to most of the work, which was primarily security
> > > > validation
> > > > > > plus regression testing of parquet-cli on hadoop 3.5.0 against
> the
> > > > > > parquet-format reference files.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm also experimenting with how good claude is at identifying
> > > security
> > > > > > fixes that an OSS project puts out with some nonchalant "improve
> > > > testing of
> > > > > > unzip" title hiding the key fix inside a larger diff. That used
> to
> > > > work:
> > > > > > not any more. Now OSS projects have to assume that as soon as a
> > > > security
> > > > > > fix is committed, it's announced. Apache httpd has hit this, and
> > this
> > > > week
> > > > > > so has the linux kernel.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Claude's security analysis
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  Only one security-relevant change: the Jackson upgrade. Net jump
> > in
> > > > this
> > > > > > release is jackson 2.19.2 → 2.21.3 across jackson-core,
> > > > jackson-databind,
> > > > > > jackson-annotations, jackson-datatype-jsr310.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  This transitively absorbs every Jackson CVE/GHSA fix published
> > > between
> > > > > > those releases (mid-2025 → early-2026). No specific CVE IDs are
> > > called
> > > > out
> > > > > > by the Parquet PR descriptions, but jackson-databind in
> particular
> > > > > > routinely ships polymorphic-deserialization advisories, so the
> bump
> > > > should
> > > > > > be treated as the de facto security content of 1.17.1.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  Not security: the proto Uint32Value fix (ef00c463) is a
> > > > data-correctness
> > > > > > bug — old code mapped protobuf UInt32Value to Parquet INT64 then
> > > > narrowed
> > > > > > with Math.toIntExact, which would throw ArithmeticException on
> > large
> > > > > > values. New code maps it to INT32 directly and adds an addInt
> > > handler.
> > > > No
> > > > > > exploit primitive; this is robustness, not a vulnerability fix.
> > > > > >  No Parquet-specific CVE fixes in this release — no CVE-
> references
> > > in
> > > > > > commit messages, no security advisory linked from the GitHub
> > release
> > > > notes,
> > > > > > no entries in parquet-hadoop's encryption code path.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  The release is essentially: a patch-level security hygiene
> update
> > > > > > (Jackson) plus one protobuf correctness fix. Worth merging from a
> > > > security
> > > > > > standpoint — it pulls in upstream Jackson hardening — but it does
> > not
> > > > > > address any Parquet-specific advisory.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----
> > > > > >
> > > > > > After that I got it do a jvm bytecode audit of nexus staged
> > artifacts
> > > > > > against locally generated artifacts.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > While cutting the hadoop 3.4.3 release I ended up pushing up the
> > JAR
> > > > files
> > > > > > built on an arm64 system, which I wanted to compare against the
> > x86s
> > > > ones.
> > > > > > I've also been considering how the manual release manager is
> > security
> > > > risk
> > > > > > to ASF projects. If I wanted to put malicious code out I'd do a
> > legit
> > > > RC
> > > > > > while putting the malicious code into the staging maven binaries.
> > I'd
> > > > get
> > > > > > the supply chain attack in while all reviews of the source and
> bin
> > > > tarballs
> > > > > > worked because they were consistent with the repository source.
> Who
> > > > > > compares staged .jar files with local stuff?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hence, a new claude-authored kotlin tool, auditor, diffs jar
> files
> > at
> > > > the
> > > > > > .class level, looking for differences in bytecodes, especially
> > > > suspicious
> > > > > > ones.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://github.com/steveloughran/auditor
> > > > > >
> > > > > > All good; only diff from my source build and the artifacts was
> the
> > > > > > auto-generated version info strings.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > (Once Russel Spitzer's automated release process is in there'll
> be
> > > less
> > > > > > need for this, but it's still some good due diligence and is
> > trivial
> > > > to run)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > steve
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, 8 May 2026 at 03:17, Gang Wu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> Hi everyone,
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> I propose the following RC to be released as the official Apache
> > > > > >> Parquet-Java 1.17.1 release.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> The commit ID is 78a8d3230eb4769db93de5f2f2e18363c04cae81
> > > > > >> * This corresponds to the tag: apache-parquet-1.17.1-rc0
> > > > > >> *
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/tree/78a8d3230eb4769db93de5f2f2e18363c04cae81
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here:
> > > > > >> *
> > > > > >>
> > > >
> > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/parquet/apache-parquet-1.17.1-rc0
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> You can find the KEYS file here:
> > > > > >> * https://downloads.apache.org/parquet/KEYS
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> You can find the changelog here:
> > > > > >> *
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/parquet-java/releases/tag/apache-parquet-1.17.1-rc0
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Binary artifacts are staged in Nexus here:
> > > > > >> *
> > > > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheparquet-1078/
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Please download, verify, and test.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Please vote in the next 72 hours.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Parquet 1.17.1
> > > > > >> [ ] +0
> > > > > >> [ ] -1 Do not release this because...
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Kind regards,
> > > > > >> Gang
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Xinli Shang
>

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