+1 (non-binding) - Built from source - Checked the signatures of the source and binary release artifacts - Ran pulsar standalone - Checked producer and consumer - Verified the Cassandra connector - Verified the Stateful function
Regards, Yike ________________________________ From: Lari Hotari <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 6:46 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [VOTE] Release Apache Pulsar 4.0.8 based on 4.0.8-candidate-1 Hello Apache Pulsar Community, This is a call for the vote to release the Apache Pulsar version 4.0.8 based on 4.0.8-candidate-1. Included changes since the previous release: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fpulsar%2Fcompare%2Fv4.0.7...v4.0.8-candidate-1&data=05%7C02%7C%7C637ace6b07b0467195ba08de2174915d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638984981711951935%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=smKcgO88Sxo3QYgLnx%2BDAR3cMU4OXsUpv9iiX85r4QU%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/apache/pulsar/compare/v4.0.7...v4.0.8-candidate-1> *** Please download, test and vote on this release. This vote will stay open for at least 72 hours *** Only votes from PMC members are binding, but members of the community are encouraged to test the release and vote with "(non-binding)". Note that we are voting upon the source (tag), binaries are provided for convenience. The release candidate is available at: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdist.apache.org%2Frepos%2Fdist%2Fdev%2Fpulsar%2Fpulsar-4.0.8-candidate-1%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C637ace6b07b0467195ba08de2174915d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638984981711989836%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8T%2FKKQizFPaaHFm8899qMaeZTnJNv%2FHKBnur4qoEowY%3D&reserved=0<https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/pulsar/pulsar-4.0.8-candidate-1/> SHA-512 checksums: b18259a3e5ab8fca1e583558c0fd10014a2c5c178890e154daa82cfb1c2a583e72796852ed6fcf34e27b75d22899bacdc500014aeaa3901d1cc8255401580e99 apache-pulsar-4.0.8-src.tar.gz 65b769b10696cdfebf7fc5bcdc95dd663702e27051e616c1a13cb100e91279525be35352171befe7b0011176330aab29bd0a6c8a0f2f0646641af46d2e33cbd6 apache-pulsar-4.0.8-bin.tar.gz Maven staging repo: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frepository.apache.org%2Fcontent%2Frepositories%2Forgapachepulsar-1363&data=05%7C02%7C%7C637ace6b07b0467195ba08de2174915d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638984981712007216%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ahD06Qok3YA1hGCGRvLjMFBs%2Bti36AI4JLiaSigdSJI%3D&reserved=0<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepulsar-1363> The tag to be voted upon: v4.0.8-candidate-1 (commit 2c519a386acbfaa2dbebcc484bb42ba18e4278d3) https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fpulsar%2Freleases%2Ftag%2Fv4.0.8-candidate-1&data=05%7C02%7C%7C637ace6b07b0467195ba08de2174915d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638984981712022397%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=trjOqQTvES2N3KWSkzSq69Wz4jOpVYZKsQFmIN6jTs0%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/apache/pulsar/releases/tag/v4.0.8-candidate-1> Pulsar's KEYS file containing PGP keys you use to sign the release: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdownloads.apache.org%2Fpulsar%2FKEYS&data=05%7C02%7C%7C637ace6b07b0467195ba08de2174915d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638984981712037485%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=C5VS5dJ06OrXGp2BHbPzIWKvZjU6xWYIAOs0XXZgGgk%3D&reserved=0<https://downloads.apache.org/pulsar/KEYS> Docker images: docker pull lhotari/pulsar:4.0.8-2c519a3 https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.docker.com%2Flayers%2Flhotari%2Fpulsar%2F4.0.8-2c519a3%2Fimages%2Fsha256-5411975cce9bffe701b6cb16401bccdc8d330464f292ac154302f390d0877e1c&data=05%7C02%7C%7C637ace6b07b0467195ba08de2174915d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638984981712051855%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mBpiy4SV383UM%2Bzi9b8cdW3KoMbxeFSJfyun0nOSkt8%3D&reserved=0<https://hub.docker.com/layers/lhotari/pulsar/4.0.8-2c519a3/images/sha256-5411975cce9bffe701b6cb16401bccdc8d330464f292ac154302f390d0877e1c> docker pull lhotari/pulsar-all:4.0.8-2c519a3 https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.docker.com%2Flayers%2Flhotari%2Fpulsar-all%2F4.0.8-2c519a3%2Fimages%2Fsha256-15b17e2f5f2e9b8cb4fbbd0dc23b074090cc61bcfc4bc12d016f58a67e934c5e&data=05%7C02%7C%7C637ace6b07b0467195ba08de2174915d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638984981712066826%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=S2z2q04dNIoMl6%2FBgdkcL%2BprAPh1ruFXcc573iqgGl8%3D&reserved=0<https://hub.docker.com/layers/lhotari/pulsar-all/4.0.8-2c519a3/images/sha256-15b17e2f5f2e9b8cb4fbbd0dc23b074090cc61bcfc4bc12d016f58a67e934c5e> Please download the source package, and follow the README to build and run the Pulsar standalone service. More advanced release validation instructions can be found at https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpulsar.apache.org%2Fcontribute%2Fvalidate-release-candidate%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C637ace6b07b0467195ba08de2174915d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638984981712085442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=W20qjgOHTXWMPkzuv%2FV1mKIXcG0e4XXu8FSyqXjnePM%3D&reserved=0<https://pulsar.apache.org/contribute/validate-release-candidate/> Thanks, Lari Hotari
