+1 (non-binding) - Built from source with java 17 - 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: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 8:35 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [VOTE] Release Apache Pulsar 4.0.12 based on 4.0.12-candidate-1 Hello Apache Pulsar Community, This is a call for the vote to release the Apache Pulsar version 4.0.12 based on 4.0.12-candidate-1. Included changes since the previous release: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fpulsar%2Fcompare%2Fv4.0.11...v4.0.12-candidate-1&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca18eba0b3dc049637f9a08ded63fbe5f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639183766434278351%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ECPBlHkB11C530RNe39%2Bkx1s01nAwIg1YawXy%2FnpyrI%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/apache/pulsar/compare/v4.0.11...v4.0.12-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-4.0.12-candidate-1%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca18eba0b3dc049637f9a08ded63fbe5f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639183766434343243%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8%2FEM6kA4UoZgMNFDZwP2awkos3LrUjz%2BLKO7XvE9x5I%3D&reserved=0<https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/pulsar/pulsar-4.0.12-candidate-1/> SHA-512 checksums: 80cb9fdb9c13634da9aeba82598399bee707f4dda89ec125cc8a2a0d6ae46d9e05c5b5a1ef2cea84d24222a4615eda82469fde4b491d294f615a75e27ed2b811 apache-pulsar-4.0.12-src.tar.gz b16b5389808e66f3f6e3149dac397573fe28cb77be567b5120ab0a9f66f4858f2f8e353b762db32f3a7a5f5c6c33ace5815d9dc2da560e3d0a87e09cfb96819a apache-pulsar-4.0.12-bin.tar.gz Maven staging repo: https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frepository.apache.org%2Fcontent%2Frepositories%2Forgapachepulsar-1414&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca18eba0b3dc049637f9a08ded63fbe5f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639183766434410358%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Jp0XSa8rfZ%2FbgE65W7m2YdM7Fa9Mbgz%2B0fvGIAeAzNk%3D&reserved=0<https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepulsar-1414> The tag to be voted upon: v4.0.12-candidate-1 (commit 0b7fe0284c77ecf1fff8f0ffd3c6d849facae24c) https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fpulsar%2Freleases%2Ftag%2Fv4.0.12-candidate-1&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca18eba0b3dc049637f9a08ded63fbe5f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639183766434473925%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=40fSznIJ3SlsUIo1DVdYvOdYf3AGJjon9HlTgY1HQgs%3D&reserved=0<https://github.com/apache/pulsar/releases/tag/v4.0.12-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%7Ca18eba0b3dc049637f9a08ded63fbe5f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639183766434535891%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RUl%2Fhd2vID5%2BCtV2tkowQ%2Fig9vGmLHVcJniTmRJ%2FQno%3D&reserved=0<https://downloads.apache.org/pulsar/KEYS> Docker images: docker pull lhotari/pulsar:4.0.12-0b7fe02 https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.docker.com%2Flayers%2Flhotari%2Fpulsar%2F4.0.12-0b7fe02%2Fimages%2Fsha256-4cebd4dbfd846c4f27bdd8d406e79f1d795ef2975f52fb3ffd0a4a73c69a4224&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca18eba0b3dc049637f9a08ded63fbe5f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639183766434643676%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=z%2FpevvfuYYlEIh%2FttvH0NyxwICK5szYBnqHHjVCa0JY%3D&reserved=0<https://hub.docker.com/layers/lhotari/pulsar/4.0.12-0b7fe02/images/sha256-4cebd4dbfd846c4f27bdd8d406e79f1d795ef2975f52fb3ffd0a4a73c69a4224> docker pull lhotari/pulsar-all:4.0.12-0b7fe02 https://jpn01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.docker.com%2Flayers%2Flhotari%2Fpulsar-all%2F4.0.12-0b7fe02%2Fimages%2Fsha256-c87f4689551c63d88a9caea9faed96991eb2e91317db45281b6599ee2b66fcb5&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca18eba0b3dc049637f9a08ded63fbe5f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639183766434709376%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=G0aznsX3vnQ18zo%2BE8B0yq%2B6Lp4wyTBsIb4seuNIe%2BI%3D&reserved=0<https://hub.docker.com/layers/lhotari/pulsar-all/4.0.12-0b7fe02/images/sha256-c87f4689551c63d88a9caea9faed96991eb2e91317db45281b6599ee2b66fcb5> Please download the source package, and follow the README to build and run the Pulsar standalone service. 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