+1 (binding) Validated 5.0.0-candidate-1 on macOS arm64 with Amazon Corretto 21.0.11 and Gradle 9.8.0.
- Checked SHA-512 checksums and GPG signatures for the source and server binary distributions - Verified the source distribution matches the candidate tag - Built from source and passed quickCheck, RAT and license checks - Passed 146 V5 tests and 3 Java 17 compatibility tests - Verified classic and V5 standalone produce/consume and recovery after restart I did not run the full integration suite, upgrade/downgrade tests, or Functions, connector and offloader runtime tests. Regards, Penghui On Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:33:23 +0300, Lari Hotari <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Apache Pulsar Community, > > This is a call for the vote to release the Apache Pulsar version 5.0.0 > based on 5.0.0-candidate-1. > > Included changes, the merged PRs of the 5.0.0 milestone: > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+milestone%3A5.0.0 > > Changes since the previous milestone release: > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/compare/v5.0.0-M2...v5.0.0-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://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/pulsar/pulsar-5.0.0-candidate-1/ > > SHA-512 checksums: > d8c2c685d69339b8edf93f760f3ff1decb354d2c6afd89799a15f03e200f8f11bec476b9f84e35739e5882e615f961bed9f93e97563a7317a813b1ce30c2d894 > apache-pulsar-5.0.0-src.tar.gz > c7fc789d05103e8fc4c95545ae6cd78cd6e24cbb016a65edf3f9d3bfd2a6a1cf673dbd4eb1f0c02271eecb5ccbb297e3ac3bb44ad47f31755614870d1ffecce5 > apache-pulsar-5.0.0-bin.tar.gz > > Maven staging repo: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepulsar-1420 > > The tag to be voted upon: > v5.0.0-candidate-1 (commit b7b03f72cd4f81d501570588fcf3433ee035629b) > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/releases/tag/v5.0.0-candidate-1 > > Pulsar's KEYS file containing PGP keys you use to sign the release: > https://downloads.apache.org/pulsar/KEYS > > Docker images: > docker pull lhotari/pulsar:5.0.0-b7b03f7 > https://hub.docker.com/layers/lhotari/pulsar/5.0.0-b7b03f7/images/sha256-11e9a885121e16be91da77fdd3cfc3d4cbbece4700271d75e949585dbd3a5a5b > > 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://pulsar.apache.org/contribute/validate-release-candidate/ > > Thanks, > > Lari Hotari
