+1 for 2.9.0-rc3
- verified the signature and checksums - successfully built using docker setup - verified all Ranger services started successfully with Postgres database - verified plugins enforcement of Ranger policies in HDFS, Ozone, Hive, HBase, Kafka, Knox services - verified plugins create audit logs in Solr and HDFS - verified usersync successfully reported new users, groups, and changes in user-group association - verified tagsync successfully reported tags defined in file source - verified pdp server successfully authorizes access requests and creates audit logs Ram – thank you for leading this release. Go Rangers! Madhan From: Ramachandran Krishnan <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, July 31, 2026 at 3:48 AM To: ranger <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [VOTE] Apache Ranger 2.9.0-rc3 Hi Rangers, Apache Ranger 2.9.0 release candidate #3 is now available for a vote within the dev community. RC3 is built from a fresh git clone of ranger-2.9 at f39599d78. Links to all the release artifacts are given below. Please take some time to review and vote. The vote will be open for at least 72 hours or until necessary votes are reached. [ ] +1 approve [ ] +0 no opinion [ ] -1 disapprove (and reason why) Changes since RC2 (release-2.9.0-rc2): - RANGER-5712: Fix Trino/Ozone plugin auth in ranger-docker (Kerberos keytabs, policy download auth, Solr audit JAAS for Ozone) - RANGER-5716: Fix swapped client IP and resource in KMS Ranger audits Link of all Issues/Improvements addressed in this release: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20RANGER%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.9.0%20ORDER%20BY%20summary%20ASC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20updated%20DESC Git tag for the release: https://github.com/apache/ranger/releases/tag/release-2.9.0-rc3 Sources for the release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/ranger/2.9.0-rc3/apache-ranger-2.9.0.tar.gz Source Release Verification: PGP signature: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/ranger/2.9.0-rc3/apache-ranger-2.9.0.tar.gz.asc SHA512 Hash: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/ranger/2.9.0-rc3/apache-ranger-2.9.0.tar.gz.sha512 SHA256 Hash: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/ranger/2.9.0-rc3/apache-ranger-2.9.0.tar.gz.sha256 Checksum (apache-ranger-2.9.0.tar.gz): SHA256: 03320fef7f2c77cd6f6fac8a4207a94b53da131bcd85eb64b00949b61ad65f11 Keys to verify the signature of the release artifacts are available at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/ranger/KEYS Release Notes: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Apache+Ranger+2.9.0+-+Release+Notes Thanks, Ram
