+1 for 2.9.0-rc4
- verified the signature and checksums - verified successful build with unit tests - verified all Ranger services started successfully with Postgres - Verified Ranger Admin, User, Group, Role, and Policy creation, along with their corresponding admin audit entries. Thanks & Regards, Dinesh Yadav > On 1 Aug 2026, at 10:57 PM, Ramachandran Krishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Rangers, > > Apache Ranger 2.9.0 release candidate #4 is now available for a vote within > the dev community. RC4 is built from a fresh git clone of ranger-2.9 at > 0aad6958e. 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 RC3 (release-2.9.0-rc3 @ f39599d78): > > - RANGER-5718: Add gson to PDP server lib classpath (backport of #1122) > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RANGER-5718 > > 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-rc4 > > Release Notes: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Apache+Ranger+2.9.0+-+Release+Notes > > The release artifacts consist of the source package and associated signature > and checksum files. The artifacts can be downloaded from: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/ranger/2.9.0-rc4/ > > The release artifacts are signed with the following key: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/ranger/KEYS > > SHA256: 4ae5fcfa3e405bc01ab840532a1f10f002d4092e809cae6d65ae312926238422 > > Please download, verify the signature and checksums, and test the release > candidate. In particular, please verify the PDP server starts cleanly (no > GsonBuilder NoClassDefFoundError). > > Thanks, > Ramachandran Krishnan > Apache Ranger Release Manager
