I vote +1 to release Apache Ranger 2.9.0-rc4. I have performed the following validations.
- verified successful build with unit tests - verified Ranger Admin, tagsync, usersync are functioning correctly. - verified Ranger plugins for Hive and HDFS services. Thanks and regards, Mahesh Bandal. On Mon, 3 Aug 2026, 8:51 pm vishal suvagia via dev, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank-you Ramachandran for putting up the Apache Ranger-2.9.0-rc4 > +1 for Apache Ranger 2.9.0-rc4. > Validated relase for below:> Compiled successfully using shared git tag > and packages generated, verified signature hashes.> All Ranger services > Admin,Usersync, Tagsync and KMS up and running> CRUD operations validated > for services and policies, usersync working as expected. > > Thanks,Vishal > Suvagia.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > On Monday, 3 August 2026 at 06:49:08 pm IST, PradeeP AgrawaL < > [email protected]> wrote: > > +1 for 2.9.0-rc4 > > Verified following items: > 1) Ranger Build > 2) Upgrade from ranger-2.8 on mysql/oracle/postgres db > 3) Tested CRUD of service/policy/user/group > > On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 at 18:34, Dhaval Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 for 2.9.0-rc4 > > > > > > *Verified the following:* > > 1.Successfully built Apache Ranger with test cases > > 2.Sanity testing on Ranger Admin, Usersync & Ranger KMS > > 3.Plugin enforcement for Ranger KMS. > > > > Thanks. > > Regards, > > Dhaval Shah > > > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM Mugdha V <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Ramachandran, > > > > > > Thank you for publishing the Apache Ranger 2.9.0 release candidate #4. > > > > > > +1 for 2.9.0-rc4 > > > > > > Verified following : > > > - Successfully built using docker setup. > > > - Ranger services - admin, usersync, tagsync and kms. > > > - CRUD operation of service, policy, user, group & roles. > > > - Plugin efforcement for hdfs, hbase and hive services. > > > - Audit logs are successfully added to solr and hdfs. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mugdha Varadkar > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 1, 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 > > > > > > > > > >
