+1 for 2.9.0-rc4. I have successfully verified the following items:
1) Ranger build and unit tests. 2) Proper functioning of Ranger Admin, tagsync, and usersync. 3) CRUD operations for services, policies, users, and groups. 4) Plugin enforcement for HDFS, HBase, and Hive services. Thanks, Rakesh Gupta 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
