+1 (binding) I found only a minor issue: in the NOTICE.TXT file we should update the end year for the copyright to 2026 I don't consider this to be a blocker, IMO it's OK to fix this for the next release / RC... (fixing on master and backport it to all active branches) WDYT?
I did the following tests for the release candidate: - verified checksum and gpg signature of the artifacts - I built the source code (incl. the C-client, using -Pfull-build) on Ubuntu 22.04.5 using OpenJDK 8u402, maven 3.9.6 and GCC version 11.4.0 - all the java unit tests passed for me - all the C-client tests passed too - I also built and executed unit tests for zkpython - I also built the java code (without -Pfull-build) using other JDK versions: 11.0.28, 17.0.16, 21.0.8, 23.0.2 (but didn't run the tests this time, just used 'clean install -DskipTests') - checkstyle and spotbugs passed - apache-rat passed - owasp (CVE check) passed - fatjar built - I executed quick rolling-upgrade tests without SSL (using https://github.com/symat/zk-rolling-upgrade-test): - rolling upgrade from 3.6.4 to 3.8.6 RC1 - rolling upgrade from 3.7.2 to 3.8.6 RC1 - rolling upgrade from 3.8.5 to 3.8.6 RC1 - rolling upgrade from 3.8.6 RC1 to 3.9.4 - checked the uploaded documentation ( https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.8.6-candidate-1/website/index.html ) - compared generated release notes ( https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.8.6-candidate-1/website/releasenotes.html) with Jira ( https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310801&version=12356280 ) Regards, Máté On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 9:42 PM Andor Molnár <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi team, > > This is a release candidate for 3.8.6. > > This is a minor release with bug- and security fixes. Important to note > the upgrade of > Jetty / Netty / Jline libraries to address recent CVEs. > > The full release notes is available at: > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310801&version=12356280 > > *** Please download, test and vote by February 6th 2026, 23:59 UTC+0. *** > > Source files: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.8.6-candidate-1/ > > Maven staging repo: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachezookeeper-1114/ > > The release candidate tag in git to be voted upon: release-3.8.6-1 > https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/tree/release-3.8.6-1 > > ZooKeeper's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: > https://www.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/KEYS > > The staging version of the website is: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.8.6-candidate-1/website/index.html > > Should we release this candidate? > > Andor > > >
