I'm happy to announce that we have unanimously approved this release. There are 4 approving votes, 3 of which are binding: - Szalay-Beko Mate (binding) - Enrico Olivelli (binding) - Christopher Tubbs (non-binding) - Andor Molnar (binding) There are no disapproving votes. I will promote the artifacts and complete the release procedure. Thanks to every one who contributed to this great release ! Andor
> On Feb 11, 2026, at 12:20, Andor Molnár <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 (binding) > > I did the following tests: > > - verified checksum and gpg signature of the artifacts > - I built the source code (incl. the C-client, using -Pfull-build) on Mac > - all the java unit tests passed for me > - apache-rat passed > - checkstyle and spotbugs passed > - owasp (CVE check) passed > - verified TLS v1.3 connectivity (both quorum and client) > - run zk-smoketest.py and zk-latencies.py on a 3-node ensemble successfully > - 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 > ) > > Andor > > > > >> On Jan 28, 2026, at 14:40, 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 >> >> >
