Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 3.4.0. Some of the major features include:
* KIP-881: Rack-aware Partition Assignment for Kafka Consumers < https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-881%3A+Rack-aware+Partition+Assignment+for+Kafka+Consumers> (protocol changes only) * KIP-876: Time based cluster metadata snapshots < https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-876%3A+Time+based+cluster+metadata+snapshots > * KIP-787: MM2 manage Kafka resources with custom Admin implementation. <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=191335620> * KIP-866 ZooKeeper to KRaft Migration < https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-866+ZooKeeper+to+KRaft+Migration > (Early Access) For a full list of the features in this release, please refer to the release notes: https://home.apache.org/~ableegoldman/kafka-3.4.0-rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.html *** Please download, test and vote by Friday, Jan 27th, 9am PT Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): https://home.apache.org/~ableegoldman/kafka-3.4.0-rc1/ * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ * Javadoc: https://home.apache.org/~ableegoldman/kafka-3.4.0-rc1/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.4 branch) is the 3.4.0 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.4.0-rc1 * Documentation: https://kafka.apache.org/34/documentation.html * Protocol: https://kafka.apache.org/34/protocol.html * Still working on getting a fully green build for both unit/integration and system tests. I will update this thread with the successful builds as we get them. /************************************** Thanks, Sophie Blee-Goldman