Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the second candidate for release of Apache Kafka 3.7.1.
This is a bugfix release with several fixes. Release notes for the 3.7.1 release: https://home.apache.org/~soarez/kafka-3.7.1-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html *** Please download, test and vote by Friday June 28, 11am UTC. 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/~soarez/kafka-3.7.1-rc2/ * Docker release artifact to be voted upon: apache/kafka:3.7.1-rc2 * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ * Javadoc: https://home.apache.org/~soarez/kafka-3.7.1-rc2/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.7 branch) is the 3.7.1 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.7.1-rc2 * Documentation: https://kafka.apache.org/37/documentation.html * Protocol: https://kafka.apache.org/37/protocol.html * Successful Jenkins builds for the 3.7 branch: Unit/integration tests: https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.7/184/ The latest test run includes some flaky tests, all of which were confirmed to pass locally. System tests: I don't have access to the Jenkins instance used for system tests in https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka/job/3.7 Luke has kindly shared results in the previous RC (thank you Luke!), and all issues have been addressed. If anyone with access is able to confirm the latest test results, please reply with details. * Successful Docker Image Github Actions Pipeline for 3.7 branch: Docker Build Test Pipeline: https://github.com/apache/kafka/actions/runs/9572915509 /************************************** Thanks, -- Igor Soarez
