There is no better date than given on the wiki page. As an open source
project, we don't have committed release dates. The page literally says
"no earlier than":
meaning we expect to release no earlier than September 9 2026
The AK 4.4.0 release is in code freeze, and a first RC was cut. But some
blocker bugs were found, and need to be fixed before the next RC can be
prepared.
If you want to monitor the progress more closely, you can follow the dev
mailing list (or the corresponding email thread on the archive in case
you don't want to subscribe).
At this point, I would think we need _at least_ two more weeks...
-Matthias
On 9/8/26 10:20 PM, Apoorva Maheshwari via users wrote:
Hello Team,
The Kafka 4.4.0 is not yet released. Can you please give confirmation on the
Kafka release date?
As per Kafka's plan 9th September is the probable release date.
Release Plan 4.4.0 - Apache Kafka - Apache Software
Foundation<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/KAFKA/pages/429064575/Release+Plan+4.4.0>
Regards,
Apoorva Maheshwari
