Hi Matthias, Do we now have a confirmed date for the formal release of Kafka 4.4.0?
Regards Vivek -----Original Message----- From: Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> Sent: 10 September 2026 02:49 To: [email protected]; Vivek Agarwal B <[email protected]> Cc: Ashish Verma V <[email protected]>; Mayank Maheshwari M <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Kafka 4.4.0 formal release date -- Important [You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] 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 9:52 PM, Mayank Maheshwari M via users wrote: > Hi Kafka Team, > > Appreciate your response to the email below. > > We have a release planned for the end of September and are planning to > include this Kafka version with the vulnerability fixes in the release. > > //Mayank > > From: Vivek Agarwal B <[email protected]> > Sent: 08 September 2026 09:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Ashish Verma V <[email protected]>; Mayank Maheshwari M > <[email protected]> > Subject: Kafka 4.4.0 formal release date > > Hi, > > As per Release Plan 4.4.0 - Apache Kafka - Apache Software > Foundation<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/KAFKA/pages/429064575/Release+Plan+4.4.0>, > the formal release for Kafka 4.4.0 is planned for 9th Sep. > Could you please confirm that the release date remains unchanged and that > there are no updates to the current schedule? > > Regards > Vivek
