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Adapted 4.x verification to 3.x and wrote a basic connectivity test with the artifacts in the staging repo. Iterated over changes and it all looks good to me! Andy [Sat Sep 26 07:01:09 PM UTC 2026] [KEY] Downloading KEYS file from https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/cassandra/KEYS ... [1.715s] [OK] [Sat Sep 26 07:01:10 PM UTC 2026] [KEY] Importing all entries in KEYS file ... [0.203s] [OK] [Sat Sep 26 07:01:11 PM UTC 2026] [KEY] Trusting all entries in KEYS file ... [1.859s] [OK] [Sat Sep 26 07:01:13 PM UTC 2026] [DIR] Downloading distributables from https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/cassandra/cassandra-java-driver/3.13.0 ... [3.995s] [OK] [Sat Sep 26 07:01:17 PM UTC 2026] [SIG] apache-cassandra-java-driver-3.13.0-source.tar.gz: ensuring signature matches an entry in KEYS ... [0.061s] [OK] [Sat Sep 26 07:01:17 PM UTC 2026] [SHA] apache-cassandra-java-driver-3.13.0-source.tar.gz: ensuring sha256 matches ... [0.037s] [OK] [Sat Sep 26 07:01:17 PM UTC 2026] [SHA] apache-cassandra-java-driver-3.13.0-source.tar.gz: ensuring sha512 matches ... [0.035s] [OK] [Sat Sep 26 07:01:18 PM UTC 2026] [BUILD] Extracting apache-cassandra-java-driver-3.13.0-source.tar.gz ... [0.102s] [OK] [Sat Sep 26 07:01:18 PM UTC 2026] [BUILD] Building from source and running unit tests ... [110.075s] [OK] [Sat Sep 26 07:03:08 PM UTC 2026] [TEST] Running a basic connectivity test with artifact 3.13.0 from nexus staging repo 1481 ... [64.687s] [OK] [Sat Sep 26 07:04:13 PM UTC 2026] [DONE] Completed with all tests passing! [184.438s] [DONE] On Thu, Sep 24, 2026, at 12:37 AM, Bret McGuire wrote: > Greetings all! > > > I’m proposing the Cassandra Java Driver 3.13.0 for release. > > > sha1: 0f5f0ad3a6b3f44672c4a18fca2845c885901988 > > git: https://github.com/apache/cassandra-java-driver/tree/3.13.0/ > > Maven Artifacts: > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecassandra-1481/ > > > The Source release is available here: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/cassandra/cassandra-java-driver/3.13.0/ > > > > This is a security release primarily aimed at updating Netty to a > more recent version in order to address a large number of CVEs. As > discussed elsewhere [1] we have also updated the minimum required JDK > from Java6 to Java8 in order to access additional bug fixes. The full > changelog can be found at > https://github.com/apache/cassandra-java-driver/tree/3.13.0/changelog#3130. > > > The vote will be open for 120 hours (longer if needed). Everyone who > has tested the build is invited to vote. Votes by PMC members are > considered binding. A vote passes if there are at least three binding > +1s and no -1's. > > > Thanks! > > > > - Bret - > > > > [1] - See Jane's post on the future plans for 3.x and 4.x at > https://lists.apache.org/thread/7r2jqfkz33y4x99mvso3mzzvo8bfc75k
