Hi, Can I know which channel to ask in or whom to DM to get a solid date on the flink 1.18 release? https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/1.18+Release I can see here, it is mentioned as End of September 2023.

Hi Vijeyanidhi, Thanks for reaching out. I am one of the release managers for flink 1.18. How can I help you? Currently we are still waiting for the feedback of some release tests: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-32726. End of Sept is IMHO the solid data like we did for previously releases, since there are many factors that can have impact on the release.

Thanks for the quick response. In our current project, there is a requirement to get Java upgraded to 17 just wanted to check and confirm whether the end of September release date mentioned in the website still holds good. I can see only 4 ticket are still open in the testing phase, so fingers crossed. Will ping if there is any more questions that needs to be answered.

Thanks for your feedback. Please be aware that Java 17 support is still in beta mode: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-15736