Java: Semantic Kernel for Java - Release 1.4.3 - Feb 2025

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Release 1.4.3

Date of release: 2/26/2025

Content

• Release Checklist
• Release Notes

Release Checklist

• Update CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) with notable changes added in this release.

• Run test build against current code.

  • Pipelines - Runs for sk-java test releases (azure.com)

• Check test build produces no Critical or High CG issues (or ideally, any at all).

  • https://dev.azure.com/msctoproj/semantic-kernel/_componentGovernance/sk-pipelines

• Run release script.

• Push release commits and PR them.

• Merge them.

• Create release_tag on the GitHub repo.

• Run release pipeline, giving the commit hash of the release commit.

  • Pipelines - Runs for sk-java (azure.com)
    

• Check the jars you expect to be there are

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• Ensure they are the correct version number.

• Download those jars and do a basic / smoke-test checks on them.

  • Version information is correct.
  • Samples / demos run properly.

• Wait for signing to complete (NOTE: This can take a long time!)

• Approve the final release

  • NOTE: You have 30 min to hit this Review button or will need to re-run the entire release build.
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• Create a new Release on the GitHub repo, using release_tag as the release target.

  • Write release notes using information from the CHANGELOG.md file.

• Prepare and release a blog post on the Semantic Kernel blog

  • Have it reviewed by at least one engineer and one PM/Manager before publishing.

Release Notes

1.4.3

• Bug fix for execution on Android (bug-283 Use stax-api newInstance() instead of newFactory() for Android compat… #284)