4.19.4.0

What's Changed

• Update dependency net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy to v1.18.15-jdk5 by @renovate[bot] in #1276
• Update dependency org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-jar-plugin to v3.5.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1277
• Update dependency org.codehaus.mojo:build-helper-maven-plugin to v3.6.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1288
• Protect 4.x releases with validation and scoped signing by @dkropachev in #1302
• Match validation to the 4.x release integration-test policy by @dkropachev in #1304
• Verify 4.x staged releases before publication by @dkropachev in #1305
• Publish immutable GitHub Releases for 4.x by @dkropachev in #1307
• Update dependency org.slf4j:slf4j-api to v2.0.20 by @renovate[bot] in #1292
• Update dependency org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin to v0.8.15 by @renovate[bot] in #1289
• ci: flag upstream syncs that lose apache's ancestry by @nikagra in #1283
• Update urllib3 to 2.7.0 (GHSA-mf9v-mfxr-j63j) by @roydahan with @Copilot in #884
• Update dependency io.projectreactor.tools:blockhound to v1.0.18.RELEASE by @renovate[bot] in #1309
• Update dependency io.projectreactor.tools:blockhound-junit-platform to v1.0.18.RELEASE by @renovate[bot] in #1310
• Update dependency net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy to v1.18.16-jdk5 by @renovate[bot] in #1311
• Update dependency org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java to v1.1.10.12 by @renovate[bot] in #1312
• Skip DSE versions during protocol negotiation by @arnabnandy7 in #985
• Update actions/checkout action to v5.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1314
• build(deps): bump sphinx-multiversion-scylla from 0.3.8 to 0.3.9 in /docs by @dependabot[bot] in #1324
• Update actions/setup-java action to v6.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1316
• Update actions/checkout action to v6.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1315
• chore: merge upstream apache 4.19.4 by @nikagra in #1291
• build(deps-dev): bump com.google.guava:guava from 33.6.0-jre to 33.7.1-jre by @dependabot[bot] in #1325
• Update dependency org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin to v0.8.16 by @renovate[bot] in #1327
• Update actions/setup-python action to v6.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in #1329
• Update astral-sh/setup-uv action to v8.3.2 by @renovate[bot] in #1331
• Update dependency at.yawk.lz4:lz4-java to v1.12.1 by @renovate[bot] in #1332
• fix(ci): keep commas out of release-blocker links by @nikagra in #1336
• 4.x: Stabilize AdvancedShardAwarenessIT by @dkropachev in #1337
• fix(ci): make the GitHub Release step work on a real release by @nikagra in #1340
• docs: publish 3.12.1.x as the current 3.x line by @nikagra in #1342
• docs: fail the build when a newer release line is unregistered by @nikagra in #1343
• chore: record upstream 4.19.4 ancestry by @nikagra in #1344
• chore: record upstream 4.19.4 ancestry (do not squash) by @nikagra in #1346
• Update dependency com.github.jnr:jnr-posix to v3.2.5 by @renovate[bot] in #1334
• Update dependency ch.qos.logback:logback-classic to v1.6.6 by @renovate[bot] in #1333
• Update Guava to 33.7.2-jre by @dkropachev in #1330
• docs: publish 4.19.4.x as the current 4.x line by @nikagra in #1348

New Contributors

• @arnabnandy7 made their first contribution in #985

Full Changelog: 4.19.2.3...4.19.4.0