[ANNOUNCE] Apache Flink Stateful Functions 2.2.1 released

[Tzu-Li (Gordon) Tai]

The Apache Flink community released the first bugfix release of the Stateful Functions (StateFun) 2.2 series, version 2.2.1.

This release fixes a critical bug that causes restoring a Stateful Functions cluster from snapshots (checkpoints or savepoints) to fail under certain conditions.

We strongly recommend all users to upgrade to this version.
Please check out the release announcement for details on upgrading to 2.2.1:
https://flink.apache.org/news/2020/11/11/release-statefun-2.2.1.html

The release is available for download at:
https://flink.apache.org/downloads.html

Maven artifacts for Stateful Functions can be found at:
https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.apache.flink%20statefun

Python SDK for Stateful Functions published to the PyPI index can be found at:
https://pypi.org/project/apache-flink-statefun/

Official Dockerfiles for building Stateful Functions Docker images can be found at:
https://github.com/apache/flink-statefun-docker

Alternatively, Ververica has volunteered to make Stateful Function's images available for the community via their public Docker Hub registry:
https://hub.docker.com/r/ververica/flink-statefun

The full release notes are available in Jira:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12315522&version=12349291

We would like to thank all contributors of the Apache Flink community who made this release possible!

Cheers,
Gordon