Release notes for 3.11.3

Author: dnault

antora.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ asciidoc:
   attributes:
     page-nav-header-levels: 2
     server_version: '8.0.0'
-    sdk_current_version: '3.11.2'
+    sdk_current_version: '3.11.3'
     sdk_dot_minor: '3.11'
     sdk_dot_major: '3.x'
     version-server: '8.0'

modules/project-docs/pages/sdk-release-notes.adoc

@@ -44,6 +44,37 @@ echo metrics-opentelemetry ; grep '<version>' $src/metrics-opentelemetry/pom.xml
 echo metrics-micrometer ; grep '<version>' $src/metrics-micrometer/pom.xml | head -2 | tail -1 ; grep '<micrometer.version>' $src/pom.xml 
 ////
 
+=== Version 3.11.3 (21 May 2026)
+
+https://packages.couchbase.com/clients/java/3.11.3/Couchbase-Java-Client-3.11.3.zip[Download] |
+https://docs.couchbase.com/sdk-api/couchbase-java-client-3.11.3/index.html[API Reference] |
+https://docs.couchbase.com/sdk-api/couchbase-core-io-3.11.3/[Core API Reference]
+
+This maintenance release improves the exception message when the SDK cannot parse the file containing trusted server certificates.
+
+The supported and tested dependencies for this release are:
+
+* io.projectreactor:**reactor-core:3.6.9**
+* org.reactivestreams:**reactive-streams:1.0.4**
+
+Optional artifacts on top of this SDK version are tested for the following compatibilities:
+
+.Optional Artifact Version Compatibility
+[options="header"]
+|=======================
+| Artifact                  | Built Against              | API Stability
+| `tracing-opentelemetry`   | OpenTelemetry 1.57.0       | Committed
+| `tracing-opentracing`     | OpenTracing 0.33.0         | Committed
+| `metrics-opentelemetry`   | OpenTelemetry 1.57.0       | Volatile
+| `metrics-micrometer`      | Micrometer 1.12.9          | Volatile
+|=======================
+
+==== Improvements
+
+* https://jira.issues.couchbase.com/browse/JVMCBC-1737[JVMCBC-1737]:
+When `SecurityConfig.trustCertificate(Path)` fails to parse the specified file, the exception message no longer includes the file contents.
+
+
 === Version 3.11.2 (13 April 2026)
 
 https://packages.couchbase.com/clients/java/3.11.2/Couchbase-Java-Client-3.11.2.zip[Download] |

pom.xml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.couchbase.client</groupId>
                 <artifactId>couchbase-client-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.2</version>
+                <version>3.11.3</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>