# Akka 2.6.0-RC2 released

**URL:** <https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-2-6-0-rc2-released/5314>\
**Category:** Akka Libraries\
**Tags:** announcement\
**Created:** [October 28, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-2-6-0-rc2-released/5314 "2019-10-28T13:01:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-2-6-0-rc2-released/5314/1 "2019-10-28T13:01:47Z")

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Dear hakkers,

A few critical issues were found in 2.6.0-RC1. They have been fixed and we have published the second release candidate, 2.6.0-RC2.

- Fix problem with tagged events from EventSourcedBehavior when using the Cassandra plugin for Akka Persistence [#28060](https://github.com/akka/akka/pull/28060)
- Fix deadlock when creating legacy system materializer from extensions [#28037](https://github.com/akka/akka/issues/28037)
- Fix unsubscribe in Distributed Data Typed [#28061](https://github.com/akka/akka/issues/28061)

A total of 12 issues were closed since 2.6.0-RC1. The complete list can be found on the [2.6.0-RC2 milestone](https://github.com/akka/akka/milestone/154?closed=1) on github.

We intend to publish the final 2.6.0 within a few weeks, unless any critical issues are reported. Please help by trying the release candidate with your application or library.

**Highlights of upcoming Akka 2.6.0 are new APIs with type-safety for Akka Actors, and better stability for Akka Cluster with Artery and improved serialization.**

Read the [RC1 announcement](https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-2-6-0-rc1-released/5253) for more information about the upcoming Akka 2.6.0.

## Credits

For this release, since 2.6.0-RC1, we had the help of 9 committers – thank you all very much!

```auto
commits added removed
      7 508 50 Helena Edelson
      3 64 54 Patrik Nordwall
      3 90 9 Johan Andrén
      1 56 0 Lim Chee Hau
      1 38 11 kerr
      1 26 4 Thomas Braam
      1 10 0 eugene yokota
      1 4 4 Taeguk Kwon
      1 1 1 Thuillier Benjamin

```

Thanks to [Lightbend](https://www.lightbend.com/) for their continued sponsorship of the Akka core team’s efforts. Lightbend [offers commercial support](https://www.lightbend.com/lightbend-platform-subscription) for Akka.

Happy hakking!

– The Akka Team