[cherry-pick] add support for flink 1.18 for Beam Flink Runner

.github/workflows/li_runners_flink_tests.yml

@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ jobs:
         settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
 
     - name: Validate Flink runner # Point to the latest
-      run: ./gradlew :runners:flink:build :runners:flink:1.16:build :runners:flink:1.16:validatesRunner
+      run: ./gradlew :runners:flink:build :runners:flink:1.18:build :runners:flink:1.18:validatesRunner

CHANGES.md

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 
 ## Highlights
 
+* Added FlinkRunner for Flink 1.18. ([#30789](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/30789))
 * New highly anticipated feature X added to Python SDK ([#X](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/X)).
 * New highly anticipated feature Y added to Java SDK ([#Y](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/Y)).
 

buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy

@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
     // Automatically use the official release version if we are performing a release
     // otherwise append '-SNAPSHOT'
-    project.version = '2.45.29'
+    project.version = '2.45.30'
     if (isLinkedin(project)) {
       project.ext.mavenGroupId = 'com.linkedin.beam'
     }

gradle.properties

@@ -30,13 +30,15 @@ signing.gnupg.useLegacyGpg=true
 # buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy.
 # To build a custom Beam version make sure you change it in both places, see
 # https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/21302.
-version=2.45.29
-sdk_version=2.45.29
+version=2.45.30
+sdk_version=2.45.30
 
 javaVersion=1.8
 
 docker_image_default_repo_root=apache
 docker_image_default_repo_prefix=beam_
 
-flink_versions=1.12,1.13,1.14,1.15,1.16
-
+# supported flink versions
+flink_versions=1.14,1.15,1.16,1.17,1.18
+# supported python versions
+python_versions=3.8,3.9,3.10,3.11

release/build.gradle.kts

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ task("runJavaExamplesValidationTask") {
   dependsOn(":runners:direct-java:runQuickstartJavaDirect")
   dependsOn(":runners:google-cloud-dataflow-java:runQuickstartJavaDataflow")
   dependsOn(":runners:spark:3:runQuickstartJavaSpark")
-  dependsOn(":runners:flink:1.13:runQuickstartJavaFlinkLocal")
+  dependsOn(":runners:flink:1.18:runQuickstartJavaFlinkLocal")
   dependsOn(":runners:direct-java:runMobileGamingJavaDirect")
   dependsOn(":runners:google-cloud-dataflow-java:runMobileGamingJavaDataflow")
   dependsOn(":runners:twister2:runQuickstartJavaTwister2")