The project goal is to have 3 releases a year, which means a release every 4 months. Bugfix releases are made as needed for supported releases only. It is possible to verify every download by following these procedures and using these KEYS.…
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 4.0.2. This is a bugfix release that includes several critical fixes. For a full list of changes, be sure to check the release notes. See the Upgrading to 4.0.2 from any version 0.8.x thr…
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 3.9.2. This bug-fix release contains several critical fixes and security updates. Notably, this release includes KIP-1252, which addresses inconsistent behavior between ZooKeeper and KRaf…
The Apache Software Foundation takes security issues very seriously. Apache Kafka® specifically offers security features and is responsive to issues around its features. If you have any concern around Kafka Security or believe you have unco…
Kafka consumer tracks the maximum offset it has consumed in each partition and has the capability to commit offsets so that it can resume from those offsets in the event of a restart. Kafka provides the option to store all the offsets for a…
Below is the Kafka Admin client library configuration. A list of host/port pairs to use for establishing the initial connection to the KRaft controller quorum. This list should be in the form host1:port1,host2:port2,.... A list of host/port…
You are viewing documentation for an older version (3.8) of Kafka. For up-to-date documentation, see the latest version. In KRaft mode each Kafka server can be configured as a controller, a broker, or both using the process.roles property.
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Here is a description of a few of the popular use cases for Apache Kafka®. For an overview of a number of these areas in action, see this blog post. Kafka works well as a replacement for a more traditional message broker. Message brokers ar…
You are viewing documentation for an older version (3.9) of Kafka. For up-to-date documentation, see the latest version. Below are the configuration properties for Tiered Storage. The maximum size of local log segments that can grow for a p…
You are viewing documentation for an older version (3.9) of Kafka. For up-to-date documentation, see the latest version. This document covers the wire protocol implemented in Kafka. It is meant to give a readable guide to the protocol that
You are viewing documentation for an older version (1.0) of Kafka. For up-to-date documentation, see the latest version. Configurations pertinent to topics have both a server default as well an optional per-topic override. If no per-topic c…