What changed in Apache Kafka from 3 to 4
10 releases numbered after 3.9.2 up to and including 4.3.1, stable releases only. 3.9.2 and 4.3.1 are the newest stable releases of 3 and 4 we track; this page follows them as new ones ship.
- Spans branches 4.3, 4.2, 4.1, 4.0 — the list is by date, and a branch's own patches sit between the other's.
1 change across 10 releases
Original release notes, newest first
The list above is our reading of these notes; the originals from Apache Software Foundation are here, one fold per release.
4.3.1Apache Kafka 4.3.1 Release Announcement
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 4.3.1. This is a bugfix release that includes several critical fixes, most notably a fix for a Kafka Streams RocksDB native memory leak. For a full…
4.2.1Apache Kafka 4.2.1 Release Announcement
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 4.2.1. 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 Upgra…
4.3.0Apache Kafka 4.3.0 Release Announcement
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka® 4.3. This release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post will highlight some of the more prominent ones. For a full list of c…
4.1.2Apache Kafka 4.1.2 Release Announcement
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 4.1.2. 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 Upgra…
4.0.2Apache Kafka 4.0.2 Release Announcement
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 Upgra…
4.2.0Apache Kafka 4.2.0 Release Announcement
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka® 4.2. This release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post will highlight some of the more prominent ones. For a full list of c…
4.1.1Apache Kafka 4.1.1 Release Announcement
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 4.1.1. 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 Upgra…
4.0.1Apache Kafka 4.0.1 Release Announcement
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 4.0.1. For a full list of changes, be sure to check the release notes. See the Upgrading to 4.0.1 from any version 0.8.x through 3.9.x section in t…
4.1.0Apache Kafka 4.1.0 Release Announcement
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka® 4.1.0. This release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post will highlight some of the more prominent ones. For a full list of…
4.0.0Apache Kafka 4.0.0 Release Announcement
We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka® 4.0. This release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post will highlight some of the more prominent ones. For a full list of c…