ijuma commented on code in PR #19097: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/19097#discussion_r1981529249
########## docs/upgrade.html: ########## @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ <h4><a id="upgrade_4_0_0" href="#upgrade_4_0_0">Upgrading to 4.0.0 from any vers Every <a href="https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/trunk/server-common/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/common/MetadataVersion.java">MetadataVersion</a> has a boolean parameter that indicates if there are metadata changes (i.e. <code>IBP_4_0_IV1(23, "4.0", "IV1", true)</code> means this version has metadata changes). Given your current and target versions, a downgrade is only possible if there are no metadata changes in the versions between.</li> + <li>For the Kafka client upgrade path, note that many deprecated APIs were removed in Kafka 4.0. Additionally, upgrading directly to 4.x from certain versions is not feasible. Review Comment: Or perhaps make the current title more generic and creating a section specifically for brokers under it. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: jira-unsubscr...@kafka.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org