Thanks a lot Josep. This cleared all our doubts. Thanks Gautham
-----Original Message----- From: Josep Prat <josep.p...@aiven.io.INVALID> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 2:24 PM To: Users <users@kafka.apache.org> Subject: Re: Apache Kafka EOL policy Hi Gautham, "The last 3 releases are covered and one can upgrade to the latest version from the last previous 3" means that you should be able to do a rolling upgrade from 3.1.x to 3.4.x. Starting from 2.8.x one should be able to do a rolling upgrade up to 3.2.x. It might work for newer versions but it's not guaranteed. Version 2.8 received a security update back in September 2022 because of CVE-2022-34917. But no further bug fixes after that. Chances are low that 2.8.x will receive further security fixes in the future. Hope this helps. Best! --- Josep Prat Aiven Deutschland GmbH Alexanderufer 3-7, 10117 Berlin Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B Geschäftsführer: Oskari Saarenmaa & Hannu Valtonen m: +491715557497 w: aiven.io e: josep.p...@aiven.io On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 21:23 Jayanna, Gautham <gautham.jaya...@siemens.com> wrote: > Hi Josep, > Thanks for the speedy response. Since the last updated date on that > page was 2020, I wanted to confirm I was looking at the correct page. > > Also, when you say last 3 releases - do I have it right below > > 3.4 - current release ( and upgrade supported from 3.3,3.2,3.1?) > > And what about Kafka 2.8? Is that supported with bug fixes and > security patches? And if we want to upgrade from 2.8, can we upgrade to 3.4 > from 2.8? > > Thanks > Gautham > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josep Prat <josep.p...@aiven.io.INVALID> > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:18 PM > To: Users <users@kafka.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Apache Kafka EOL policy > > Hi Gautham, > > You can find the general policy here: > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcwik > i.apache.org%2Fconfluence%2Fdisplay%2FKAFKA%2FTime%2BBased%2BRelease%2 > BPlan%23TimeBasedReleasePlan-WhatIsOurEOLPolicy&data=05%7C01%7Cgautham > .jayanna%40siemens.com%7Ca895cdd7d29c4d3c31f808db145a7326%7C38ae3bcd95 > 794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638126150956758262%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbG > Zsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0% > 3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cFsjtDr4jNaf%2FU4tD6W7RKwK5ir1tE%2BsaT9l0HpEF > Ls%3D&reserved=0 > ? > > Basically, the last 3 releases are covered and one can upgrade to the > latest version from the last previous 3. Bug fixes are ported to the > last 3 versions in a 'best effort basis'. > > Hope this helps, > > --- > Josep Prat > > Aiven Deutschland GmbH > > Alexanderufer 3-7, 10117 Berlin > > Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B > > Geschäftsführer: Oskari Saarenmaa & Hannu Valtonen > > m: +491715557497 > > w: aiven.io > > e: josep.p...@aiven.io > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 21:00 Jayanna, Gautham > <gautham.jaya...@siemens.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > Can you please point me to the End of Life(EOL) policy for Kafka > > versions( 2.x, 3.x) as it will help us determine the need to do upgrades. > > Thanks > > Gautham > > > > >
