Thanks for managing the release PoAn!
On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for PoAn to manage this release > > > sunil chaudhari <[email protected]> 於 2026年6月2日 晚上11:23 寫道： > > > > Hi, > > Thanks for announcement. > > Are these changes available in 4.3.0 > > We are setting up new cluster version 4.3.0. > > Dont want to miss these bug fixes. > > > > Regards, > > Sunil. > > > >> On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 at 7:41 PM, PoAn Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> The Apache Kafka community is pleased to announce the release for Apache > >> Kafka 4.2.1 > >> > >> This bug-fix release includes several critical fixes as documented in the > >> release notes. > >> > >> All of the changes in this release can be found in the release notes: > >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.apache.org/dist/kafka/4.2.1/RELEASE_NOTES.html__;!!Ayb5sqE7!o1_jwpjxdgEiL-KzMadSeON8lCupp86o2RgVmJEBMKk0Xf2c5biaIxn7V-v2M7OsJV7Oh80Wl2MdtdvQyvsAMw$ > >> > >> An overview of the release can be found in our announcement blog post: > >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kafka.apache.org/blog__;!!Ayb5sqE7!o1_jwpjxdgEiL-KzMadSeON8lCupp86o2RgVmJEBMKk0Xf2c5biaIxn7V-v2M7OsJV7Oh80Wl2MdtduHCUB1cQ$ > >> > >> You can download the source and binary release from: > >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kafka.apache.org/downloads*4.2.1__;Iw!!Ayb5sqE7!o1_jwpjxdgEiL-KzMadSeON8lCupp86o2RgVmJEBMKk0Xf2c5biaIxn7V-v2M7OsJV7Oh80Wl2Mdtdtgt-xcpw$ > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform with four core APIs: > >> > >> > >> ** The Producer API allows an application to publish a stream of records to > >> one or more Kafka topics. > >> > >> ** The Consumer API allows an application to subscribe to one or more > >> topics and process the stream of records produced to them. > >> > >> ** The Streams API allows an application to act as a stream processor, > >> consuming an input stream from one or more topics and producing an > >> output stream to one or more output topics, effectively transforming the > >> input streams to output streams. > >> > >> ** The Connector API allows building and running reusable producers or > >> consumers that connect Kafka topics to existing applications or data > >> systems. For example, a connector to a relational database might > >> capture every change to a table. > >> > >> > >> With these APIs, Kafka can be used for two broad classes of application: > >> > >> ** Building real-time streaming data pipelines that reliably get data > >> between systems or applications. > >> > >> ** Building real-time streaming applications that transform or react > >> to the streams of data. > >> > >> > >> Apache Kafka is in use at large and small companies worldwide, including > >> Capital One, Goldman Sachs, ING, LinkedIn, Netflix, Pinterest, Rabobank, > >> Target, The New York Times, Uber, Yelp, and Zalando, among others. > >> > >> A big thank you for the following 45 contributors to this release! (Please > >> report an unintended omission) > >> > >> Abhinav Dixit, Alieh Saeedi, Andrew Schofield, Apoorv Mittal, Artem > >> Livshits, averemee-si, Bolin Lin, Chia-Ping Tsai, Chia-Yi Chiu, Chirag > >> Wadhwa, Christo, Christo Lolov, Daeho Kwon, David Jacot, Ding, Edoardo > >> Comar, Federico Valeri, Giuseppe Lillo, Hector Geraldino, José Armando > >> García Sancio, Josep Prat, Ken Huang, Kevin Wu, Kirk True, Lianet Magrans, > >> Lucas Brutschy, Luke Chen, majialong, Maros Orsak, Matthias J. Sax, Mickael > >> Maison, Ming-Yen Chung, Murali Basani, Nikita Shupletsov, Nilesh Kumar, > >> Parker Chang, Philippus Baalman, PoAn Yang, Ritika Reddy, Shivsundar R, > >> sstremler, Sushant Mahajan, TaiJuWu, Tirth, zhiyan-tang > >> > >> We welcome your help and feedback. For more information on how to > >> report problems, and to get involved, visit the project website at > >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kafka.apache.org/__;!!Ayb5sqE7!o1_jwpjxdgEiL-KzMadSeON8lCupp86o2RgVmJEBMKk0Xf2c5biaIxn7V-v2M7OsJV7Oh80Wl2Mdtdt24JUW0w$ > >> > >> Thank you! > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> PoAn > >> Release Manager for Apache Kafka 4.2.1 > >>
