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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache Kafka 4.2.1

Thanks for managing the release PoAn! On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM jian fu <fujian1115@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for PoAn to manage this release > > Regards > Jian > > Christo Lolov <christololov@gmail.com>于2026年6月3日 周三19:28写道: > > > Thank you for running the release, PoAn! > > > > On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 at 19:50, Lucas Brutschy via dev > > <dev@kafka.apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for managing the release PoAn! > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7712@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for PoAn to manage this release > > > > > > > > > sunil chaudhari <sunilmchaudhari05@gmail.com> 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 <payang@apache.org> > 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 > > > > >> > > >

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