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The project goal is to have 3 releases a year, which means a release every 4 months. Bugfix releases are made as needed for supported releases only. It is possible to verify every download by following these procedures and using these KEYS.

Supported releases

4.0.0

Kafka 4.0.0 includes a significant number of new features and fixes. For more information, please read our blog post, the detailed Upgrade Notes and and the Release Notes.

3.9.0

Kafka 3.9.0 includes a significant number of new features and fixes. For more information, please read our blog post and the detailed Release Notes.

3.8.1

Kafka 3.8.1 fixes 17 issues since the 3.8.0 release. For more information, please read our blog post and the detailed Release Notes.

3.7.2

Kafka 3.7.2 fixes 22 issues since the 3.7.1 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

Archived releases

3.8.0

Kafka 3.8.0 includes a significant number of new features and fixes. For more information, please read our blog post and the detailed Release Notes.

3.7.1

blog post and the detailed Release Notes.

3.7.0

Kafka 3.7.0 includes a significant number of new features and fixes. For more information, please read our blog post and the detailed Release Notes.

3.6.2

Kafka 3.6.2 fixes 28 issues since the 3.6.1 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

3.6.1

Kafka 3.6.1 fixes 30 issues since the 3.6.0 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

3.6.0

Kafka 3.6.0 includes a significant number of new features and fixes. For more information, please read our blog post and the detailed Release Notes.

3.5.2

Kafka 3.5.2 contains security fixes and bug fixes. For more information, please read our blog post and the detailed Release Notes.

3.5.1

Kafka 3.5.1 is a security patch release. It contains security fixes and regression fixes. For more information, please read our blog post and the detailed Release Notes.

3.5.0

Kafka 3.5.0 includes a significant number of new features and fixes. For more information, please read our blog post and the detailed Release Notes.

3.4.1

Kafka 3.4.1 fixes 58 issues since the 3.4.0 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes

3.4.0

Kafka 3.4.0 includes a significant number of new features and fixes. For more information, please read our blog post and the detailed Release Notes.

3.3.2

Kafka 3.3.2 fixes 20 issues since the 3.3.1 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes

3.3.1

Kafka 3.3.1 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed 3.3.1 and 3.3.0 Release Notes.

3.3.0

A significant bug was found in the 3.3.0 release after artifacts were pushed to Apache and Maven central but prior to the release announcement. As a result, the decision was made to not announce 3.3.0 and instead release 3.3.1 with the fix. It is recommended that 3.3.0 not be used.

3.2.3

Kafka 3.2.3 fixes CVE-2022-34917 and 7 other issues since the 3.2.1 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

3.2.2

A significant bug was found in the 3.2.2 release after artifacts were pushed to Maven central but prior to the release announcement. As a result the decision was taken to not announce 3.2.2 and release 3.2.3 with the fix. It is recommended that 3.2.2 not be used.

3.2.1

Kafka 3.2.1 fixes 13 issues since the 3.2.0 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

3.2.0

Kafka 3.2.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

3.1.2

Kafka 3.1.2 fixes CVE-2022-34917 and 4 other issues since the 3.1.1 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

3.1.1

Kafka 3.1.1 fixes 29 issues since the 3.1.0 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

3.1.0

Kafka 3.1.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

3.0.2

Kafka 3.0.2 fixes CVE-2022-34917 and 10 other issues since the 3.0.1 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

3.0.1

Kafka 3.0.1 fixes 29 issues since the 3.0.0 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

3.0.0

Kafka 3.0.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.8.2

Kafka 2.8.2 fixes CVE-2022-34917 and 11 other issues since the 2.8.1 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.8.1

Kafka 2.8.1 fixes 49 issues since the 2.8.0 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.8.0

Kafka 2.8.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.7.2

Kafka 2.7.2 fixes 26 issues since the 2.7.1 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.7.1

Kafka 2.7.1 fixes 45 issues since the 2.7.0 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.7.0

Kafka 2.7.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.6.3

Kafka 2.6.3 fixes 11 issues since the 2.6.2 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.6.2

Kafka 2.6.2 fixes 35 issues since the 2.6.1 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.6.1

Kafka 2.6.1 fixes 41 issues since the 2.6.0 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.6.0

Kafka 2.6.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.5.1

Kafka 2.5.1 fixes 72 issues since the 2.5.0 release. For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.5.0

Kafka 2.5.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.4.1

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.4.0

Kafka 2.4.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.3.1

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.3.0

Kafka 2.3.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.2.2

2.2.1

2.2.0

Kafka 2.2.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.1.1

2.1.0

Kafka 2.1.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

2.0.1

2.0.0

Kafka 2.0.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

1.1.1

1.1.0

Kafka 1.1.0 includes a number of significant new features. Here is a summary of some notable changes:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

1.0.2

1.0.1

1.0.0

Kafka 1.0.0 is no mere bump of the version number. The Apache Kafka Project Management Committee has packed a number of valuable enhancements into the release. Here is a summary of a few of them:

For more information, please read the detailed Release Notes.

0.11.0.3

0.11.0.2

0.11.0.1

0.11.0.0

0.10.2.2

0.10.2.1

0.10.2.0

0.10.1.1

0.10.1.0

0.10.0.1

0.10.0.0

0.9.0.1

0.9.0.0

0.8.2.2

0.8.2.1

0.8.2.0

0.8.2-beta

0.8.1.1 Release

0.8.1 Release

0.8.0 Release

0.8.0 Beta1 Release

0.7.2 Release

0.7.1 Release

0.7.0 Release

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