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If you are upgrading from a version prior to 2.1.x, please see the note below about the change to the schema used to store consumer offsets. Once you have changed the inter.broker.protocol.version to the latest version, it will not be possible to downgrade to a version prior to 2.1.

For a rolling upgrade:

  1. Update server.properties on all brokers and add the following properties. CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION refers to the version you are upgrading from. CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION refers to the message format version currently in use. If you have previously overridden the message format version, you should keep its current value. Alternatively, if you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.11.0.x, then CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION should be set to match CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION. If you are upgrading from version 0.11.0.x or above, and you have not overridden the message format, then you only need to override the inter-broker protocol version.
  2. Upgrade the brokers one at a time: shut down the broker, update the code, and restart it. Once you have done so, the brokers will be running the latest version and you can verify that the cluster's behavior and performance meets expectations. It is still possible to downgrade at this point if there are any problems.
  3. Once the cluster's behavior and performance has been verified, bump the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting it to 2.7.
  4. Restart the brokers one by one for the new protocol version to take effect. Once the brokers begin using the latest protocol version, it will no longer be possible to downgrade the cluster to an older version.
  5. If you have overridden the message format version as instructed above, then you need to do one more rolling restart to upgrade it to its latest version. Once all (or most) consumers have been upgraded to 0.11.0 or later, change log.message.format.version to 2.7 on each broker and restart them one by one. Note that the older Scala clients, which are no longer maintained, do not support the message format introduced in 0.11, so to avoid conversion costs (or to take advantage of exactly once semantics), the newer Java clients must be used.
Notable changes in 2.7.0

Upgrading to 2.6.0 from any version 0.8.x through 2.5.x

If you are upgrading from a version prior to 2.1.x, please see the note below about the change to the schema used to store consumer offsets. Once you have changed the inter.broker.protocol.version to the latest version, it will not be possible to downgrade to a version prior to 2.1.

For a rolling upgrade:

  1. Update server.properties on all brokers and add the following properties. CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION refers to the version you are upgrading from. CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION refers to the message format version currently in use. If you have previously overridden the message format version, you should keep its current value. Alternatively, if you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.11.0.x, then CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION should be set to match CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION. If you are upgrading from version 0.11.0.x or above, and you have not overridden the message format, then you only need to override the inter-broker protocol version.
  2. Upgrade the brokers one at a time: shut down the broker, update the code, and restart it. Once you have done so, the brokers will be running the latest version and you can verify that the cluster's behavior and performance meets expectations. It is still possible to downgrade at this point if there are any problems.
  3. Once the cluster's behavior and performance has been verified, bump the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting it to 2.6.
  4. Restart the brokers one by one for the new protocol version to take effect. Once the brokers begin using the latest protocol version, it will no longer be possible to downgrade the cluster to an older version.
  5. If you have overridden the message format version as instructed above, then you need to do one more rolling restart to upgrade it to its latest version. Once all (or most) consumers have been upgraded to 0.11.0 or later, change log.message.format.version to 2.6 on each broker and restart them one by one. Note that the older Scala clients, which are no longer maintained, do not support the message format introduced in 0.11, so to avoid conversion costs (or to take advantage of exactly once semantics), the newer Java clients must be used.
Notable changes in 2.6.0

Upgrading to 2.5.0 from any version 0.8.x through 2.4.x

If you are upgrading from a version prior to 2.1.x, please see the note below about the change to the schema used to store consumer offsets. Once you have changed the inter.broker.protocol.version to the latest version, it will not be possible to downgrade to a version prior to 2.1.

For a rolling upgrade:

  1. Update server.properties on all brokers and add the following properties. CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION refers to the version you are upgrading from. CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION refers to the message format version currently in use. If you have previously overridden the message format version, you should keep its current value. Alternatively, if you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.11.0.x, then CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION should be set to match CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION. If you are upgrading from version 0.11.0.x or above, and you have not overridden the message format, then you only need to override the inter-broker protocol version.
  2. Upgrade the brokers one at a time: shut down the broker, update the code, and restart it. Once you have done so, the brokers will be running the latest version and you can verify that the cluster's behavior and performance meets expectations. It is still possible to downgrade at this point if there are any problems.
  3. Once the cluster's behavior and performance has been verified, bump the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting it to 2.5.
  4. Restart the brokers one by one for the new protocol version to take effect. Once the brokers begin using the latest protocol version, it will no longer be possible to downgrade the cluster to an older version.
  5. If you have overridden the message format version as instructed above, then you need to do one more rolling restart to upgrade it to its latest version. Once all (or most) consumers have been upgraded to 0.11.0 or later, change log.message.format.version to 2.5 on each broker and restart them one by one. Note that the older Scala clients, which are no longer maintained, do not support the message format introduced in 0.11, so to avoid conversion costs (or to take advantage of exactly once semantics), the newer Java clients must be used.
  6. There are several notable changes to the reassignment tool kafka-reassign-partitions.sh following the completion of KIP-455. This tool now requires the --additional flag to be provided when changing the throttle of an active reassignment. Reassignment cancellation is now possible using the --cancel command. Finally, reassignment with --zookeeper has been deprecated in favor of --bootstrap-server. See the KIP for more detail.
Notable changes in 2.5.0

Upgrading from 0.8.x, 0.9.x, 0.10.0.x, 0.10.1.x, 0.10.2.x, 0.11.0.x, 1.0.x, 1.1.x, 2.0.x or 2.1.x or 2.2.x or 2.3.x to 2.4.0

If you are upgrading from a version prior to 2.1.x, please see the note below about the change to the schema used to store consumer offsets. Once you have changed the inter.broker.protocol.version to the latest version, it will not be possible to downgrade to a version prior to 2.1.

For a rolling upgrade:

  1. Update server.properties on all brokers and add the following properties. CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION refers to the version you are upgrading from. CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION refers to the message format version currently in use. If you have previously overridden the message format version, you should keep its current value. Alternatively, if you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.11.0.x, then CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION should be set to match CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION. If you are upgrading from version 0.11.0.x or above, and you have not overridden the message format, then you only need to override the inter-broker protocol version.
  2. Upgrade the brokers one at a time: shut down the broker, update the code, and restart it. Once you have done so, the brokers will be running the latest version and you can verify that the cluster's behavior and performance meets expectations. It is still possible to downgrade at this point if there are any problems.
  3. Once the cluster's behavior and performance has been verified, bump the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting it to 2.4.
  4. Restart the brokers one by one for the new protocol version to take effect. Once the brokers begin using the latest protocol version, it will no longer be possible to downgrade the cluster to an older version.
  5. If you have overridden the message format version as instructed above, then you need to do one more rolling restart to upgrade it to its latest version. Once all (or most) consumers have been upgraded to 0.11.0 or later, change log.message.format.version to 2.4 on each broker and restart them one by one. Note that the older Scala clients, which are no longer maintained, do not support the message format introduced in 0.11, so to avoid conversion costs (or to take advantage of exactly once semantics), the newer Java clients must be used.

Additional Upgrade Notes:

  1. ZooKeeper has been upgraded to 3.5.6. ZooKeeper upgrade from 3.4.X to 3.5.6 can fail if there are no snapshot files in 3.4 data directory. This usually happens in test upgrades where ZooKeeper 3.5.6 is trying to load an existing 3.4 data dir in which no snapshot file has been created. For more details about the issue please refer to ZOOKEEPER-3056. A fix is given in ZOOKEEPER-3056, which is to set snapshot.trust.empty=true config in zookeeper.properties before the upgrade. But we have observed data loss in standalone cluster upgrades when using snapshot.trust.empty=true config. For more details about the issue please refer to ZOOKEEPER-3644. So we recommend the safe workaround of copying empty snapshot file to the 3.4 data directory, if there are no snapshot files in 3.4 data directory. For more details about the workaround please refer to ZooKeeper Upgrade FAQ.
  2. An embedded Jetty based AdminServer added in ZooKeeper 3.5. AdminServer is enabled by default in ZooKeeper and is started on port 8080. AdminServer is disabled by default in the ZooKeeper config (zookeeper.properties) provided by the Apache Kafka distribution. Make sure to update your local zookeeper.properties file with admin.enableServer=false if you wish to disable the AdminServer. Please refer AdminServer config to configure the AdminServer.
Notable changes in 2.4.0

Upgrading from 0.8.x, 0.9.x, 0.10.0.x, 0.10.1.x, 0.10.2.x, 0.11.0.x, 1.0.x, 1.1.x, 2.0.x or 2.1.x or 2.2.x to 2.3.0

If you are upgrading from a version prior to 2.1.x, please see the note below about the change to the schema used to store consumer offsets. Once you have changed the inter.broker.protocol.version to the latest version, it will not be possible to downgrade to a version prior to 2.1.

For a rolling upgrade:

  1. Update server.properties on all brokers and add the following properties. CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION refers to the version you are upgrading from. CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION refers to the message format version currently in use. If you have previously overridden the message format version, you should keep its current value. Alternatively, if you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.11.0.x, then CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION should be set to match CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION. If you are upgrading from 0.11.0.x, 1.0.x, 1.1.x, 2.0.x, or 2.1.x, and you have not overridden the message format, then you only need to override the inter-broker protocol version.
  2. Upgrade the brokers one at a time: shut down the broker, update the code, and restart it. Once you have done so, the brokers will be running the latest version and you can verify that the cluster's behavior and performance meets expectations. It is still possible to downgrade at this point if there are any problems.
  3. Once the cluster's behavior and performance has been verified, bump the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting it to 2.3.
  4. Restart the brokers one by one for the new protocol version to take effect. Once the brokers begin using the latest protocol version, it will no longer be possible to downgrade the cluster to an older version.
  5. If you have overridden the message format version as instructed above, then you need to do one more rolling restart to upgrade it to its latest version. Once all (or most) consumers have been upgraded to 0.11.0 or later, change log.message.format.version to 2.3 on each broker and restart them one by one. Note that the older Scala clients, which are no longer maintained, do not support the message format introduced in 0.11, so to avoid conversion costs (or to take advantage of exactly once semantics), the newer Java clients must be used.
Notable changes in 2.3.0

Upgrading from 0.8.x, 0.9.x, 0.10.0.x, 0.10.1.x, 0.10.2.x, 0.11.0.x, 1.0.x, 1.1.x, 2.0.x or 2.1.x to 2.2.0

If you are upgrading from a version prior to 2.1.x, please see the note below about the change to the schema used to store consumer offsets. Once you have changed the inter.broker.protocol.version to the latest version, it will not be possible to downgrade to a version prior to 2.1.

For a rolling upgrade:

  1. Update server.properties on all brokers and add the following properties. CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION refers to the version you are upgrading from. CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION refers to the message format version currently in use. If you have previously overridden the message format version, you should keep its current value. Alternatively, if you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.11.0.x, then CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION should be set to match CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION. If you are upgrading from 0.11.0.x, 1.0.x, 1.1.x, or 2.0.x and you have not overridden the message format, then you only need to override the inter-broker protocol version.
  2. Upgrade the brokers one at a time: shut down the broker, update the code, and restart it. Once you have done so, the brokers will be running the latest version and you can verify that the cluster's behavior and performance meets expectations. It is still possible to downgrade at this point if there are any problems.
  3. Once the cluster's behavior and performance has been verified, bump the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting it to 2.2.
  4. Restart the brokers one by one for the new protocol version to take effect. Once the brokers begin using the latest protocol version, it will no longer be possible to downgrade the cluster to an older version.
  5. If you have overridden the message format version as instructed above, then you need to do one more rolling restart to upgrade it to its latest version. Once all (or most) consumers have been upgraded to 0.11.0 or later, change log.message.format.version to 2.2 on each broker and restart them one by one. Note that the older Scala clients, which are no longer maintained, do not support the message format introduced in 0.11, so to avoid conversion costs (or to take advantage of exactly once semantics), the newer Java clients must be used.
Notable changes in 2.2.1
Notable changes in 2.2.0

Upgrading from 0.8.x, 0.9.x, 0.10.0.x, 0.10.1.x, 0.10.2.x, 0.11.0.x, 1.0.x, 1.1.x, or 2.0.0 to 2.1.0

Note that 2.1.x contains a change to the internal schema used to store consumer offsets. Once the upgrade is complete, it will not be possible to downgrade to previous versions. See the rolling upgrade notes below for more detail.

For a rolling upgrade:

  1. Update server.properties on all brokers and add the following properties. CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION refers to the version you are upgrading from. CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION refers to the message format version currently in use. If you have previously overridden the message format version, you should keep its current value. Alternatively, if you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.11.0.x, then CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION should be set to match CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION. If you are upgrading from 0.11.0.x, 1.0.x, 1.1.x, or 2.0.x and you have not overridden the message format, then you only need to override the inter-broker protocol version.
  2. Upgrade the brokers one at a time: shut down the broker, update the code, and restart it. Once you have done so, the brokers will be running the latest version and you can verify that the cluster's behavior and performance meets expectations. It is still possible to downgrade at this point if there are any problems.
  3. Once the cluster's behavior and performance has been verified, bump the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting it to 2.1.
  4. Restart the brokers one by one for the new protocol version to take effect. Once the brokers begin using the latest protocol version, it will no longer be possible to downgrade the cluster to an older version.
  5. If you have overridden the message format version as instructed above, then you need to do one more rolling restart to upgrade it to its latest version. Once all (or most) consumers have been upgraded to 0.11.0 or later, change log.message.format.version to 2.1 on each broker and restart them one by one. Note that the older Scala clients, which are no longer maintained, do not support the message format introduced in 0.11, so to avoid conversion costs (or to take advantage of exactly once semantics), the newer Java clients must be used.

Additional Upgrade Notes:

  1. Offset expiration semantics has slightly changed in this version. According to the new semantics, offsets of partitions in a group will not be removed while the group is subscribed to the corresponding topic and is still active (has active consumers). If group becomes empty all its offsets will be removed after default offset retention period (or the one set by broker) has passed (unless the group becomes active again). Offsets associated with standalone (simple) consumers, that do not use Kafka group management, will be removed after default offset retention period (or the one set by broker) has passed since their last commit.
  2. The default for console consumer's enable.auto.commit property when no group.id is provided is now set to false. This is to avoid polluting the consumer coordinator cache as the auto-generated group is not likely to be used by other consumers.
  3. The default value for the producer's retries config was changed to Integer.MAX_VALUE, as we introduced delivery.timeout.ms in KIP-91, which sets an upper bound on the total time between sending a record and receiving acknowledgement from the broker. By default, the delivery timeout is set to 2 minutes.
  4. By default, MirrorMaker now overrides delivery.timeout.ms to Integer.MAX_VALUE when configuring the producer. If you have overridden the value of retries in order to fail faster, you will instead need to override delivery.timeout.ms.
  5. The ListGroup API now expects, as a recommended alternative, Describe Group access to the groups a user should be able to list. Even though the old Describe Cluster access is still supported for backward compatibility, using it for this API is not advised.
  6. KIP-336 deprecates the ExtendedSerializer and ExtendedDeserializer interfaces and propagates the usage of Serializer and Deserializer. ExtendedSerializer and ExtendedDeserializer were introduced with KIP-82 to provide record headers for serializers and deserializers in a Java 7 compatible fashion. Now we consolidated these interfaces as Java 7 support has been dropped since.
Notable changes in 2.1.0

Upgrading from 0.8.x, 0.9.x, 0.10.0.x, 0.10.1.x, 0.10.2.x, 0.11.0.x, 1.0.x, or 1.1.x to 2.0.0

Kafka 2.0.0 introduces wire protocol changes. By following the recommended rolling upgrade plan below, you guarantee no downtime during the upgrade. However, please review the notable changes in 2.0.0 before upgrading.

For a rolling upgrade:

  1. Update server.properties on all brokers and add the following properties. CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION refers to the version you are upgrading from. CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION refers to the message format version currently in use. If you have previously overridden the message format version, you should keep its current value. Alternatively, if you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.11.0.x, then CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION should be set to match CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION. If you are upgrading from 0.11.0.x, 1.0.x, or 1.1.x and you have not overridden the message format, then you only need to override the inter-broker protocol format.
  2. Upgrade the brokers one at a time: shut down the broker, update the code, and restart it.
  3. Once the entire cluster is upgraded, bump the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting it to 2.0.
  4. Restart the brokers one by one for the new protocol version to take effect.
  5. If you have overridden the message format version as instructed above, then you need to do one more rolling restart to upgrade it to its latest version. Once all (or most) consumers have been upgraded to 0.11.0 or later, change log.message.format.version to 2.0 on each broker and restart them one by one. Note that the older Scala consumer does not support the new message format introduced in 0.11, so to avoid the performance cost of down-conversion (or to take advantage of exactly once semantics), the newer Java consumer must be used.

Additional Upgrade Notes:

  1. If you are willing to accept downtime, you can simply take all the brokers down, update the code and start them back up. They will start with the new protocol by default.
  2. Bumping the protocol version and restarting can be done any time after the brokers are upgraded. It does not have to be immediately after. Similarly for the message format version.
  3. If you are using Java8 method references in your Kafka Streams code you might need to update your code to resolve method ambiguities. Hot-swapping the jar-file only might not work.
  4. ACLs should not be added to prefixed resources, (added in KIP-290), until all brokers in the cluster have been updated.

    NOTE: any prefixed ACLs added to a cluster, even after the cluster is fully upgraded, will be ignored should the cluster be downgraded again.

Notable changes in 2.0.0
New Protocol Versions
Upgrading a 1.1 Kafka Streams Application

Upgrading from 0.8.x, 0.9.x, 0.10.0.x, 0.10.1.x, 0.10.2.x, 0.11.0.x, or 1.0.x to 1.1.x

Kafka 1.1.0 introduces wire protocol changes. By following the recommended rolling upgrade plan below, you guarantee no downtime during the upgrade. However, please review the notable changes in 1.1.0 before upgrading.

For a rolling upgrade:

  1. Update server.properties on all brokers and add the following properties. CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION refers to the version you are upgrading from. CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION refers to the message format version currently in use. If you have previously overridden the message format version, you should keep its current value. Alternatively, if you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.11.0.x, then CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION should be set to match CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION. If you are upgrading from 0.11.0.x or 1.0.x and you have not overridden the message format, then you only need to override the inter-broker protocol format.
  2. Upgrade the brokers one at a time: shut down the broker, update the code, and restart it.
  3. Once the entire cluster is upgraded, bump the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting it to 1.1.
  4. Restart the brokers one by one for the new protocol version to take effect.
  5. If you have overridden the message format version as instructed above, then you need to do one more rolling restart to upgrade it to its latest version. Once all (or most) consumers have been upgraded to 0.11.0 or later, change log.message.format.version to 1.1 on each broker and restart them one by one. Note that the older Scala consumer does not support the new message format introduced in 0.11, so to avoid the performance cost of down-conversion (or to take advantage of exactly once semantics), the newer Java consumer must be used.

Additional Upgrade Notes:

  1. If you are willing to accept downtime, you can simply take all the brokers down, update the code and start them back up. They will start with the new protocol by default.
  2. Bumping the protocol version and restarting can be done any time after the brokers are upgraded. It does not have to be immediately after. Similarly for the message format version.
  3. If you are using Java8 method references in your Kafka Streams code you might need to update your code to resolve method ambiguties. Hot-swapping the jar-file only might not work.
Notable changes in 1.1.1
Notable changes in 1.1.0
New Protocol Versions
Upgrading a 1.0 Kafka Streams Application

Upgrading from 0.8.x, 0.9.x, 0.10.0.x, 0.10.1.x, 0.10.2.x or 0.11.0.x to 1.0.0

Kafka 1.0.0 introduces wire protocol changes. By following the recommended rolling upgrade plan below, you guarantee no downtime during the upgrade. However, please review the notable changes in 1.0.0 before upgrading.

For a rolling upgrade:

  1. Update server.properties on all brokers and add the following properties. CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION refers to the version you are upgrading from. CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION refers to the message format version currently in use. If you have previously overridden the message format version, you should keep its current value. Alternatively, if you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.11.0.x, then CURRENT_MESSAGE_FORMAT_VERSION should be set to match CURRENT_KAFKA_VERSION. If you are upgrading from 0.11.0.x and you have not overridden the message format, you must set both the message format version and the inter-broker protocol version to 0.11.0.
  2. Upgrade the brokers one at a time: shut down the broker, update the code, and restart it.
  3. Once the entire cluster is upgraded, bump the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting it to 1.0.
  4. Restart the brokers one by one for the new protocol version to take effect.
  5. If you have overridden the message format version as instructed above, then you need to do one more rolling restart to upgrade it to its latest version. Once all (or most) consumers have been upgraded to 0.11.0 or later, change log.message.format.version to 1.0 on each broker and restart them one by one. If you are upgrading from 0.11.0 and log.message.format.version is set to 0.11.0, you can update the config and skip the rolling restart. Note that the older Scala consumer does not support the new message format introduced in 0.11, so to avoid the performance cost of down-conversion (or to take advantage of exactly once semantics), the newer Java consumer must be used.

Additional Upgrade Notes:

  1. If you are willing to accept downtime, you can simply take all the brokers down, update the code and start them back up. They will start with the new protocol by default.
  2. Bumping the protocol version and restarting can be done any time after the brokers are upgraded. It does not have to be immediately after. Similarly for the message format version.
Notable changes in 1.0.2
Notable changes in 1.0.1
Notable changes in 1.0.0
New Protocol Versions
Upgrading a 0.11.0 Kafka Streams Application
Upgrading a 0.10.2 Kafka Streams Application
Upgrading a 0.10.1 Kafka Streams Application
Upgrading a 0.10.0 Kafka Streams Application