Apache Kafka 3.5 - Kafka Core, Connect, Streams, & Client Updates
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Chapters
0:00
Intro
0:20
KIP-833: KRaft Timeline Update
1:08
KIP-866: ZooKeeper to KRaft Cluster Migration
1:34
KIP-881: Rack-aware Partition Assignment for Kafka Consumers
2:05
KIP-900: SASL SCRAM Support in KRaft
2:46
KIP-903: Replicas with stale broker epoch should not be allowed to join the ISR
3:41
KIP-915: Transactions and Group Coordinator Downgrade Foundation
4:23
KIP-641: A new java interface to replace `kafka.common.MessageReader`
4:48
KIP-887: Add ConfigProvider to make use of environment variables
5:20
KIP-889: Add Versioned State Stores
6:03
KIP-914: DSL Processor Semantics for Versioned Stores
6:34
KIP-399: Extend `ProductionExceptionHandler` to Cover Serialization Errors
6:54
KIP-904: Improve Table Aggregation Semantics
7:58
KIP-710: Full Support for Distributed Mode in MM2 Clusters
8:50
KIP-875: First-class offsets support in Kafka Connect
9:20
KIP-894: Use incrementalAlterConfigs API for syncing topic configurations
10:14
KIP-911: Add source tag to MirrorSourceConnector metrics
10:33
It’s a wrap!
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Apache Kafka 3.5 - Kafka Core, Connect, Streams, & Client Updates
Jun 15, 2023 Season 1 Episode 265
Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka®

Apache Kafka® 3.5 is here with the capability of previewing migrations between ZooKeeper clusters to KRaft mode. Follow along as Danica Fine highlights key release updates.

Kafka Core:

  • KIP-833 provides an updated timeline for KRaft.
  • KIP-866 now is preview and allows migration from an existing ZooKeeper cluster to KRaft mode.
  • KIP-900 introduces a way to bootstrap the KRaft controllers with SCRAM credentials.
  • KIP-903 prevents a data loss scenario by preventing replicas with stale broker epochs from joining the ISR list. 
  • KIP-915 streamlines the process of downgrading Kafka's transaction and group coordinators by introducing tagged fields.


Kafka Connect:

  • KIP-710 provides the option to use a REST API for internal server communication that can be enabled by setting `dedicated.mode.enable.internal.rest` equal to true. 
  • KIP-875 offers support for native offset management in Kafka Connect. Connect cluster administrators can now read offsets for both source and sink connectors. This KIP adds a new STOPPED state for connectors, enabling users to shut down connectors and maintain connector configurations without utilizing resources.
  • KIP-894 makes `IncrementalAlterConfigs` API available for use in MirrorMaker 2 (MM2), adding a new use.incremental.alter.config configuration which takes values “requested,” “never,” and “required.”
  • KIP-911 adds a new source tag for metrics generated by the `MirrorSourceConnector` to help monitor mirroring deployments.


Kafka Streams:

  • KIP-339 improves Kafka Streams' error-handling capabilities by addressing serialization errors that occur before message production and extending the interface for custom error handling. 
  • KIP-889 introduces versioned state stores in Kafka Streams for temporal join semantics in stream-to-table joins. 
  • KIP-904 simplifies table aggregation in Kafka by proposing a change in serialization format to enable one-step aggregation and reduce noise from events with old and new keys/values. 
  • KIP-914 modifies how versioned state stores are used in Kafka Streams. Versioned state stores may impact different DSL processors in varying ways, see the documentation for details.


Kafka Client:

  • KIP-881 is now complete and introduces new client-side assignor logic for rack-aware consumer balancing for Kafka Consumers. 
  • KIP-887 adds the `EnvVarConfigProvider` implementation to Kafka so custom configurations stored in environment variables can be injected into the system by providing the map returned by `System.getEnv()`.
  • KIP 641 introduces the `RecordReader` interface to Kafka's clients module, replacing the deprecated MessageReader Scala trait. 


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