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Apache Kafka 4.4.0 release
Thu, October 22, 2026
18 days agoUnverified
Apache Kafka 4.4.0 introduces new features and improvements across broker, controller, producer, consumer, admin client, and Kafka Streams components. This release includes updates to cluster metadata bootstrapping, share group dead-letter.
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