With the recent #ApacheKafka 4.2 release, the new "streams" rebalance protocol is production ready. It's exciting that it's also GA on Confluent Cloud now.
The cherry-on-top is, that our #KafkaStreams Cloud UI now also shows task assignment information for "streams" groups. \1
03.03.2026 16:40
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The recent 4.2 release is one of the largest milestones for Kafka Streams so far. The new “streams” groups introduce Kafka Streams specific RPCs into the protocol, making Kafka Streams more than just a wrapper around consumer/producer clients, and a first class citizen.
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21.02.2026 00:00
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We are happy to announce that Andrew Schofield accepted our invitation to join the PMC.
Congratulations Andrew!
23.02.2026 00:16
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We are happy to announce that Christo Lolov accepted our invitation to join the PMC.
Congratulations Christo!
23.02.2026 00:13
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We are happy to announce that Kamal Chandraprakash accepted our invitation to join the PMC.
Congratulations Kamal!
22.02.2026 17:47
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We are happy to announce that Lianet Magrans accepted our invitation to join the PMC.
Congratulations Lianet!
21.02.2026 23:01
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We have two new open positions on our team (#ApacheKafka Java Clients and #KafkaStreams) in Canada 🇨🇦
Entry level: jobs.ashbyhq.com/confluent/67...
Senior: jobs.ashbyhq.com/confluent/26...
16.02.2026 20:36
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Hacking Kafka Streams with Sophie Blee‑Goldman | Ep. 15 | Confluent Developer Podcast
YouTube video by Confluent Developer
Great episode with @ableegoldman.bsky.social! Well, I didn’t expect it to be anything else than outstanding!
youtu.be/QEZILs_qk8Y
20.01.2026 20:44
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In case you missed it. The eagle has landed…
cwiki.apache.org/confluence/d...
17.01.2026 02:53
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There is a new KIP-1244 proposing to deprecate the Kafka Streams Scala API, and remove it with the next major release.
Please join the discussion on the dev mailing list if this concerns you.
13.01.2026 18:19
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I had the pleasure to get an „early access“, and have to say, it’s a great book!
#KafkaStreams
13.12.2025 04:33
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10K. Quite a number!
06.12.2025 08:44
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Sounds like fun!
06.12.2025 08:39
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We are backing up a larger KIP for Kafka Streams. Exciting! …headers… cough.
Stay tuned. Maybe a we can publish it as a holiday present.
05.12.2025 16:13
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🚀 I've built a new interactive simulation of #Kafka Streams, showcasing state stores!
See state stores being restored, switch between RocksDB & in-memory state store behavior,restart tasks. Great for understanding or explaining Kafka Streams!
Try it here: kafkastreamsfieldguide.com/tools/state-...
02.12.2025 12:22
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Kafka Streams News - November 2025 | Kafka Streams Field Guide Book
Latest news and content from the Kafka Streams community for November 2025
Just published my #KafkaStreams news summary! 🔥
Highlights: 4.1.1 bug-fix release, upcoming DLQ feature for Kafka Streams, new Streams UI in Confluent Cloud, Current sessions, & more.
kafkastreamsfieldguide.com/articles/kaf...
#ApacheKafka
17.11.2025 10:57
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Apache Kafka
Apache Kafka: A Distributed Streaming Platform.
We are happy to share that the Apache Kafka 4.1.1 bug-fix release is now available!
It contains a critical memory-leak fix for #KafkaStreams and many other fixes. For details see kafka.apache.org/blog#apache_...
Thanks to 32 contributors and Lianet Magrans as our RM.
14.11.2025 17:56
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Repeat after me: Kafka TX timeout is not a producer liveness check, but a guard against head of line blocking for read-committed consumers.
08.11.2025 06:59
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Including “Strengthening Kafka Streams Operations and Observability” — If you are using #KafkaStreams on Confluent Cloud you should check out the announcement.
06.11.2025 01:34
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Well, afaik Aiven runs this in production on their end already. Seems they want to make sure they get the KIP upstreamed to reduce the cost of maintaining their fork.
05.11.2025 02:42
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Life Is But A Stream Podcast Hosted by Joseph Morais
Life Is But A Stream is a web show and podcast for tech leaders looking to harness real-time data streaming to accelerate innovation and drive business impact.
#KafkaStreams is at the core of Metronome.
"There is some talks we've given[...] on what it looks like to run KS at scale." -- "We are storing TBs of state in RocksDB."
A very advanced deployment requiring careful engineering. But the library approach shines!
Check it out.
cnfl.io/3WPoAGE
05.11.2025 01:43
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I've built a Core Insights dashboard for #Kafka Streams! 📊
This Prometheus-based Grafana dashboard brings together the metrics that actually matter. One view to spot issues before they become incidents.
#dataengineering
kafkastreamsfieldguide.com/articles/kaf...
27.10.2025 07:40
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Data Streamign Awards Winner | Michelin
Winner of the 2025 Data Modernization and Contribution award
Also congrats to our friends from Michelin.
Excited to see their DLQ feature for #KafkaStreams being included in the upcoming #ApacheKafka 4.2.0 release.
#Current #DataStreamingAwards
current.confluent.io/data-streami...
31.10.2025 08:04
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Data Streaming Awards at #Current
„…Kafka Streams where reliability matters the most“
Congrats Raft!
30.10.2025 15:50
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