Data Engineering
Apache Kafka
Apache Kafka in practice - partitioned logs, consumer groups, replication and in-sync replicas, delivery semantics, KRaft, and the operational failures that matter.
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How this component relates to the rest of the stack. Items without a link are not covered here yet.
Apache Kafka release support
5 supported| Release | Latest | Released | End of life | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
4.3 | 4.3.1 | May 2026 | not published | Supported |
4.2 | 4.2.2 | Feb 2026 | not published | Supported |
4.1 | 4.1.2 | Sept 2025 | not published | Supported |
4.0 | 4.0.2 | Mar 2025 | not published | Supported |
3.9 | 3.9.2 | Nov 2024 | not published | Supported |
3.8 | 3.8.1 | Jul 2024 | Nov 2024 | End of life |
3.7 | 3.7.2 | Feb 2024 | Jul 2024 | End of life |
3.6 | 3.6.2 | Oct 2023 | Feb 2024 | End of life |
Data as of 2026-10-01 from endoflife.date. Refresh with node scripts/fetch-versions.mjs.