Apache Kafka 2.5 – Overview of Latest Features, Updates, and KIPs

Apache Kafka® 2.5 is here, and we’ve got some Kafka Improvement Proposals (KIPs) to discuss! Tim Berglund (Senior Director of Developer Advocacy, Confluent) shares improvements and changes to over 10 KIPs all within the realm of Core Kafka, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams, including foundational improvements to exactly once semantics, the ability to track a connector’s active topics, and adding a new co-group operator to the Streams DSL.EPISODE LINKSCheck out the Apache Kafka 2.5 release notesRead about what’s new in Apache Kafka 2.5Watch the video version of this podcastJoin the Confluent Community SlackLearn about Kafka at Confluent DeveloperSEASON 2 Hosted by Tim Berglund, Adi Polak and Viktor Gamov Produced and Edited by Noelle Gallagher, Peter Furia and Nurie Mohamed Music by Coastal Kites Artwork by Phil Vo  🎧 Subscribe to Confluent Developer wherever you listen to podcasts. ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube, and hit the 🔔 to catch new episodes.👍 If you enjoyed this, please leave us a rating. 🎧 Confluent also has a podcast for tech leaders: "Life Is But A Stream" hosted by our friend, Joseph Morais.