Release notes

Component versions

Component Version

Broker

6.0.0

Cluster API

1.7.3

Cluster Browse

1.1.2

Connect

2.2.4

Discovery API

2.3.2

Distributor

4.1.3

Exhibitor

2.1.0

Instance API

3.0.1

Management API

6.3.0

Management UI

5.13.0

Operation Manager

1.1.0

Platform Metric Provider (new)

1.0.4

Rest Proxy

1.3.0

Schema Registry

5.1.0

Stream Browse

1.1.0

Vault

1.4.2

cAdvisor

0.37.0

Node Exporter

0.37.0

Prometheus

0.37.0

Grafana

7.1.3

Alert Manager

0.15.3

Features, bugfixes and improvements

Axual Operator

Cluster API

  • Make cluster-client future proof and fixed incompatibility.

Cluster Browse

  • Fix race condition for avroDeserializer.

Distributor

  • Fix TimeoutCache losing GroupTopicPartition during offset distribution.

  • Distribute Platform Metric Provider topic.

Platform Metric Provider

  • Introducing platform metrics provider, providing insights into single and multi cluster message delays.

Instance API

  • Increase Compatibility with older versions of Management API and Cluster API.

Management API

  • Update Apache Avro dependency to 1.10.2 version.

  • Add new endpoint to check and parse an avsc file into an AVRO schema.

  • Add null check when reading schema-versions from DB.

  • Log stacktrace for errors on /schema/check endpoint.

  • Use internal methods to retrieve principals when applying topics.

  • Disallow changing an environment’s instance or shortName when stream configurations exist.

  • Support PEM files with long Principal.

  • Increase spring.datasource.hikari.max-lifetime to 150000 ms.

  • Support windows line endings for Private Keys, Certificate and Schemas.

  • Offer XML support for Stream Keys and Values.

Management UI

  • Use Authorisation Code flow with PKCE.

  • Improved Editing and Creating Environments.

  • Fix ACL unset bug.

  • Fix viewing messages in stream on Chrome 91.0.4472.77.

  • Enable Sorting Streams & Applications by Owner.

  • Show Silver/Gold Connect & Connector Usage.

  • View & download schemas from Management UI

  • Adjust width of entire "add stream" form to 1/2 of the screen

  • Fix streams/applications search

Rest Proxy

  • Configurable Consumer/Producer properties.

Schema Registry

  • Added deploy_schemaregistry_topic.sh as part of the image for HELM.

  • Keystore passwords made configurable.

  • Enforced client certificates in platform_deploy mode.

  • Using JRE 11 to run Schema Registry.