Axual 2026.1 Release Notes

Helm Charts versions

Helm Charts Version

Axual Connect Charts

0.2.8

Axual Distributor Charts

5.5.2

Axual Governance Charts

1.4.0

Axual Kafka Charts

0.2.1

Axual KSML Provisioner Charts

0.6.1

Axual Streaming Charts

1.6.2

Axual MCP Server Charts

0.1.0 (NEW 🎉)

Helm Charts Release Notes

Axual Connect Charts

0.2.8 - 2025-09-18

  • Allow to configure app-role authentication path for the VaultConfigs

  • Separate the podSecurityContext from securityContext

Axual Connect Charts Component Versions

Component Version

Connect

3.1.0

Axual Governance Charts

1.4.0 - 2026-03-24

  • Update Chart.yaml to use platform-manager 14.0.0 dependency chart

  • Update Chart.yaml to use platform-ui 12.0.0 dependency chart

  • Update Chart.yaml to use topic-browse 0.7.0 dependency chart

  • Update Chart.yaml to use api-gateway 0.9.0 dependency chart

  • Update Chart.yaml to use metrics-exposer 1.5.0 dependency chart

Axual Governance Charts Component Versions

Component Version

Api Gateway

0.9.0

Keycloak

25.0.0

Metrics Exposer

1.5.0

Platform Manager

14.0.0

Platform UI

12.0.0

Topic Browse

0.7.0

Vault

1.18.1

Axual Kafka Charts

0.2.1 - 2026-02-18

  • Update Chart.yaml to use axual-kafka 0.2.1 dependency chart

Axual KSML Provisioner Charts

0.6.1 - 2026-04-08

  • AXPD-11353 - Fix DNS-1035 compliance for hashed KSML names by using {tenant}-{instance}-{hash16}-ksml format instead of a plain hash, ensuring the name always starts with an alphabetic character

  • Update default KSML CHART_VERSION to 1.2.0

0.6.0 - 2025-03-24

  • Update default ksml chart version to 1.2.0

  • Fix Helm charts to skip ServiceMonitor and PrometheusRule creation for Job deployments

Axual KSML Provisioner Charts Component Versions

Component Version

KSML

1.2.0

Axual Streaming Charts

1.6.2 - 2026-04-17

  • Update Chart.yaml to use apicurio-registry 3.1.11 dependency chart

    • Update the default ApicurioRegistry image to 2.6.13.Ax1 (v2 forked version)

    • Version 2.6.13.Ax1 uses the standard AVRO canonicalizer and fixes an issue where semantically equivalent schemas were incorrectly treated as distinct during schema lookup.

    • Update kafka.schemasTopic topic to cleanup.policy=delete,retention.ms=-1

  • Update Chart.yaml to use rest-proxy 1.16.1 dependency chart

1.6.1 - 2026-04-10

  • Update Chart.yaml to use apicurio-registry 3.1.9 dependency chart

1.6.0 - 2026-03-23

  • Update Chart.yaml to use rest-proxy 1.16.0 dependency chart

  • Update Chart.yaml to use apicurio-registry 3.1.8 dependency chart

Axual Streaming Charts Component Versions

Component Version

Apicurio

3.1.11

Rest Proxy

1.16.1

Schema Registry

5.7.7

Axual MCP Server Charts

0.1.0 - 2026-04-09

MCP Tools
  • Add unified create_kafka_topic tool that creates a stream template and deploys it to an environment in a single operation with smart parameter resolution for owners and environments

  • Add browse_kafka_messages tool for reading messages from a Kafka topic

  • Add produce_messages tool for producing Kafka messages with KSML-based payload generation and schema validation

  • Add request_access_to_topic tool for requesting application access to a Kafka topic

  • Add operate_application_deployment tool for managing KSML application deployments

  • Add register_ksml_application tool for registering KSML applications

  • Add search_kafka_topics tool for searching Kafka topics with detailed stream and owner information

  • Add search_kafka_topic_deployments tool for searching topic deployments by environment

MCP Resources
  • Add environment resource exposing Axual environment information to MCP clients

  • Add KSML data generator resource with documentation and examples for producing messages

  • Add KSML definition resource providing the KSML guide to MCP clients

Authentication & Security
  • Add OAuth support via FastMCP’s OAuthProxy, bridging Axual’s Keycloak with MCP clients

  • Support Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) and PKCE for OAuth flows

Axual Component Versions

Component Version

Distributor

5.5.2

Logging Appenders

1.0.2

Platform Metric Provider

1.2.1

Terraform Provider

3.0.0