AWS – Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 3.8
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 3.8. You can now create new clusters using version 3.8 with either KRAFT or ZooKeeper mode for metadata management or upgrade your existing ZooKeeper based clusters to use version 3.8. Apache Kafka version 3.8 includes several bug fixes and new features that improve performance. Key new features include support for compression level configuration. This allows you to further optimize your performance when using compression types such as lz4, zstd and gzip, by allowing you to change the default compression level. For more details and a complete list of improvements and bug fixes, see the Apache Kafka release notes for version 3.8.
Amazon MSK is a fully managed service for Apache Kafka and Kafka Connect that makes it easier for you to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka as a data store. Amazon MSK is compatible with Apache Kafka, which enables you to quickly migrate your existing Apache Kafka workloads to Amazon MSK with confidence or build new ones from scratch. With Amazon MSK, you can spend more time innovating on streaming applications and less time managing Apache Kafka clusters. To learn how to get started, see the Amazon MSK Developer Guide.
Support for Apache Kafka version 3.8 is offered in all AWS regions where Amazon MSK is available.
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