Thanks Stanislav!!!!
> On Feb 27, 2024, at 10:01 AM, Stanislav Kozlovski
> <stanislavkozlov...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> The Apache Kafka community is pleased to announce the release of
> Apache Kafka 3.7.0
>
> This is a minor release that includes new features, fixes, and
> improvements from 296 JIRAs
>
> An overview of the release and its notable changes can be found in the
> release blog post:
> https://kafka.apache.org/blog#apache_kafka_370_release_announcement
>
> All of the changes in this release can be found in the release notes:
> https://www.apache.org/dist/kafka/3.7.0/RELEASE_NOTES.html
>
> You can download the source and binary release (Scala 2.12, 2.13) from:
> https://kafka.apache.org/downloads#3.7.0
>
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>
>
> Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform with four core APIs:
>
>
> ** The Producer API allows an application to publish a stream of records to
> one or more Kafka topics.
>
> ** The Consumer API allows an application to subscribe to one or more
> topics and process the stream of records produced to them.
>
> ** The Streams API allows an application to act as a stream processor,
> consuming an input stream from one or more topics and producing an
> output stream to one or more output topics, effectively transforming the
> input streams to output streams.
>
> ** The Connector API allows building and running reusable producers or
> consumers that connect Kafka topics to existing applications or data
> systems. For example, a connector to a relational database might
> capture every change to a table.
>
>
> With these APIs, Kafka can be used for two broad classes of application:
>
> ** Building real-time streaming data pipelines that reliably get data
> between systems or applications.
>
> ** Building real-time streaming applications that transform or react
> to the streams of data.
>
>
> Apache Kafka is in use at large and small companies worldwide, including
> Capital One, Goldman Sachs, ING, LinkedIn, Netflix, Pinterest, Rabobank,
> Target, The New York Times, Uber, Yelp, and Zalando, among others.
>
> A big thank you to the following 146 contributors to this release!
> (Please report an unintended omission)
>
> Abhijeet Kumar, Akhilesh Chaganti, Alieh, Alieh Saeedi, Almog Gavra,
> Alok Thatikunta, Alyssa Huang, Aman Singh, Andras Katona, Andrew
> Schofield, Anna Sophie Blee-Goldman, Anton Agestam, Apoorv Mittal,
> Arnout Engelen, Arpit Goyal, Artem Livshits, Ashwin Pankaj,
> ashwinpankaj, atu-sharm, bachmanity1, Bob Barrett, Bruno Cadonna,
> Calvin Liu, Cerchie, chern, Chris Egerton, Christo Lolov, Colin
> Patrick McCabe, Colt McNealy, Crispin Bernier, David Arthur, David
> Jacot, David Mao, Deqi Hu, Dimitar Dimitrov, Divij Vaidya, Dongnuo
> Lyu, Eaugene Thomas, Eduwer Camacaro, Eike Thaden, Federico Valeri,
> Florin Akermann, Gantigmaa Selenge, Gaurav Narula, gongzhongqiang,
> Greg Harris, Guozhang Wang, Gyeongwon, Do, Hailey Ni, Hanyu Zheng, Hao
> Li, Hector Geraldino, hudeqi, Ian McDonald, Iblis Lin, Igor Soarez,
> iit2009060, Ismael Juma, Jakub Scholz, James Cheng, Jason Gustafson,
> Jay Wang, Jeff Kim, Jim Galasyn, John Roesler, Jorge Esteban Quilcate
> Otoya, Josep Prat, José Armando García Sancio, Jotaniya Jeel, Jouni
> Tenhunen, Jun Rao, Justine Olshan, Kamal Chandraprakash, Kirk True,
> kpatelatwork, kumarpritam863, Laglangyue, Levani Kokhreidze, Lianet
> Magrans, Liu Zeyu, Lucas Brutschy, Lucia Cerchie, Luke Chen, maniekes,
> Manikumar Reddy, mannoopj, Maros Orsak, Matthew de Detrich, Matthias
> J. Sax, Max Riedel, Mayank Shekhar Narula, Mehari Beyene, Michael
> Westerby, Mickael Maison, Nick Telford, Nikhil Ramakrishnan, Nikolay,
> Okada Haruki, olalamichelle, Omnia G.H Ibrahim, Owen Leung, Paolo
> Patierno, Philip Nee, Phuc-Hong-Tran, Proven Provenzano, Purshotam
> Chauhan, Qichao Chu, Matthias J. Sax, Rajini Sivaram, Renaldo Baur
> Filho, Ritika Reddy, Robert Wagner, Rohan, Ron Dagostino, Roon, runom,
> Ruslan Krivoshein, rykovsi, Sagar Rao, Said Boudjelda, Satish Duggana,
> shuoer86, Stanislav Kozlovski, Taher Ghaleb, Tang Yunzi, TapDang,
> Taras Ledkov, tkuramoto33, Tyler Bertrand, vamossagar12, Vedarth
> Sharma, Viktor Somogyi-Vass, Vincent Jiang, Walker Carlson,
> Wuzhengyu97, Xavier Léauté, Xiaobing Fang, yangy0000, Ritika Reddy,
> Yanming Zhou, Yash Mayya, yuyli, zhaohaidao, Zihao Lin, Ziming Deng
>
> We welcome your help and feedback. For more information on how to
> report problems, and to get involved, visit the project website at
> https://kafka.apache.org/
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Stanislav Kozlovski
> Release Manager for Apache Kafka 3.7.0