rmetzger commented on code in PR #825: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink-web/pull/825#discussion_r2764283511
########## docs/content/posts/2026-02-01-community-update.md: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +--- +authors: +- davidrad: null + name: David Radley +date: "2026-02-02T08:00:00Z" +excerpt: Flink Community update for February 2026 +title: Flink Community Update - February'26 +aliases: +- /news/2026/02/02/community-update.html +--- + +# This past month in Flink + +<!-- TOC --> +* [This past month in Flink](#this-past-month-in-flink) + * [Flink related Blogs](#flink-related-blogs) + * [Summary of Apache Flink Dev List (covering January 2026)](#summary-of-apache-flink-dev-list-covering-january-2026) + * [π Key Themes](#-key-themes) + * [π Community Announcements](#-community-announcements) + * [π Active FLIPs](#-active-flips) + * [π§ Kubernetes Operator 1.14.0 Release](#-kubernetes-operator-1140-release) + * [βFor more information](#for-more-information) +<!-- TOC --> + +Previous Blog : +[http://localhost:1313/2020/09/04/flink-community-update-august20/](http://localhost:1313/2020/09/04/flink-community-update-august20/) + +After a gap, the Community update is back for February 2026! As usual this update will summarise what has happened in the previous month (January). +- In the last few years the Flink PR backlog got to around 1200. We introduced the stale bot last year, and it came down to around 200. +Interestingly, in the last month or so the backlog has been creeping up again and is over 250. +- The previous month has seen the connector parent v2 being released, the long awaited connector parent brought up to date and flink 2 ready. +- The AWS connectors have been enhanced and are about be to be released for Flink v1 and v2. +- Flink dev connector slack brought up an interesting discussion the Python connectors are in the Flink core repository + but the rest of the connector code is in its own repository. +- Flink HTTP connector, addressed all outstanding raised PRs. Preparing for releasing it. +- Flink Kafka connector had quite a busy month with around 10 commits going in. The most interesting were: + - [FLINK-38947] Handle errors in onCompletion callback only once (#214) + - [FLINK-38876] Support per-cluster offset in Dynamic Kafka Source (#209) +- Flink Kubenetes operator + - had 9 commits, improvements to the blue-green deployment stood out. + - Preparing to release Kubernetes Operator 1.14.0 + +## Flink related Blogs + +* Extensive view on the streaming trends for 2026 +[https://www.kai-waehner.de/blog/2025/12/10/top-trends-for-data-streaming-with-apache-kafka-and-flink-in-2026/](https://www.kai-waehner.de/blog/2025/12/10/top-trends-for-data-streaming-with-apache-kafka-and-flink-in-2026/) +* A view on the Flink world from Ververica +[https://www.ververica.com/blog/a-world-without-kafka](https://www.ververica.com/blog/a-world-without-kafka) Review Comment: Why not use the original title of their blog post? `A view on the Flink world from Ververica` sounds a bit misleading, and doesn't tell the reader what to expect -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
