Hi Gautham, "The last 3 releases are covered and one can upgrade to the latest version from the last previous 3" means that you should be able to do a rolling upgrade from 3.1.x to 3.4.x. Starting from 2.8.x one should be able to do a rolling upgrade up to 3.2.x. It might work for newer versions but it's not guaranteed.
Version 2.8 received a security update back in September 2022 because of CVE-2022-34917. But no further bug fixes after that. Chances are low that 2.8.x will receive further security fixes in the future. Hope this helps. Best! ——— Josep Prat Aiven Deutschland GmbH Alexanderufer 3-7, 10117 Berlin Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B Geschäftsführer: Oskari Saarenmaa & Hannu Valtonen m: +491715557497 w: aiven.io e: josep.p...@aiven.io On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 21:23 Jayanna, Gautham <gautham.jaya...@siemens.com> wrote: > Hi Josep, > Thanks for the speedy response. Since the last updated date on that page > was 2020, I wanted to confirm I was looking at the correct page. > > Also, when you say last 3 releases - do I have it right below > > 3.4 - current release ( and upgrade supported from 3.3,3.2,3.1?) > > And what about Kafka 2.8? Is that supported with bug fixes and security > patches? And if we want to upgrade from 2.8, can we upgrade to 3.4 from 2.8? > > Thanks > Gautham > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josep Prat <josep.p...@aiven.io.INVALID> > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:18 PM > To: Users <users@kafka.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Apache Kafka EOL policy > > Hi Gautham, > > You can find the general policy here: > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcwiki.apache.org%2Fconfluence%2Fdisplay%2FKAFKA%2FTime%2BBased%2BRelease%2BPlan%23TimeBasedReleasePlan-WhatIsOurEOLPolicy&data=05%7C01%7Cgautham.jayanna%40siemens.com%7C7a201f6d83cf4b396f7008db1448c901%7C38ae3bcd95794fd4addab42e1495d55a%7C1%7C0%7C638126075231807381%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=MV3piLprOosYVbURm8ry%2BqZChKZnUUp3sxwKysoDxEw%3D&reserved=0 > ? > > Basically, the last 3 releases are covered and one can upgrade to the > latest version from the last previous 3. Bug fixes are ported to the last 3 > versions in a 'best effort basis'. > > Hope this helps, > > --- > Josep Prat > > Aiven Deutschland GmbH > > Alexanderufer 3-7, 10117 Berlin > > Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B > > Geschäftsführer: Oskari Saarenmaa & Hannu Valtonen > > m: +491715557497 > > w: aiven.io > > e: josep.p...@aiven.io > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 21:00 Jayanna, Gautham <gautham.jaya...@siemens.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > Can you please point me to the End of Life(EOL) policy for Kafka > > versions( 2.x, 3.x) as it will help us determine the need to do upgrades. > > Thanks > > Gautham > > > > >
