Kafka Streams 3.6.1.100 (EEP 9.3.2) Release Notes

The notes below relate specifically to the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric Distribution for Apache Kafka. See Apache Kafka 3.6.1 and Apache Kafka Streams homepage for more information.
Version 3.6.1.100
Release Date January 2025
HPE Version Interoperability See EEP Components and OS Support.
Source on GitHub https://github.com/mapr/kafka
GitHub Release Tag 3.6.1.100-eep-932
Maven Artifacts https://repository.mapr.com/maven/
Package Names See Package Names for Ecosystem Packs (EEPs).

New in This Release

Kafka Streams 3.6.1.100 introduces the following enhancements or HPE platform-specific behavior changes:
  • Bug fixes
  • CVE fixes

Fixes

This HPE release includes the following fixes on the base release:
GitHub Commit Number Date (YYYY-MM-DD) Fix Number and Description
bdcb45ff8c 2024-12-27 KAFKA-1082 Duplicate data during import of data from mysql database to topic.
1283546360 2024-12-17 KAFKA-1085 CVE for kafka components in EEP-9.3.2.
00d2aa1c26 2024-11-12 KAFKA-1084 Security: Vulnerable version of jackson-core:2.13.5 bundled with mapr-kafka binary in MEP 9.3.2/9.3.1
7e4b25aa03 2024-11-12 KAFKA-1083 Security: Vulnerable version of commons-i.o:2.11.0 bundled with mapr-kafka binary in MEP 9.3.2.
a625a6d23b 2024-11-01 KAFKA-1073 Add core-site.xml to classpath for Kafka Connect.
5c4a5d1a6e 2024-09-03 KAFKA-1069 Kafka-connect failed to start on cluster with enabled FIPS.
For complete details, refer to the commit log for this project in GitHub.

Known Issues and Limitations

  • Transactions are not supported.
  • Pattern subscription is not supported.
  • The application reset tool hangs if it runs when the Kafka Streams application is running.
  • The application reset tool may throw a Null Pointer Exception when the date or duration parameter is used.
  • The application reset tool does not reset to intermediate offset if the topic has multiple partitions.
  • MAPR-KAFKA-581: Stream hangs in rebalancing state. The workaround is to set a larger timeout. This issue is caused by MS-915: “MapR Stream application hangs inside cycle”

Resolved Issues

Resolved issues refer to issues that were addressed and fixed from the previous EEP release.

  • None.