KSQL 7.6.0.100 (EEP 9.3.2) Release Notes

The notes below relate specifically to the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric Distribution for Apache Kafka.
Version 7.6.0.100
Release Date January 2025
HPE Version Interoperability See EEP Components and OS Support.
Source on GitHub https://github.com/mapr/ksql
GitHub Release Tag 7.6.0.100-eep-932
Maven Artifacts https://repository.mapr.com/maven/
Package Names See Package Names for Ecosystem Packs (EEPs).

New in This Release

KSQL 7.6.0.100 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
be6dd023a1b 2025-01-09 KAFKA-1089 Write permissions on logs directory disappeared for group/others after ksql upgrade.
957c7626c4d 2024-12-27 KAFKA-1086 Failed to access ksql cli on fips cluster.
6c45108a764 2024-12-23 KAFKA-1085 CVE for kafka components in EEP-9.3.2 (2).
e1916a4cc95 2024-12-19 KAFKA-1085 CVE for kafka components in EEP-9.3.2.
f85b4a8e935 2024-09-27 KAFKA-1071 Ksql service failed to start on cluster with enabled FIPS.
0ff31051d8a 2024-08-12 KAFKA-1067 Drop unused ksql.server.ui.enabled property from config files.
For complete details, refer to the commit log for this project in Github.

Known Issues and Limitations

  • You cannot upgrade KSQL from 4.x to 5.x/6.x versions; you must uninstall KSQL 4.x and then install the newer version.
  • Concurrent queries on a table can result in a null pointer exception.
  • The SHOW TOPICS command does not print information about active consumers and consumer groups.
  • MAPR-KAFKA-437: Dropping streams/tables may take up to five minutes. This issue is caused by MS-915: “MapR Stream application hangs inside cycle”
  • MAPR-KAFKA-427: KSQL server periodically responds with a 403 code only. This issue is caused by MS-915: “MapR Stream application hangs inside cycle”

Resolved Issues

  • None.