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# Yandex Managed Service for Apache Kafka® release notes


## March 2026 {#march-2026}

Added separate roles to view and edit maintenance tasks: [managed-kafka.maintenanceTask.viewer](security/index.md#managed-kafka-maintenanceTask-viewer), [managed-kafka.maintenanceTask.editor](security/index.md#managed-kafka-maintenanceTask-editor).


## February 2026 {#february-2026}

* Added the ability to [obtain the installed patch version of Apache Kafka®](operations/cluster-patch-version.md) on the cluster.
* Added the ability to [configure cluster access permissions](operations/cluster-access.md).

## December 2025 {#december-2025}

* Added support for the all-new Apache Kafka® 4.0. This version is available in the `PRODUCTION` environment. For more information about the updates, see [this Apache Kafka® guide](https://kafka.apache.org/community/downloads/#400).
* Added [disk encryption](concepts/storage.md#disk-encryption) with a custom KMS key.

## November 2025 {#november-2025}

[Kafbat UI](https://ui.docs.kafbat.io/) is now used for Kafka UI.

## October 2025 {#october-2025}

* Added new [metrics](metrics.md): `can_read`, `can_write`, `kafka_topic_partition_low_water_mark`, and `kafka_topic_partition_high_water_mark`.
* Added new [host classes](concepts/instance-types.md): AMD Zen 4 and AMD Zen 4 HighFreq.

## September 2025 {#september-2025}

* Added a new [service role](security/index.md#managed-kafka-interface-user), `managed-kafka.interfaceUser`, that allows using Kafka UI.
* Added the option to select a coordination service when creating a cluster:
   * ZooKeeper (on separate hosts)
   * KRaft (combined mode)
   * KRaft (on separate hosts)
* Added support for ZooKeeper in clusters running Apache Kafka® 3.6 to 3.9, inclusive.

## August 2025 {#august-2025}

* [Built-in support for Kafka UI](concepts/kafka-ui.md) is now available in the Kazakhstan [region](../overview/concepts/region.md).
* Added new [user roles](concepts/account-roles.md) for managing Apache Kafka® cluster resources: `ACCESS_ROLE_TOPIC_PRODUCER`, `ACCESS_ROLE_TOPIC_CONSUMER`, `ACCESS_ROLE_SCHEMA_READER`, and `ACCESS_ROLE_SCHEMA_WRITER`.
* Added [support for migration](tutorials/zk-kraft-kafka-migration.md) from ZooKeeper to KRaft hosts.
* Added support for syncing data from Apache Kafka® topics to an Object Storage bucket without using the internet.
* Changed the limit for the amount of broker data when using SSD network storage. The new limit is 32,768 GB.

## July 2025 {#july-2025}

* Added [built-in support for Kafka UI](concepts/kafka-ui.md) in clusters.
* Now you can [get a discount for committed volume of services in KRaft](pricing.md#prices-kraft).
* Added the [version update policy](concepts/update-policy.md).
* Added a new [user role](concepts/account-roles.md), `ACCESS_ROLE_TOPIC_ADMIN`, for managing topics.

## May 2025 {#may-2025}

Added the [**Maintenance**](operations/cluster-maintenance.md) section to the management console.

## March 2025 {#mar-2025}

* Added support for Apache Kafka® 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9. These versions are available in the `PRODUCTION` environment. For more information about the updates, see [this Apache Kafka® guide](https://kafka.apache.org/community/downloads/).
* Starting March 1, 2025, support for Apache Kafka® 2.8, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3 is discontinued. You cannot create a cluster with these versions.

## July 2024 {#jul-2024}

Added automatic disk expansion. In the [cluster settings](operations/cluster-update.md), the user can set the disk storage usage threshold and maximum disk size. Upon reaching the threshold, the disk will automatically expand in fixed increments up to its maximum. You can choose to immediately expand the disk or to expand it during the next maintenance window.

## March 2024 {#mar-2024}

Now you can [change the availability zone](operations/host-migration.md) for Managed Service for Apache Kafka® clusters.

## Q4 2023 {#q4-2023}

New Apache Kafka® 3.5.1 is available in the `PRODUCTION` environment. For more information about the updates, see [this Apache Kafka® 3.5.0 guide](https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/3.5.0/RELEASE_NOTES.html) and [this Apache Kafka® 3.5.1 guide](https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/3.5.1/RELEASE_NOTES.html).

## Q2 2023 {#q2-2023}

New Apache Kafka® 3.4 is available in the `PRODUCTION` environment. For more information about the updates, see [this Apache Kafka® guide](https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/3.4.0/RELEASE_NOTES.html).

## Q1 2023 {#q1-2023}

New Apache Kafka® 3.3 is available in the `PRODUCTION` environment.

## Q4 2022 {#q4-2022}

* Added support for configuring [SASL enabled mechanisms](concepts/settings-list.md#settings-sasl-enabled-mechanisms) to set encryption mechanisms available when connecting to a cluster.
* Users with the `admin` role can now delete consumer groups.
* The [S3 Sink](concepts/connectors.md#s3-sink) connector is now available in the CLI.

## Q3 2022 {#q3-2022}

* Added support for managing connectors in the CLI with the `yc managed-kafka connector` command and MirrorMaker connectors with the `yc managed-kafka connector-mirrormaker` command.
* Optimized user permission changes for large numbers of topics.
* The `Message max bytes`, `Offsets retention minutes`, `Replica fetch max bytes`, and `Ssl cipher suites` [settings](concepts/settings-list.md#cluster-settings) are now supported.
* Added the ability to create a cluster on local disks using Intel Ice Lake.
* Fixed the `kafka_group_topic_partition_lag` metric calculation. For more information, see the [Yandex Monitoring metric reference](metrics.md).
* New Apache Kafka® 3.2 is available in the `PRODUCTION` environment.

## Q2 2022 {#q2-2022}

* A new connector is now available: [S3 Sink](concepts/connectors.md#s3-sink).
* New Apache Kafka® 3.1 is available in the `PRESTABLE` and `PRODUCTION` environments.
* Added support for uploading an SSL certificate for MirrorMaker cluster connections.
* Added support for offline maintenance.
* Added support for changing public access settings in the CLI.
* Prohibited the use of the `preallocate` flag causing `CorruptRecordException` (see the [KAFKA-13664](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-13664) ticket).
* Added support for standard compression (zstd) for a schema registry.

## Q1 2022 {#q1-2022}

The new Apache Kafka® version is out: 3.0.