Main changes since 0.33
⚠️ Important: Strimzi 0.34.0 supports only Kubernetes 1.19 and newer! Kubernetes versions 1.16, 1.17 and 1.18 are not supported anymore since Strimzi 0.32.
⚠️ Important: Direct upgrade from Strimzi 0.22 or earlier is not supported anymore!
New features and improvements
- Add support for Kafka 3.4.0 and remove support for Kafka 3.2.x
- Stable Pod identities for Kafka Connect and MirrorMaker 2 (Feature Gate
StableConnectIdentities) - Use JDK HTTP client in the Kubernetes client instead of the OkHttp client
- Add TLS truststore configuration for HTTPS connections to OPA server
- Add image digest support in Helm chart
- Update Strimzi HTTP Bridge to 0.25.0 and strimzi Oauth to 0.12.0
All changes can be found under the 0.34.0 milestone.
Maven artifacts
To test the Maven artifacts which are part of this release, use the staging repository by including the following in your pom.xml:
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>staging</id>
<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/iostrimzi-1177/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>Upgrading from Strimzi 0.33.0
See the documentation for upgrade instructions.
Upgrading from Strimzi 0.22 or earlier
Direct upgrade from Strimzi 0.22 or earlier is not supported anymore! You have to upgrade first to one of the previous versions of Strimzi. You will also need to convert the CRD resources. For more details, see the documentation.