Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka release notes
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This page documents production updates to Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka.
Check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes,
known issues, and deprecated functionality.
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July 15, 2025
The Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka service creates new brokers automatically based on the memory and vCPU configuration of the cluster. When you update a cluster's size, the service now performs a safety check to verify that individual brokers have sufficient capacity for their portion of the traffic. For more information, see Update the memory and vCPUs.
July 09, 2025
General availability: Metrics for all Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka resources are now available, with some exceptions. Exceptions include the request_count and topic_error_count metrics for Kafka clusters and Kafka Connect connectors. For a list of supported metrics, see Metrics for Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka.
Public preview: Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka now supports Kafka Connect. Kafka Connect provides a curated set of built-in connector plugins hosted in Connect clusters. Configure these connector plugins to create connectors that let you stream data at scale between Managed Service for Apache Kafka clusters and other systems, such as external Kafka deployments, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, or Pub/Sub. For more information, see Kafka Connect overview.
December 19, 2024
Documentation is now available to help you choose between Pub/Sub and Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka. The comparison is based on factors such as operational ease, portability, existing Kafka setup, and integration with other Google Cloud products. A detailed feature comparison table is also included. For more information, see Choose Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka or Pub/Sub.
December 13, 2024
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka now supports moving open source Kafka data to Google Cloud using various Dataflow templates. You can move Kafka data to Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage. For more information about these data movement use cases, see Move Kafka data in Google Cloud.
November 12, 2024
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka is now in General Availability (GA).
October 02, 2024
Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka clusters now run on Apache Kafka version 3.7.1.
August 09, 2024
Apache Kafka for BigQuery is now called Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka.
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Check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.\nYou can see the latest product updates for all of Google Cloud on the\n[Google Cloud](/release-notes) page, browse and filter all release notes in the\n[Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/release-notes),\nor programmatically access release notes in\n[BigQuery](https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?p=bigquery-public-data&d=google_cloud_release_notes&t=release_notes&page=table).\n\nTo get the latest product updates delivered to you, add the URL of this page to your\n[feed\nreader](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_feed_aggregators), or add the\n[feed URL](https://cloud.google.com/feeds/managedkafka-release-notes.xml) directly.\n\nJuly 15, 2025\n-------------\n\nThe Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka service creates new brokers automatically based on the memory and vCPU configuration of the cluster. When you update a cluster's size, the service now performs a safety check to verify that individual brokers have sufficient capacity for their portion of the traffic. For more information, see [Update the memory and vCPUs](https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/update-cluster#update-memory-vCPUs).\n\nJuly 09, 2025\n-------------\n\nGeneral availability: Metrics for all Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka resources are now available, with some exceptions. Exceptions include the `request_count` and `topic_error_count` metrics for Kafka clusters and Kafka Connect connectors. For a list of supported metrics, see [Metrics for Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/metrics_gcp#gcp-managedkafka).\n\nMay 29, 2025\n------------\n\nPublic preview: Google Managed Service for Apache Kafka now offers schema registry support. For more information about the feature, see the [schema registry overview](https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/schema-registry/schema-registry-overview) or [get started with an Avro producer in Java](https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/quickstart-avro).\n\nMay 06, 2025\n------------\n\nGeneral availability: Managed Service for Apache Kafka now supports configuring standard Apache Kafka ACLs using [REST](https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.locations.clusters.acls), [gRPC](https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/reference/rpc/google.cloud.managedkafka.v1#acl), and [gcloud CLI](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/managed-kafka/acls). For more information, see [Access control with IAM and Kafka ACLs](https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/access-control).\n\nMarch 31, 2025\n--------------\n\nPublic preview: Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka now supports Kafka Connect. Kafka Connect provides a curated set of built-in connector plugins hosted in Connect clusters. Configure these connector plugins to create connectors that let you stream data at scale between Managed Service for Apache Kafka clusters and other systems, such as external Kafka deployments, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, or Pub/Sub. For more information, see [Kafka Connect overview](https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/kafka-connect-overview).\n\nDecember 19, 2024\n-----------------\n\nDocumentation is now available to help you choose between Pub/Sub and Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka. The comparison is based on factors such as operational ease, portability, existing Kafka setup, and integration with other Google Cloud products. A detailed feature comparison table is also included. For more information, see [Choose Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka or Pub/Sub](https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/choose-kafka-pubsub).\n\nDecember 13, 2024\n-----------------\n\nGoogle Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka now supports moving open source Kafka data to Google Cloud using various Dataflow templates. You can move Kafka data to Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage. For more information about these data movement use cases, see [Move Kafka data in Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/move-kafka-data).\n\nNovember 12, 2024\n-----------------\n\nGoogle Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka is now in General Availability (GA).\n\nOctober 02, 2024\n----------------\n\nGoogle Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka clusters now run on Apache Kafka version 3.7.1.\n\nAugust 09, 2024\n---------------\n\nApache Kafka for BigQuery is now called Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka.\n\nJuly 24, 2024\n-------------\n\nClient library samples for Python are now added to all relevant pages. For more information, see [Apache Kafka for BigQuery client libraries](https://cloud.google.com/managed-kafka/docs/reference/libraries).\n\nJuly 10, 2024\n-------------\n\nTerraform samples are now available for creating clusters and topics. For more information, see [Provision Apache Kafka for BigQuery resources with Terraform](https://cloud.google.com/managed-kafka/docs/terraform).\n\nJune 27, 2024\n-------------\n\nClient library samples for Java and Go are now added to all relevant pages. For more information, see [Apache Kafka for BigQuery client libraries](https://cloud.google.com/managed-kafka/docs/reference/libraries)."]]
