Redpanda Release notes and new features

Redpanda Connect 4.117.0

This release adds Oracle CDC idle checkpointing, self-managed publication support for PostgreSQL CDC, and SAP HANA input support for Redpanda Cloud.

Redpanda Connect

Redpanda Connect 4.116.0 adds incremental snapshot mode for MongoDB CDC and cache mode for SFTP, alongside several bug fixes.

• Redpanda Connect 4.116.0
• Redpanda Connect 4.116.1

Redpanda Connect 4.115.1

Redpanda Connect 4.115.1 fixes data race issues in the Kafka writer and updates OracleDB CDC timestamp types.

Redpanda Connect 4.115.0

Redpanda Connect adds a Snowflake streaming pipe output connector and improves PostgreSQL CDC streaming with configurable batching.

Redpanda Connect 4.114.0

For installation instructions check out the getting started guide. Added kafka: Added optional tombstone field to franz-based Kafka outputs (redpanda, kafka_franz) to support producing compacted topic deletes and null values.

Redpanda Connect 4.113.1

For installation instructions check out the getting started guide. Added - oracledb_cdc: Oracle CDC input now exposes rs_id and ssn metadata to uniquely identify row changes in transactions. (@Leward, #4826) - oracledb_cdc: Oracle CDC input now emits row_seq metadata to distinguish rows in bulk DELETE operations where rs_id and ssn are identical.

Redpanda Connect 4.113.0

For installation instructions check out the getting started guide. Added sftp: SFTP credentials now support an advanced opt-in block to enable additional SSH key exchange algorithms, ciphers, and MACs beyond the x/crypto/ssh defaults.

Redpanda Connect 4.112.0

For installation instructions check out the getting started guide. Added postgres_cdc: Added incremental snapshot support to Postgres CDC, enabling tables to be backfilled in chunks while replication continues running, eliminating the need for snapshot-induced stream blocking or restart from the beginning.

Redpanda Connect 4.111.1

For installation instructions check out the getting started guide. Added - oracledb_cdc: Implemented a log_count based algorithm for the Oracle CDC window strategy to improve change capture efficiency.

Redpanda Connect 4.111.0

For installation instructions check out the getting started guide. Added mssqlserver_cdc: Exposed seqval and command_id metadata fields alongside lsn to enable proper ordering of changes within transactions. (@Leward, #4831) oracledb_cdc: Added prefetch_rows configuration option to optimize LogMiner query performance.

Redpanda Connect 4.110.0

For installation instructions check out the getting started guide . Added oracledb_cdc: Oracle CDC connector now includes username as metadata in events for better traceability. ( @josephwoodward , #4674 ) Fixed iceberg: Replaced MinIO with silo fork in tests to work around MinIO's removal from Docker Hub.

Redpanda Connect 4.109.0

For installation instructions check out the getting started guide . Added avro: Added max_decompressed_block_bytes configuration field to cap OCF block decompression and prevent decompression-bomb denial-of-service attacks.

Redpanda Connect 4.108.0

For installation instructions check out the getting started guide . Fixed aws_dynamodb_cdc: Settle acks by handle and isolate per-shard backpressure ( @squiidz , #4739 ) prometheus: Fixed prometheus exporter accumulating frozen metric series for deleted streams by purging their labels when streams are deleted.

Redpanda Connect 4.107.2

For installation instructions check out the getting started guide . Fixed aws_dynamodb_cdc: Fixed snapshot_throttle lint rule that was comparing duration string to numeric literal, causing configuration validation to fail.

Redpanda 26.2.2

Features rpk sql debug bundle collects a diagnostic bundle from an Oxla (SQL) cluster. rpk generate grafana-dashboard gains a new operations-stretch dashboard: a Grafana dashboard for stretch clusters managed by the Redpanda Operator, covering cross-cluster raft health, StretchCluster member status, and operator reconcile health.

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IMPORTANT: Do not install the 25.13.16 release. A critical bug was identified that has broad implications that can create instability for long-running clusters. This issue is fixed in 25.3.17.