Releasesby GlyphApache Kafka 4.4.0 release
Apache Kafka 4.4.0 introduces new features and improvements across broker, controller, producer, consumer, admin client, and Kafka Streams components. This release includes updates to cluster metadata bootstrapping, share group dead-letter queues, and transactional state stores.
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Trace and evaluate Cursor agents with Langfuse, powered by ClickHouse
Users can now connect Cursor to Langfuse to trace agent turns and analyze model and tool calls, with ClickHouse providing the underlying analytics infrastructure.
The AI.TRANSLATE function is generally available
The AI.TRANSLATE function is now generally available in BigQuery. It supports both standard Neural Machine Translation and Translation LLM capabilities for text string translation.
Replit Monitoring Agent: Your very own software engineering team
Replit Monitoring Agent is an autonomous tool that investigates production alerts, identifies causes, applies fixes, and deploys them to production for internal apps.
Microsoft Entra ID connector is available in Beta
The Microsoft Entra ID connector is now in beta for Databricks Lakeflow Connect. It supports incremental ingestion of users, groups, and audit logs using OAuth machine-to-machine authentication.
You can configure Direct VPC ingress for Cloud Run instances ( Preview )
Direct VPC ingress is now in preview for Cloud Run. This feature allows instances on a VPC network to use ephemeral private IP addresses for communication with other VPC resources.
Gemini Enterprise: Single-user quota limits
Gemini Enterprise administrators can now set single-user quota limits to prevent individual users from consuming the entire subscription quota pool. This feature is generally available.
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Introducing Apache Kafka 4.4.0
The Apache Software Foundation released Apache Kafka 4.4.0, which includes new features and performance improvements.
Confluent Strengthens Trust for Singapore's Markets with OSPAR Attestation
Confluent Cloud has secured OSPAR attestation, providing financial institutions in Singapore with verified assurance for outsourced data streaming.
Oracle XStream CDC Source connector updates for LOB and XMLType
The Oracle XStream CDC Source connector now captures Oracle RAW and XMLType columns. XMLType columns must be explicitly serialized to CLOB for snapshot operations.
Delete empty consumer groups from Confluent Cloud Console
You can now delete consumer groups in the empty state through Confluent Cloud Console.
Consumer group deletion in Confluent Cloud Console
Users can now delete consumer groups that are in an empty state directly through the Confluent Cloud Console.
Audit logs record SCIM provisioning events
Confluent Cloud audit logs now record auditable events for SCIM provisioning operations, including enabling SCIM, managing SCIM tokens, and creating, updating, or deleting users through a SCIM client.
Audit logs for SCIM provisioning operations
Confluent Cloud audit logs now record events for SCIM provisioning operations. This includes enabling SCIM, managing tokens, and user lifecycle management.
Advanced Security add-on in Limited Availability
Organization-level add-on bundling SCIM, self-managed encryption keys (BYOK), and higher limits for security resources such as identity pools and RBAC role bindings. Billed as a percentage uplift on eligible infrastructure charges.