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# Release Notes

> Experience seamless cloud-native scalability and full Kafka API compatibility with AutoMQ, cutting costs while ensuring robust data infrastructure management across various cloud environments.

# Version Numbers

AutoMQ Cloud employs a versioning format of `{major version}.{minor version}.{patch version}` for its releases.

* **Major version:** Indicates major upgrades or changes and is incremented when significant updates are made. This version may be backward incompatible.

* **Minor version:** Represents the addition of new features that maintain backward compatibility.

* **Patch version:** Represents fixes for issues while maintaining backward compatibility.

# Historical Versions

Each official release of AutoMQ Cloud corresponds to a specific [automq](https://github.com/AutoMQ/automq-for-kafka) kernel version and a compatible range of Apache Kafka versions. The current historical version information for AutoMQ Cloud is as follows:

| **Environment Console Version**<br /> | **Data Plane Cluster Version**<br /> | **Compatible Apache Kafka Versions**<br /> |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ |
| 8.1.2<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 5.3.5<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 8.0.0<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 5.3.1<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 7.8.7<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 5.3.1<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 7.7.4<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 5.2.0<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 7.6.0<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 5.1.0<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 7.5.1<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 5.0.1<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 7.4.0<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 5.0.0<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 7.3.1<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.4.1<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 7.2.0<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.4.0<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 7.1.0<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.4.0-beta1<br />           | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 7.0.0<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.4.0-beta1<br />           | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 1.6.5<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.4.0-beta1<br />           | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 1.5.10<br />                          | 1.0.0 \~ 1.4.0-beta1<br />           | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 1.5.4<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.4.0-beta<br />            | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 1.5.3<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.3.5<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.9.x<br />                     |
| 1.3.7<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.2.5<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.8.x<br />                     |
| 1.3.2<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.2.2<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.8.x<br />                     |
| 1.2.8<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.2.0<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.8.x<br />                     |
| 1.2.1<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.1.1<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.7.x<br />                     |
| 1.1.3<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.1.1<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.7.x<br />                     |
| 1.1.1<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.1.0<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.7.x<br />                     |
| 1.1.0<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.1.0<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.7.x<br />                     |
| 1.0.0<br />                           | 1.0.0 \~ 1.0.4<br />                 | 0.9.0.x \~ 3.4.x<br />                     |

## Historical Versions of Environment Console

### 8.1.2

* Optimized the ops channel: a secure and controllable ops channel can be achieved based on ngrok.
* Manager Connector supports custom node pools, custom K8S scheduling policies, Kafka multi-protocol selection control, and version upgrades, optimizing the experience of Plugin management and log query.
* Support custom node pools when deploying clusters on EKS, removing the limitation of the AL2 system.
* Support for FSx WAL instances in AWS environments.
* Support for viewing the creation status of instances being created, exposing necessary error messages.
* Optimized several defects in KafkaLinking to support more accurate automatic Group promotion.
* Support for setting custom security groups when creating instances.
* The installation and deployment console supports custom IAM policies for the console.

### 8.0.0

* Simplified the console installation and initialization process with Docker.
* Provided a managed Kafka Connect service with built-in managed plugins for MongoDB, Clickhouse, and ClickZetta, supporting one-click data ETL.
* Supported Pod Identity authentication for AWS EKS mode deployments.
* Enabled Kafka Linking to access source clusters via SASL\_SSL and mTLS protocols.
* Enhanced security by supporting certificate domain validation for deployments using SASL\_SSL and mTLS.
* Supported cloud resource tags, allowing custom tags to be set for cloud resources used by AutoMQ.
* Fixed other known defects and optimizations.

### 7.8.7

* Support for data plane version 5.3.1, with FSxWAL support in AWS environments.

* Support for setting custom Tags in AWS environments.

### 7.7.4

* Support for Prometheus RemoteWrite integration with custom Labels.

* Support for custom Placeholders in Kubernetes deployment.

### 7.6.0

* Support reducing cross-availability zone traffic for producers and consumers in AWS environments.

* Support disaster recovery for object storage in Tencent Cloud environments.

### 7.5.1

* Support for extended custom Listener and AdvertisedListener mapping.

### 7.4.0

* Supports Kafka Linking for zero-downtime cluster migrations.

* Supports deployment to Azure.

### 7.3.1

* Supports data plane version 1.4.1.

* Supports the maintenance channel, enabling secure and controllable remote operation and maintenance.

* Supports metric integration into the Kafka Topic.

* TableTopic functionality integrates with Hive Metastore Catalog.

* Supports instance lifecycle OpenAPI.

### 7.2.0

* Supports data plane version 1.4.0.

* Optimize the failover mechanism in Kubernetes deployment to achieve faster recovery time.

### 7.1.0

* Supports data plane version 1.3.10.

* Supports storage encryption on AWS cloud environments.

* Enhance the rate-limiting mechanism of object storage to ensure smoother read and write traffic during rate-limiting triggers.

### 7.0.0

* Change the version number sequence starting from 7.0 to avoid confusion with the data plane cluster version.

* Each BYOC environment supports multiple DeployProfiles.

* Each DeployProfile supports multiple Buckets.

* Support for SASL\_SSL and mTLS.

* Support for SAML SSO and fine-grained RBAC control.

* Supports deployment to Baidu Cloud.

### 1.6.5

* Optimize access point display in load balancing mode.

* Support instance creation ranging from 60MiB/s to 10GiB/s.

* Add a new customer information registration page.

* Fix various issues from previous versions.

### 1.5.10

* Supports deployment on AWS EKS.

* Update the supported data plane version to 1.4.0-beta1.

* Fixed vulnerabilities in AWS base images (including critical vulnerabilities).

### 1.5.4

* New Table Topic feature, integrating Kafka messages into Iceberg tables and supporting AWS S3 Table Bucket.

### 1.5.3

* Added tag management feature, supporting the passthrough of cloud resource tags used by AutoMQ.

* Introduced scheduled elasticity rules, supporting one-time and recurring scheduled elasticity rules for planned scaling.

* Added inbound rule control for access points, allowing custom source CIDR allowlist settings.

### 1.3.7

* Fixed an issue where AWS CloudFormation could not install using an existing VPC subnet.

### 1.3.2

* Supports accessing the environment console using a fixed EIP in the AWS environment.

* Support for creating 3AKU specification instances. On AWS, small specifications support Graviton-based EC2 instances.

* Supports creating instances with S3 WAL type.

* Fixed upgrade issues when using AWS CloudFormation installation method.

### 1.2.8

* Supports Prometheus RemoteWrite integration.

* Supports querying offline Consumer Group lag data.

* Supports custom version selection when upgrading instance versions.

* Supports instance version 1.2.0, compatible with Apache Kafka 3.8.x.

### 1.2.1

* Adds service account functionality.

* Supports Terraform Provider, allowing management of instances, Topics, and other resources through Terraform.

* Supports CloudWatch integration, forwarding metrics data to CloudWatch.

### 1.1.3

* Data plane cluster upgrade supports version 1.1.1.

### 1.1.1

* Fixed an issue where migration task metrics were displayed inaccurately.

### 1.1.0

* Upgraded the AutoMQ environment console to CloudScape UI style.

* AutoMQ clusters support ACL management and custom authorization.

### 1.0.0

* Available for purchase on Alibaba Cloud Marketplace.

* Supports AutoMQ Kafka instance lifecycle management.

* Supports Topic lifecycle management.

* Supports Consumer Group lifecycle management.

* Supports Metrics integration.

* Supports user management and role authorization.

## Historical Versions of Data Plane Cluster

### 5.4.0

* ZeroZone supports EFS as a low-latency storage medium.

* Fixed an issue where linking Topics with no data caused ZeroZone to fail cross-AZ consumption.

* Fixed a memory leak issue in ZeroZone mode.

### 5.3.5

* Optimized Kafka Linking related functions:
  * Support for more accurate Group promotion.
  * Optimized performance.
* Support for AWS FSx WAL instances.
* Support for deployment based on EKS custom node pools, removing the limitation of the AL2 system.

### 5.3.1

* Support for FSWAL clusters in AWS environments.

* Optimized several known kernel issues.

### 5.2.0

* Optimized Kubernetes deployment with support for custom Placeholders.

* Fixed various kernel issues.

### 5.1.0

* Support reducing cross-availability zone traffic for producers and consumers in AWS environments.

* Support disaster recovery for object storage in Tencent Cloud environments.

### 5.0.1

* Support for reporting the expiration date of data plane cluster TLS certificates through Metrics.

* Support for extended custom Listener and AdvertisedListener mapping.

### 5.0.0

* Supports Kafka Linking for zero-downtime cluster migrations.

* Supports Azure deployment.

### 1.4.1

* TableTopic supports the Hive Metastore Catalog.

* Supports metric integration into the Kafka Topic.

### 1.4.0

* Optimize the failover mechanism in Kubernetes deployment to achieve faster recovery time.

* Enhance the rate-limiting mechanism of object storage to ensure smoother read and write traffic during rate-limiting triggers.

### 1.4.0-beta1

* Fixed known issues with Table Topic.

### 1.4.0-beta

* Support for Table Topic feature, integrating Kafka messages into Iceberg tables and supporting AWS S3 Table Bucket.

### 1.3.10

* Added fast-fail retry optimization for object storage requests.

* Fixed the issue with writing large messages.

### 1.3.9

* Supports deployment on AWS EKS.

### 1.3.6

* Fix the issue of reading Compact Topics resulting in a StackOverflow in specific scenarios.

### 1.3.5

* Optimized server-side metadata management, supporting scheduled elasticity rules.

### 1.3.0

* Upgraded version, compatible with Apache Kafka 3.9 version.

* Support multi-point writing capability to eliminate cross-AZ traffic.

* AutoBalancer performance optimization significantly reduces scheduling frequency.

### 1.2.6

* Fix the issue of consumer stalling in scenarios with extreme concurrent cold reads.

### 1.2.5

* Fixed server-side SASL authentication errors.

### 1.2.4

* Optimized operating system memory fragmentation.

### 1.2.3

* Optimized Kraft's performance in large-scale clusters.

### 1.2.2

* Fixed a problem in AWS environments where mount path conflicts could lead to failover failures.

### 1.2.1

* Fixed an issue where upgrading from 1.1.x to 1.2.0 could result in end offset loss.

* Fixed an issue in AWS environments where machines without mounted public IPs could not start properly.

### 1.2.0

* Upgraded version to be compatible with Apache Kafka 3.8.

### 1.1.7

* Optimized operating system memory fragmentation

### 1.1.6

* Fixed resource cleanup issue when client connection is dropped

* Resolved compatibility issue with fetch.min.bytes parameter

### 1.1.1

* Optimized self-balancing strategy to reduce the probability of commit offset failure for client versions (\<3.x)

### 1.1.0

* Upgraded version to be compatible with Apache Kafka 3.7.

### 1.0.4

* Fixed several defects from version 1.0.0 upgrade

* Enhanced user experience

## Additional Notes:

* Maintain a consistent release cadence across processor architectures.
