Name | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Removal of instance downgrade restriction | For Professional Edition instances, if the peak bandwidth or storage over the past 7 days exceeded the target specifications, forced downgrade restriction was no longer applied. The downgrade page provided risk warnings, allowing users to decide whether to proceed. | 2024-09-10 | |
Security group configuration support for Professional Edition VPC access | The Professional Edition VPC network access supported security group binding, which resolved the issue of extensive subnet configuration when using ACL policies for access, making access control more convenient. | 2024-09-10 | |
Support for viewing topic monitoring at second-level granularity | CKafka supported Topic-level monitoring, allowing viewing of monitoring data at a 10-second granularity within a 1-hour time span. | 2024-09-10 | |
Cluster load metrics in advanced monitoring | Advanced monitoring for CKafka Professional Edition introduced cluster load metrics, helping users assess the current load on their clusters, thereby providing a reference for evaluating whether a scale-out of the current CKafka cluster is needed. | 2024-09-10 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Change billing from monthly to daily settlement for pay-as-you-go | In the CKafka Professional Edition pay-as-you-go mode, the settlement method has changed from a monthly settlement to a daily settlement, with hourly bills being pushed daily. | 2024-07-30 | |
Remove the downgrade frequency limit for Professional Edition instances | The three-times-per-week downgrade limit for Professional Edition instances has been removed, allowing users to freely decide the timing and frequency of downgrades. | 2024-07-30 | |
Enhance the Prometheus monitoring feature | Connect to the external monitoring Prometheus. Add correspondence with Broker IP based on the original JMX Exporter and Node Exporter. | 2024-07-30 |
Dynamic Name | Dynamic Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The Pro Edition supports elastic bandwidth. | The Pro Edition offers additional elastic usage space on top of fixed specifications and ensures supporting for burst traffic surge in user's business operations. | 2024-05-10 |
Dynamic Name | Dynamic Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The Advanced Edition is released and the Standard Edition is sold out. | CKafka Advanced Edition is officially launched. While being compatible with native Kafka 2.x and higher versions, it offers a bandwidth adjustment step of 20 MB/s. This allows for flexible expansion according to business needs. It supports cross-AZ deployment and ACL access control. The CKafka Standard Edition will stop being available for new purchases, but existing cluster instances with control features, such as upgrades and renewals, will not be affected. We recommend using the CKafka Advanced Edition, and we will continue to introduce new features based on the Advanced Edition in the future. | 2024-03-06 |
Dynamic Name | Dynamic Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Supports for viewing the maximum traffic at the node level. | View the maximum production/consumption traffic at the node level to assist in determining throttling situations and upgrading specifications. | 2023-12-6 |
Dynamic Name | Dynamic Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Supports for exporting and viewing the number of connections. | In the Pro Edition Dashboard, the number of TCP connections displays all data and supports downloading full data (from all Brokers). | 2023-11-1 | |
Supports for message batch downloads. | The message query module supports for message batch downloads. | 2023-11-1 | |
Supports viewing throttling at the Broker level. | Advanced monitoring supports viewing the metric of throttling occurrences at the Broker level. | 2023-11-1 |
Dynamic Name | Dynamic Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Pay-as-you-go instance termination API. | Provides the pay-as-you-go instance termination API. It allows users to terminate CKafka pay-as-you-go instances. | 2023-09-20 | |
Supports manual partition balancing. | Supports manual partition balancing to redirect traffic and solves the problem of uneven partition allocation. | 2023-09-20 | |
Automated partition balancing supports periodic time setting. | Supports specifying certain days of the week at a certain time for automated partition balancing. | 2023-09-20 | |
Metrics of node-level monitoring is added. | Supports viewing the replication distribution of a specified topic on the node. Supports viewing topic traffic and storage rankings at the node level. | 2023-09-20 | |
Provides packet response latency monitoring. | Supports viewing delayed packet return times in advanced monitoring, with configurable monitors to assist users in assessing the impact of throttling on business operations. | 2023-09-20 | |
The Event Center supports querying operation records. | Supports viewing instance operation records such as upgrade and downgrade configurations, user additions and deletions, routing policy changes in the Event Center. This facilitates security control. | 2023-09-20 | |
Connector data export to COS supports minute-level aggregating data. | Connector data export to COS supports minute-level data aggregation. | 2023-09-20 |
Dynamic Name | Dynamic Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Connector subscription of database change data to ES supports custom field mapping. | When the connector is used to subscribe to change data from relational databases to ES, custom mapping of message fields to target index fields is supported. | 2023-8-22 | - |
Connector data export to ES supports specifying index timestamp. | When the connector is used to export data to ES, specifying a field from the source data as the index timestamp is supported. By default, this is the message's delivery time. | 2023-8-22 | - |
After upgrading from Standard to Pro Edition, multiple availability zones are supported. | After upgrading from Standard to Pro Edition, upgrading from single availability zone deployment to multiple availability zone deployment is supported. | 2023-8-22 | - |
Enhanced partition upper limit for Pro Edition. | The partition upper limit for Pro Edition instances is uniformly increased. You can upgrade to higher partition specifications according to actual needs. | 2023-8-22 | - |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
CKafka provides Pro Edition of low specifications. | CKafka provides a Pro Edition instance specification with a bandwidth of 20 MB/s to meet small traffic scenarios. | 2023-03-27 | |
Ckafka adjusts the increment for high specifications | For bandwidth not less than 1600 MB/s, the increment is adjusted to 200 MB/s. | 2023-03-27 | |
You can now set topic traffic throttling for instances of version 2.8.1. | You can now set topic traffic throttling for instances of version 2.8.1. | 2023-03-27 | |
CKafka provides instance renewal API. | You can now renew an instance via API. | 2023-03-27 | - |
CKafka supports SCRAM-SH2-512 access mode. | SCRAM-SH2-512 access mode is supported for instances of versions 2.4.1 and 2.8.1. | 2023-03-27 | - |
Kafka version upgrade is supported in the Beijing region | CKafka supports upgrading the open-source version of instances to the latest version in the Beijing region. It also supports upgrading the kernel minor version to use new features, improve the performance, and fix bugs. | 2023-03-06 | |
Alarming is supported for public network bandwidth | You can configure alarm metrics for public network inbound/outbound bandwidth on the alarm configuration page. | 2023-03-06 | - |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Pay-as-you-go billing is supported | CKafka Pro instances support the pay-as-you-go billing mode, which is suitable for testing or scenarios with unpredictable traffic peaks. | 2022-12-08 | |
The connector feature is supported | The former DIP module is migrated to Connector, with the relevant features and usage methods remaining unchanged. The Topic List in the former "DIP" module is migrated to Elastic Topic, with the relevant features and usage methods remaining unchanged. | 2022-12-08 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Kafka 3.2 is supported | CKafka Pro Edition is compatible with open-source Kafka 3.2. | 2022-11-23 | |
Brokers on v1.1.1 support topic traffic throttling rules | - | 2022-11-02 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The subscriptions of a topic associated with a consumer group can be deleted in the console | If the status of a consumer group is Empty, the subscriptions of a topic associated with it can be deleted. | 2022-10-24 | |
The list of VIPs that should be opened is displayed in the console | The list of VIPs that should be opened is displayed in the console. When you configure a security group, you should open all ports. | 2022-10-24 | |
Details and discounts of billable items are displayed | When you purchase an instance, the details and discounts of billable items can be displayed for the total price. | 2022-10-24 | |
Legacy Standard Edition instances can be upgraded to Pro Edition | Legacy Standard Edition instances purchased before September 9, 2021 can be upgraded to Pro Edition or have their specifications upgraded in Standard Edition. | 2022-10-24 | |
Message download is supported | When querying messages, you can download them, including headers, keys, and values. | 2022-10-24 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Instance version upgrade is supported | CKafka supports upgrading the open-source version of instances to the latest version for more features. It also supports upgrading the kernel minor version to use new features, improve the performance, and fix bugs. | 2022-06-16 | |
The event center feature is supported | The event center manages, stores, analyzes, and displays the event data generated by CKafka in a unified manner. You can easily view the event data details there. | 2022-06-16 | |
Partitioning is supported for single-replica topics | The single-replica option is supported when a topic is created. Creating a single-replica topic cannot guarantee the availability; therefore, you should choose it with caution. | 2022-06-16 | |
Producer connections can be viewed in the console for v2.8 instances. | - | 2022-06-16 | |
Smart Ops is supported | The quick diagnosis feature supports setting automatic diagnosis to actively trigger diagnosis once a day at a specified time. The elastic scaling feature supports automatic partition balancing, which automatically checks the partition distribution of topics and starts partition balancing at a specified time. | 2022-06-16 | |
Pro Edition supports three-AZ deployment | When you purchase a CKafka Pro Edition instance in a region that has three or more AZs, you can select up to three of them for multi-AZ deployment. Partition replicas of this instance will be forcibly distributed across the nodes in all AZs. | 2022-06-16 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Pro Edition supports more instance connections and consumer groups | Pro Edition supports up to 10,000 instance connections and up to 200 instance-level consumer groups. | 2022-05-11 | |
A topic now supports up to 3,000 partitions | - | 2022-05-11 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The production/consumption bandwidth percentage can be viewed | You can view the production/consumption bandwidth percentage | 2022-03-23 | |
The automatic disk capacity expansion records can be viewed | You can view the automatic disk capacity expansion records. | 2022-03-23 | |
Topic-level throttling is supported | You can throttle the topic traffic to prevent the excessive traffic of one topic from affecting other topics. | 2022-03-23 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Automatic consumer group creation can be disabled | CKafka allows you to disable automatic consumer group creation in the console. After it is disabled, only existing consumer groups in the console can be used for consumption. | 2022-02-16 | |
Pro Edition supports multi-AZ deployment | You can change the deployment AZ of Pro Edition instances directly in the console to simplify business migration. | 2022-02-16 | |
Pro Edition supports VPC access through SASL_SCRAM | Pro Edition supports authentication through SASL_SCRAM when you access CKafka in a VPC. | 2022-02-16 | |
You can specify the IP when creating a VPC route | If you select VPC access, you can specify the IP to keep it unchanged when changing the access mode. | 2022-02-16 | |
You can set the maintenance time | The backend system performs maintenance operations on your CKafka instance from time to time to ensure its stability. To minimize the potential impact on your business, we recommend that you set an acceptable maintenance period for your business instance, usually during off-peak hours. | 2022-02-16 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Topic display fields are added | You can set tags when creating a topic and view producer connections. | 2022-01-07 | |
You can create consumer groups and send messages directly in the console | You can create consumer groups and send messages directly in the CKafka console, without the need to perform operations on the local client. | 2022-01-07 | |
Pro Edition supports displaying instance connection information | CKafka Pro Edition supports displaying the number of connections in the dashboard. This allows you to view the connections to each server more easily when the number of instance connections is about to be used up. | 2022-01-07 | |
Pro Edition supports automatic disk capacity expansion | CKafka supports automatic adjustment of the disk utilization. After the disk utilization reaches the threshold, you can set the dynamic message retention policy to reduce the message retention time or set the automatic disk capacity expansion policy to adjust the disk space. | 2022-01-07 | |
Public network bandwidth is optimized | You can view the monitoring data of the public network bandwidth. In addition, if you use Pro Edition, you can now purchase the public network bandwidth using the monthly subscription billing mode when purchasing an instance on the purchase page. Existing instances continue to use the bill-by-hour bandwidth rules and can be upgraded. | 2022-01-07 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Pro Edition supports transfer over the public network with SASL_SSL | CKafka Pro Edition supports the SASL_SSL access mode. | 2021-11-24 | |
Pro Edition supports displaying the monitoring information scraped by Prometheus | CKafka Pro Edition can display broker nodes’ metric information scraped by Prometheus, including basic monitoring metrics such as CPU, memory usage, and system load, as well as the metrics exposed by the broker's JMX. | 2021-11-24 | |
Pro Edition supports data sync | CKafka Pro Edition supports the data sync feature, which satisfies the needs for topic-level data sync and supports data transfer and automatic sync between any topics in different CKafka instances. | 2021-11-24 | |
Pro Edition supports quick diagnosis | CKafka Pro Edition offers the quick diagnosis feature, which can proactively troubleshoot cluster problems and risks, provide solutions based on Tencent Cloud experts' experience, and automatically generate reports from the health check results. | 2021-11-24 | |
You can view the topic rankings in terms of disk usage | You can view the topic rankings in terms of disk usage in the CKafka console, which makes cost accounting easier. | 2021-11-24 | |
Topics support the advanced setting of retention.bytes | You can set retention.bytes in the advanced topic settings for use together with retention.ms . | 2021-11-24 | |
The cap of purchasable bandwidth is increased to 20,000 MB/sec | The cap of purchasable bandwidth is increased to 20,000 MB/sec, which can meet the user needs for configuration upgrade during traffic peaks in sales campaigns. | 2021-11-24 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The ACL policy is optimized | You can preset ACL rules, which will be automatically applied when you create topics later. | 2021-10-11 | |
The maximum number of consumer groups is increased, and alarm configuration is added | The maximum number of consumer groups is increased from 50 to 200, and a metric for reaching the maximum number of consumer groups is added. | 2021-10-11 | |
A tool for smooth upgrade from Standard Edition to Pro Edition is provided | Due to architecture optimizations, the advanced specification of Standard Edition was deactivated on September 9, 2021. You can smoothly upgrade Standard Edition instances purchased afterwards to Pro Edition in the console. | 2021-10-11 | |
Pro Edition supports viewing log details in the CKafka console | Pro Edition supports viewing log details in the CKafka console, including consumer group broker logs and controller logs. | 2021-10-11 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Pro Edition supports higher public network bandwidth | CKafka provides 3 Mbps public network bandwidth for free by default. Pro Edition instances can upgrade public network bandwidth to 198 Mbps additionally. | 2021-09-09 | |
Standard Edition instances with high specifications are no longer available | Due to architecture optimizations, CKafka Standard Edition instances with over 150 MB/sec bandwidth (instance types: large and xlarge) have no longer been available since September 9, 2021. Such types of instances purchased before that day can still be used, and their specifications can still be upgraded based on the previous specification system. | 2021-09-09 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Pro Edition supports SASL_SSL access | CKafka Pro Edition supports SASL_SSL access, which can meet the security and compliance requirements of more users. | 2021-08-20 | |
The message query feature supports the query of messages in all partitions | You can view the message details of all partitions in the console, without the need to view them one by one. | 2021-08-20 | |
You can add IPs in batches when configuring an ACL policy | You can add IPs or IP ranges (which are separated by semicolon) in batches when configuring an ACL policy in the console to save operation costs. | 2021-08-20 | |
The disk capacity limit of high-specification Pro Edition instances is adjusted | The disk capacity of Pro Edition instances with 1,600 MB/sec or higher bandwidth is increased to 200,000 GB. | 2021-08-03 | - |
You can view the details of topics and unsynced replicas | CKafka supports viewing the details of topics and unsynced replicas in the console. | 2021-08-03 | |
Regex is supported for instance naming | When purchasing multiple instances, you can batch create instances by its numeric suffix (which is numbered in an ascending order) or its designated pattern string. | 2021-08-03 | |
Kafka 2.8 is supported | CKafka Pro Edition is compatible with open-source Kafka 2.8. | 2021-08-03 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Pro Edition supports the advanced monitoring feature | You can view the production and consumption traffic rankings of topics and the consumption speed rankings of consumer groups in the console, making it easier for Ops personnel to troubleshoot issues. | 2021-07-04 | |
Partition-level monitoring is supported | CKafka supports displaying the monitoring data (such as the number of produced and consumed messages and consumption speed) of a single partition of a topic. | 2021-07-04 | |
The feature of migrating self-built Kafka clusters to cloud is perfected | CKafka provides the specification calculator and migration tools to help you migrate a self-built Kafka cluster to the cloud. | 2021-07-04 | |
CKafka 2.4.2 is modified | CKafka 2.4.2 is replaced by CKafka 2.4.1. | 2021-07-04 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The purchasable bandwidth is increased | The limit of purchasable bandwidth is increased from 3,200 MB/sec to 10,000 MB/sec. | 2021-05-28 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Fuzzy match is supported for configuring ACL policies | CKafka supports configuring an ACL policy for multiple topics. Fuzzy match by topic name prefix is supported for CKafka 2.4.2 instances. | 2021-04-14 | |
The high-speed and stable modes are supported for instance upgrade | You can select either the high-speed or stable mode when upgrading an instance based on your business requirements. The time consumed in the high-speed mode is about one-tenth that consumed in the stable mode. | 2021-04-09 | |
Pro Edition supports advanced monitoring | CKafka Pro Edition supports advanced monitoring. You can view the monitoring data of metrics such as core services, production, consumption, and broker GC in the console, making it easier for Ops personnel to troubleshoot issues. | 2021-04-09 | |
Pro Edition supports Premium Cloud Storage. | Pro Edition supports Premium Cloud Storage. | 2021-04-09 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
CKafka supports upgrade at specified time | CKafka supports upgrading instances at specified time to avoid affecting your business. | 2021-03-18 | |
CKafka supports dynamic message retention policies | After you configure the dynamic data retention, a certain proportion of data will automatically expire when the disk utilization reaches the specified percentage. | 2021-03-18 | |
Consumer groups can be deleted | Consumer groups can be deleted in the CKafka console. | 2021-03-18 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Pro Edition supports multi-AZ deployment | CKafka Pro Edition supports multi-AZ deployment. When you purchase a CKafka instance in a region with three or more AZs, you can select any two of them for multi-AZ deployment. | 2021-02-23 | |
Pro Edition supports displaying the instance upgrade progress | CKafka Pro Edition supports displaying the instance upgrade progress. | 2021-02-23 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
CKafka supports the SASL access mode for the route type "public domain name access" | You can select public domain name SASL access as the access mode on the instance details page, but such access mode can be selected for only one route for an instance. | 2020-12-10 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
CKafka supports querying messages in the console | In case of message consumption exceptions, you can query the exception message in the CKafka console for troubleshooting. | 2020-10-30 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
CKafka Pro Edition is officially launched | Pro Edition (formerly Dedicated Edition) instances are available for purchase in multiple regions. Each instance is a dedicated cluster, for which parameters can be flexibly configured. Pro Edition is compatible with open-source Kafka 2.4. We offer limited-time discounts for a limited number of instances. | 2020-08-31 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
CKafka Dedicated Edition instances are in open beta test | Dedicated Edition instances are now available for purchase in multiple regions. You can purchase them on the purchase page at the same price of Standard Edition instances without submitting a ticket. | 2020-07-20 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
CKafka Dedicated Edition instances are in open beta test | During the open beta test, Dedicated Edition instances (small type) are available in Chengdu region. Dedicated instances have dedicated virtual host nodes, and the specifications of them can be customized based on business scenarios. | 2020-03-24 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The instance details feature is optimized | CKafka supports viewing the details of open-source Kafka instances. | 2020-01-15 | - |
The instance query method is optimized | On the instance list page, fuzzy query by IP/VIP port is supported for querying instances. | 2020-01-14 | - |
The instance purchase page is optimized | The purchase page supports VPC search. The purchase page supports preset tags. The purchase page supports displaying high-availability multi-AZ clusters. | 2020-01-13 | - |
Ckafka APIs are upgraded to v3.0 | The new API documentation is more standardized and comprehensive. The support for nearby access in all regions allows faster connection to Tencent Cloud services. | 2020-01-06 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The consumer group feature is optimized | CKafka supports viewing the monitoring views of all partitions. | 2019-12-25 | - |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
CKafka supports the data sync feature (in beta test) | CKafka provides efficient data transfer services based on open-source Kafka Connector. You can transfer data between any topics of different CKafka instances in the same region in the CKafka console. You can transfer data between any topics of different CKafka instances in the same region or different regions through CKafka APIs. | 2019-10-30 | |
The monitoring and alarming feature is optimized | This feature supports the monitoring of and the alarming for the number of instance connections and consumption speed. | 2019-10-30 | - |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The alarm configuration feature is optimized | Alarm parameters can be directly configured on the instance list page. | 2019-09-08 | - |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Data reliability is improved | Existing technologies cannot guarantee that data will never be lost, but you can maximize the reliability of data as possible as you can by using certain configuration parameters. | 2019-08-08 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The terms of service are perfected | The new version of Service Level Agreement features clearer content and structure. | 2019-07-08 | |
Topics can be automatically created | If "Auto-Create Topic" is enabled in the console, when you use or access the metadata of a topic that does not exist, the topic will be automatically created with the configured number of replicas and partitions. | 2019-05-11 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Default alarms are supported | When the disk usage exceeds 90%, notifications will be sent to you through SMS, email, and Message Center by default, avoiding service unavailability if alarm policies are not configured. | 2019-04-18 | - |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
The message retention period is extended | CKafka extends the max message retention period from one month to three months. | 2019-03-28 | |
Regions outside the Chinese mainland are added | CKafka adds two regions and one zone outside the Chinese mainland: Toronto, Virginia, and Silicon Valley Zone 1. | 2019-03-02 | - |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
CKafka supports configuring advanced parameters for topics | You can configure fine-grained parameters for instance topics in the CKafka console. | 2018-12-28 |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Cross-AZ disaster recovery clusters that feature high availability are supported | CKafka supports cross-AZ disaster recovery clusters that feature high availability and stability. | 2018-10-28 | - |
Update | Description | Release Date | Documentation |
Route access rules can be configured (in beta test) | You can add routing policies in the CKafka console to enhance the user network access control during public/private network transfer. | 2018-08-10 |
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