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Apache KafkaAug 18, 2026

Kafka 4.0: ZooKeeper Is Finally Gone, and Queues Arrived

Apache Kafka 4.0 is the most consequential release in the project's history: ZooKeeper is fully removed in favor of KRaft, the new consumer rebalance protocol goes GA, and share groups (KIP-932) bring real queue semantics to Kafka. What changed, what breaks, and how to upgrade.

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