We’re excited to announce Confluent Platform 8.2! Built on Apache Kafka 4.2, it introduces Queues for Kafka (GA) for native task-queue workloads, Flink SQL (GA) to simplify stream processing, and CPC Gateway 1.2 for seamless client switchover to make managing migrations easier than ever.

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Confluent Platform 8.2, built on Apache Kafka 4.2, introduces several major capabilities. Queues for Kafka is now generally available, bringing native queue semantics—elastic consumer scaling, per-message acknowledgment, and task-level processing controls—directly to Kafka without additional systems. Flink SQL also reaches GA, enabling declarative stream management via DDLs, shared compute pools, and multi-Kubernetes cluster support. Confluent Private Cloud Gateway 1.2 adds intelligent client fencing/unfencing for migrations, SCRAM auth swapping, and expanded non-Java client support (Python, Go, .NET). Additional updates include Control Center 2.5 with new UIs for queues and Flink SQL, Confluent for Kubernetes 3.2.0, Confluent Ansible 8.2.0 with RHEL 10 and FIPS 140-3 support, and the deprecation of Confluent Health+ in favor of Unified Stream Manager for fleet-wide monitoring.

Introducing Confluent Platform 8.2: Queues for Kafka & Flink SQL

Queues for Kafka: Native Queue Semantics on Apache Kafka

Bringing SQL Simplicity to Stateful Stream Processing

Confluent Private Cloud Gateway 1.2: Seamless Migration, Upgrade, and Client Failover

Confluent for Kubernetes and Confluent Ansible Updates