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Connect for Kafka - Outbound 6.0.2

July 23, 2026  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 17 or later — this is due to an update of dependent modules that address security vulnerabilities which now require a Java 17 or later runtime.

Improvements

  • Add Custom Extension Processing Timers to Connector Metrics. [CONNECTOR-1455]
  • Kafka Source and Sink connector confluent.io naming conventions correction. [CONNECTOR-1559]

Security

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 6.0.1

June 26, 2026  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 17 or later — this is due to an update of dependent modules that address security vulnerabilities which now require a Java 17 or later runtime.

Improvements

  • Add extra logging to ease debugging. [CONNECTOR-1492]
  • Read gradle.properties secrets through environment variables. [CONNECTOR-1512]

Security

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.17

May 6, 2026  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.16

April 20, 2026  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.15

March 12, 2026  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

  • Aerospike Connectors - Security vulnerabilities and dependency upgrades - March 2026 - CWE-770, CVE-2025-33042, CVE-2026-24308. [CONNECTOR-1359, CONNECTOR-1368]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.14

February 1, 2026  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

Improvements

  • Enhance record-ordering handling for hot key scenario. [CONNECTOR-1320]
  • Normalize streaming connector’s Helm chart default values.yaml with simplified minimal configuration. [CONNECTOR-1322]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.13

December 15, 2025  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

Improvements

  • Implement Github Action for connector artifact signing and upload to repository. [CONNECTOR-1309]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.12

November 11, 2025  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Improvements

  • Upgraded the connector’s logging and other dependencies. [CONNECTOR-1242]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.11

September 29, 2025  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Improvements

  • Added support for Debian 13 “Trixie” [CONNECTOR-1215]

Security

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.10

August 25, 2025  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.9

June 28, 2025  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.8

June 19, 2025  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.7

April 11, 2025  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Bug Fixes

  • Changed default value of socket-receive-buffer-bytes to null from 32kb, so this is optional configuration validation only if configured. [CONNECTOR-1219]

Security

  • Aerospike Connectors - Security vulnerabilities introduced through libxml2. [CONNECTOR-1220]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.6

March 03, 2025  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

New Features

  • Use sendTimeout as configured without doubling. [CONNECTOR-1183]
  • Converted transaction debug level messages to trace level. [CONNECTOR-1184]
  • Kotlin version upgraded to 2.x. [CONNECTOR-1185]

Security

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.5

November 07, 2024  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

  • Fixed security vulnerability - Authentication Bypass in krb5-libs. [CONNECTOR-1160]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.4

October 24, 2024  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

  • Fixed Deserialization of Untrusted Data in org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.3. [CONNECTOR-1149]
  • Fixed Denial of Service (DoS) in com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core. [CONNECTOR-1149]
  • Fixed Race Condition in io.undertow:undertow-core. [CONNECTOR-1149]
  • Fixed Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in commons-io:commons-io. [CONNECTOR-1149]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.3

September 19, 2024  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

New Features

  • Netty buffer customization changes in connectors and Kafka Outbound Await Metrics for better monitoring. [CONNECTOR-1127]
  • Logging improvement - Outbound Await Metrics for all applicable connectors. [CONNECTOR-1137]

Security

  • Fix Arbitrary Code Injection affecting platform-python-setuptools & python3-setuptools-wheel. [CONNECTOR-1135]
  • Upgraded Pulsar version.

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.2

July 25, 2024  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

  • Fix Race Condition. [CONNECTOR-1105]
  • Fix Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (‘Resource Exhaustion’). [CONNECTOR-1108]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.1

June 08, 2024  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

  • Fix Improper Input Validation. [CONNECTOR-982]
  • Fix Infinite loop. [CONNECTOR-983]
  • Fix Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. [CONNECTOR-984]
  • Fix Out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities. [CONNECTOR-1022]
  • Fix Out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities. [CONNECTOR-1023]
  • Fix Out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities. [CONNECTOR-1024]
  • Fix Out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities. [CONNECTOR-1025]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.3.0

March 25, 2024  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

New Features

  • Make batching of ack configurable as a toggle. [CONNECTOR-922]

Bug Fixes

  • Kafka outbound connector hits schema registry for each XDR request. [CONNECTOR-927]

Security

  • Fix Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVE-2024-26308 [CONNECTOR-928]
  • Fix Infinite loop. CVE-2024-25710 [CONNECTOR-929]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.2.0

November 07, 2023  |  Download

  • ATTENTION: In future releases, Aerospike Kafka Outbound Connector will be renamed to aerospike-source-connector.
  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.1.2

August 09, 2023  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Security

  • Address CVE-2023-36480 - upgrade to aerospike-java-client version 7.0.0 [CONNECTOR-775]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.1.0

July 21, 2023  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

New Features

  • Batching support. [CONNECTOR-373]
  • Batching support for inbuilt formats. [CONNECTOR-431]
  • New JSON logging format. [CONNECTOR-584]
  • Bin include/exclude option in bin transformer. [CONNECTOR-705]
  • Configurable message key for Kafka messages. [CONNECTOR-752]

Security

  • Upgrade vulnerable dependencies. [CONNECTOR-716]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.0.2

May 17, 2023  |  Download

  • The *.deb and *.rpm files support multiple architectures (ARM64 & AMD64).
  • The connector is Java JVM based. Install the correct JVM for the desired architecture.
  • This connector requires Java 11 or later.

Improvements

  • Multi-arch container image supporting linux/arm64 and linux/amd64 platforms. [CONNECTOR-562]
  • Upgrade vulnerable dependencies. [CONNECTOR-679]
  • Formatting option stringify-map-keys now defaults to true. [CONNECTOR-680]

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed handling of sorted map JSON conversion. [CONNECTOR-653]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.0.1

October 29, 2022  |  Download

Improvements

  • Fix CVE-2022-34917 in Kafka Connectors. [CONNECTOR-445]
    • Upgraded Kafka client from 2.3.0 to 3.3.1.
    • Upgraded a few internal dependencies.

Bug Fixes

  • Outbound connector fails to parse BigInteger value type in Change Notification Record maps. [CONNECTOR-506]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 5.0.0

May 05, 2022  |  Download

Improvements

  • Performance and stability improvements. [CONNECTOR-341]
  • Vulnerability scanning and dependency upgrades. [CONNECTOR-342]
  • Single installer for HTTP and XDR 5.0 wire protocol connector. [CONNECTOR-343]
  • Add support for only metadata, no-bins schemas in AvroMap and AvroRecord formats. The no-bins bin policy was introduced in Aerospike server version 6.0.0.0. [CONNECTOR-348]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 4.1.0

February 04, 2022  |  Download

New Features

  • Add support to plugin custom code through the Custom transformer API. [CONNECTOR-319]
  • Add support for port-based configuration. [CONNECTOR-321]

Improvements

  • Support Java 17 runtime. [CONNECTOR-320]
  • Add a routing config to skip dispatching of records to the destination. [CONNECTOR-323]

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 4.0.0

May 24, 2021  |  Download

  • If you are using Aerospike Database Enterprise Edition version 5.6 or later, ensure that you use this version of the Kafka outbound connector or a later one.
  • ATTENTION: HTTP connectors renamed from aerospike-kafka-outbound-legacy to aerospike-kafka-outbound-http. Refer to documentation for installation and starting instructions.
  • ATTENTION: Outbound format breaking changes.
    • For Aerospike Server versions <= 4.9 that do not ship generation, expiry, and lut (last update time)
      • these fields are omitted from the payload in Json, FlatJson, and Avro-Map format.
      • these fields are shipped as nil in MessagePack format.
      • these fields are shipped as null in Avro-Record and Kafka-Avro format.
    • Last update time - lut has been upscaled to a Long from Int. Avro-Record and Kafka-Avro schemas specified in the config should change lut type from int to long.
    • Deletes written with AerospikeOutboundMetadata schema instead of AerospikeOutboundDelete schema in Kafka-Avro format.

New Features

  • Prometheus integration support.
  • Pre-packaged Grafana dashboards.
  • PEM file format support in TLS configuration.
  • Support for Boolean particle type introduced in Aerospike Server version 5.6.
  • Official container image available on Docker Hub.

Bug Fixes

  • Handling of new particle types introduced by the Aerospike Server not recognized by the connector.
  • Possible incorrect handling of byte array and extension types in lists and maps in rare cases.

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 3.0.1

September 11, 2020  |  Download

  • ATTENTION Upgrade to aerospike-kafka-outbound 4.0.0 or later when using Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • New Kafka Outbound Connector for Aerospike Server Enterprise Edition version 5.0 and above.
  • Legacy support for versions of the Aerospike Server Enterprise Edition version 4.9 and below.
    • If using Aerospike Server version 4.9 or below the Legacy connector must be used.
    • WARNING: A serious flaw has been discovered for http v2 in the library used by Aerospike Server Enterprise Edition < 5.0 change notification. http-version MUST be set to v1 to prevent xdr and change notification from being blocked.

Improvements

  • Bundle a default configuration file with the installation package.

Bug Fixes

  • Fail to convert Aerospike record to MessagePack format when setname is missing.

Known Issues

  • JDK-8 connector crashes when consuming records from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • JDK-11 connector errors on every record consumed from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 3.0.0

August 10, 2020  |  Download

  • ATTENTION Upgrade to aerospike-kafka-outbound 4.0.0 or later when using Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • New Kafka Outbound Connector for Aerospike Server Enterprise Edition version 5.0 and above.
  • Legacy support for versions of the Aerospike Server Enterprise Edition version 4.9 and below.
    • If using Aerospike Server version 4.9 or below the Legacy connector must be used.
    • WARNING: A serious flaw has been discovered for http v2 in the library used by Aerospike Server Enterprise Edition < 5.0 change notification. http-version MUST be set to v1 to prevent xdr and change notification from being blocked.

Known Issues

  • JDK-8 connector crashes when consuming records from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • JDK-11 connector errors on every record consumed from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 2.0.2

May 05, 2020  |  Download

  • ATTENTION Upgrade to aerospike-kafka-outbound 4.0.0 or later when using Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • HyperLogLog (HLL) bins are handled and forwarded as BLOBs.
  • Fixed BLOB bin conversion for Flat JSON format.

Known Issues

  • JDK-8 connector crashes when consuming records from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • JDK-11 connector errors on every record consumed from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 2.0.1

April 17, 2020  |  Download

  • ATTENTION Upgrade to aerospike-kafka-outbound 4.0.0 or later when using Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • Support for numeric map keys for JSON, Flat JSON and Avro.
  • Fixed incorrect re-logging of parsing errors.
  • Log key of the Aerospike record on parsing error.
  • Added logging for the skipped records.

Known Issues

  • JDK-8 connector crashes when consuming records from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • JDK-11 connector errors on every record consumed from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 2.0.0

March 13, 2020  |  Download

  • ATTENTION Upgrade to aerospike-kafka-outbound 4.0.0 or later when using Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • Support for Avro, Flat JSON, Kafka Avro (with schema registry) serialization.
  • Support for configuring Aerospike record bin mapping.
  • Support to specify bin-mapping, routing and format at set, namespace level.

Known Issues

  • JDK-8 connector crashes when consuming records from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • JDK-11 connector errors on every record consumed from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 1.0.2

October 10, 2019  |  Download

  • ATTENTION Upgrade to aerospike-kafka-outbound 4.0.0 or later when using Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • Aerospike Kafka Connector (Outbound)
    • No changes except version number bump.
    • WARNING: A serious flaw has been discovered for http v2 in the library used by change notification. http-version MUST be set to v1 to prevent xdr and change notification from being blocked.

Known Issues

  • JDK-8 connector crashes when consuming records from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • JDK-11 connector errors on every record consumed from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 1.0.1

May 22, 2019  |  Download

  • ATTENTION Upgrade to aerospike-kafka-outbound 4.0.0 or later when using Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • Outbound connector
    • Removed feature key check.
    • Fixed json conversion exceptions with record bins having empty lists and maps.
    • WARNING: A serious flaw has been discovered for http v2 in the library used by change notification. http-version MUST be set to v1 to prevent xdr and change notification from being blocked.

Known Issues

  • JDK-8 connector crashes when consuming records from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • JDK-11 connector errors on every record consumed from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.

Connect for Kafka - Outbound 1.0.0

March 12, 2019  |  Download

  • ATTENTION Upgrade to aerospike-kafka-outbound 4.0.0 or later when using Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • Initial GA release
  • WARNING: A serious flaw has been discovered for http v2 in the library used by change notification. http-version MUST be set to v1 to prevent xdr and change notification from being blocked.

Known Issues

  • JDK-8 connector crashes when consuming records from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.
  • JDK-11 connector errors on every record consumed from Aerospike Server 5.6 or later.