Kafka Streams 1.1.1 - 2104 (MEP 6.3.4) Release Notes

The notes below relate specifically to the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric Distribution for Apache Kafka. See Apache Kafka 1.1 ReleaseNotes or the Apache Kafka Streams homepage for more information.

Version 1.1.1
Release Date April 2021
MapR Version Interoperability See MEP Components and OS Support
Source on GitHub https://github.com/mapr/kafka
GitHub Release Tag 1.1.1-mapr-2104
Maven Artifacts https://repository.mapr.com/maven/
Package Names See Package Names for MapR Ecosystem Packs (MEPs).

New in This Release

Kafka Streams 1.1.1 - 2104 introduces the following enhancements or HPE platform-specific behavior changes:
  • None.

Fixes

This HPE release includes the following fixes on the base release:
GitHub Commit Number

Date

(YYYY-MM-DD)

MapR Fix Number and Description
7a7afdda1b 2021-03-30 MAPR-KAFKA-685 CVE-2018-10237,CVE-2020-8908 vulnerabilities
d63fe60ca4 2021-03-03 MAPR-KAFKA-681 Avoid appearing NPE when using MirrorMaker
For complete details, refer to the commit log for this project in GitHub.

Known Issues and Limitations

  • Pattern subscription is not supported.

  • The application reset tool hangs if it runs when the Kafka Streams application is running.

  • The application reset tool may throw a Null Pointer Exception if the date or duration parameter is used.

  • The application reset tool does not reset to intermediate offset if the topic has multiple partitions.

  • MAPR-KAFKA-581: Stream hangs in rebalancing state. The workaround is to set a larger timeout. This issue is caused by MS-915: MapR Stream application hangs inside cycle

Resolved Issues

  • None.