Release Notes for Splunk Connect for Kafka

About this release

Version 2.0.0 of Splunk Connect for Kafka is compatible with the following software and platforms:

Splunk platform versions	7.1 and later
Platforms	Platform independent
Vendor products	Kafka Connect

New features

Version 2.0.0 of Splunk Connect for Kafka contains the following new features:

• Configurable flush window. Users can now set a flush rate depending on their data-rate and event frequency.
• Clear Record Tracker (internal memory buffer) on acknowledgments to reduce memory footprint.
• Polling for Indexer fault tolerance.
• Improved ability to handle Null/Empty events.
• Improved efficiency on memory utilization and flushing of events from memory for situations when ACK is not enabled in the Splunk software.
• Ability to track HTTP Event Collector (HEC) telemetry.

Fixed issues

Version 2.0.0 of Splunk Connect for Kafka contains the following fixed issues.

Date resolved	Issue number	Description
2020-08-26	INGEST-17660	Forever retry on incorrectly formatted data
2020-06-15	INGEST-17659	Offsets not committed when using formatted events

Known issues

Version 2.0.0 of Splunk Connect for Kafka contains the following known issues. If none appear, then no issues are currently known.

Date filed	Issue number	Description
2020-10-29	INGEST-17769	ConcurrentModificationException error on multi-threaded HEC polling