Splunk® Connect for Kafka

Install and Administer Splunk Connect for Kafka

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Release Notes for Splunk Connect for Kafka

About this release

Version 1.2.0 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 1.2.0 of Splunk Connect for Kafka contains the following new features:

  • Fixed issue with heavy forwarders restarting.
  • Update to 3rd party packages bundled with project.

Fixed issues

Version 1.2.0 of Splunk Connect for Kafka contains the following fixed issues.


Date resolved Issue number Description
2020-04-06 INGEST-15074 Kafka Connect stops sending events when HF is restarted

Known issues

Version 1.2.0 of Splunk Connect for Kafka contains the following known issues. If none appear, then no issues are currently known.


Date filed Issue number Description
2020-05-20 INGEST-17661 Blank lines generated in the topic leads to garbage ingestion in Splunk with Java stack traces
2020-05-20 INGEST-17659 Offsets not committed when using formatted events
2020-05-20 INGEST-17660 Forever retry on incorrectly formatted data
Last modified on 08 September, 2020
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Connect for Kafka: 1.2.0

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