v0.4.0

Highlight: Schema Registry headers survive jq

kite consume --json now always prints valid UTF-8 JSON. A key, value, or header value that isn't valid UTF-8 now goes into a sibling _b64 field (standard padded base64). Before, kite wrote those raw bytes and jq and other JSON tools silently replaced them with U+FFFD. This covers Confluent Schema Registry's binary __value_schema_id header (0x01 + 16-byte GUID) as well as Avro/Protobuf payloads.

{"key":"o-1","headers":[{"key":"__value_schema_id","value_b64":"AW2jNtjx0w+YTEfQPuihShI="}],"value":"{\"order_id\":1}"}

• kite produce --json accepts key_b64, value_b64, and array-header value_b64. So kite consume --json | jq ... | kite produce --json copies schema-ID headers and binary payloads byte for byte.
• Text output is unchanged: valid UTF-8 stays in key, value, and header value.
• The bytes on Kafka don't change, so Confluent serializers and deserializers still see the same binary schema IDs.
• Invalid base64, or a record with both value and value_b64, is rejected with the line number.

Behavior change: for records whose bytes aren't UTF-8, scripts now find .value_b64 (or .key_b64) instead of .value. Decode with base64 -d, e.g. jq -r .value_b64 | base64 -d. The header object form on produce ({"h":"v"}) is still string-only; use the array form for binary headers.

Also

• kite update finds the latest release through the GitHub releases/latest redirect instead of api.github.com, so it no longer runs into the 60 requests/hour API limit.

What's Changed

• kite update: resolve the latest tag via the releases/latest redirect, not api.github.com by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #88
• --json: base64 fields that aren't valid UTF-8 (key_b64/value_b64/header value_b64) so output is jq-safe by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #89
• release prep: bump version to 0.4.0, point install examples at v0.4.0, add release notes by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #90

Full Changelog: v0.3.1...v0.4.0

v0.3.1

What's Changed

• README: mention kite topic in agent summaries; move Docker setup below exit codes by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #82
• README: topic-management demo GIF in Quickstart; commit its VHS tape by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #83
• README: recommend Apache Kafka native image by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #84
• Terminal polish: aligned tables, summary blocks, and semantic color by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #85
• Add kite update: install the latest GitHub release in place by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #86
• release prep: bump version to 0.3.1, point install examples at v0.3.1 by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #87

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.3.1

v0.3.0

What's Changed

• topic: list, create, delete, and update topics (kite topic) by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #80
• v0.3.0 release prep: bump version, install examples point at v0.3.0 by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #81

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.3.0

v0.2.0

What's Changed

• README: run Kafka locally with Docker, zero-to-hello quickstart notes, first-run troubleshooting by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #73
• kite.yaml with named clusters, selected with --target by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #74
• Add --targets, @name target shorthand, metadata-wait note, advertised-listener docs by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #75
• CLI: produce/consume/cluster subcommands, [@cluster] TOPIC positionals, persistent current cluster (0.2.0) by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #76
• @name is one-shot; piped 0-record -B hint; Quickstart -n 1; decline ≠ missing topic by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #77
• cluster init: interactive wizard that writes a cluster into kite.yaml by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #78
• v0.2.0 release prep: ApiVersions reports cli.version, install examples point at v0.2.0 by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #79

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

v0.1.0

What's Changed

• Fix e2e roundtrip: include the ack-latency record in the expected set by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #53
• CI: pin actions by commit SHA and use least-privilege permissions by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #54
• Add SECURITY/CONTRIBUTING/CODE_OF_CONDUCT, issue & PR templates, CHANGELOG by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #55
• Add .mailmap to normalize author identities by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #56
• README size claims + obviously-fake placeholders in example configs by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #57
• Drop CHANGELOG.md; rely on generated release notes by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #58
• cli: rename -i/--install to --add-to-path by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #60
• Add Dependabot for GitHub Actions and repo hardening script (#45) by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #59
• Bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #62
• Harden for public release: verify install checksums, cap decompression, redact SASL debug dumps by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #61
• Replace built-in --add-to-path installer with a standalone install.sh by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #63
• README: optimize for agents/AEO (definition, design focus, agent facts, FAQ) + llms.txt by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #65
• Produce creates missing topics on the spot (prompt on a TTY, automatic in scripts) by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #66
• README: add CI, release, version, and license badges by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #67
• README/TESTING: fix Quickstart, document -n vs --idle bounds, CSV produce-only; e2e quickstart check by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #68
• Shell completions: complete bash/zsh/fish install steps + completion-check.sh by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #69
• csv: fix piped stdin rejected as empty; chunked-read tests + e2e pipe coverage by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #70
• README: direct curl of the latest release binary by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #71
• Raise binary size gate to 640 KB so portable release builds pass by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in #72

New Contributors

• @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in #62

Full Changelog: https://github.com/addisonhuddy/kite/commits/v0.1.0