1.1.0-rc1

⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️ Important: From Strimzi 1.0.0, the only supported version of CRD API is v1. The older v1beta2, v1beta1, and v1alpha1 APIs are no longer supported. Before upgrading to Strimzi 1.0.0 and above, make sure to convert all custom resources and upgrade the CRDs.

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Main changes since 1.0

This release contains the following new features and improvements:

• Allow failed KafkaConnectors to be stopped and reject pausing of failed connectors since this operation is not supported by Kafka Connect
• Add support for Apache Kafka 4.3.0 and 4.2.1
• Remove support for Kafka 4.1.x
• Reconcile Cruise Control before Entity Operator when both are enabled.
• New Cluster operator configuration option STRIMZI_PKCS12_KEYSTORE_GENERATION to disable generating PKCS12 stores in CA and Kafka user Secret resources.
• Support for Gateway API-based type: tlsroute listener
• Support for dependency scope configuration of Maven artifacts in Kafka Connect Build
• Support for configuring per-broker listener annotation and label templates.
• Improved support for custom Apache Kafka versions
• Add UseBackgroundPodDeletion feature gate (alpha, disabled by default) to use background deletion propagation when deleting pods during rolling updates.
• Strimzi Drain Cleaner updated to 1.6.0 (included in the Strimzi installation files)
• Strimzi Access Operator updated to 0.3.0 - included in Strimzi installation files, examples, and documentation
• KafkaBridge and KafkaMirrorMaker2 now use PEM files instead of P12/JKS for TLS authentication and TLS truststore. PEM files are accessed directly from secrets using KubernetesSecretConfigProvider.
• It's now possible to configure mTLS validityDays and renewalDays for each KafkaUser

All changes can be found under the 1.1.0 milestone or in the CHANGELOG.md.

Upgrading from Strimzi 0.51.0

See the documentation for upgrade instructions.

Container images

The following container images are part of this release:

Name	Image
Operators	quay.io/strimzi/operator@sha256:0b18356206d5b98888bb1bca6acd389bbb302ecdcb5f7ea697ddfefbe1a653e6
Apache Kafka 4.2.0	quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:79d91d6a9dc9dc08ea1e75cb8b5cf1a73069a1db265b67335f444b4043f72f5b
Apache Kafka 4.2.1	quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:4cdf885bba8b67a637f8565058a8a26ed7115e1c7bdf76d6f32df3cd1aa38503
Apache Kafka 4.3.0	quay.io/strimzi/kafka@sha256:b6848a53c01eec98b37866450a1227c3a41707785ec65b37063d2733a105bf36
Strimzi Bridge	quay.io/strimzi/kafka-bridge@sha256:dcec1c978f4174c101b78fd290a698fad89f83439c9a868bbbd9c9750b146fdf
Kaniko executor	quay.io/strimzi/kaniko-executor@sha256:ca8838eb04f394cd3ae6268d70dd9bc7852c5c603aa30ae6aff407c2c5a29639
Maven Builder	quay.io/strimzi/maven-builder@sha256:4662f4f9714e24dd24c139e795f90e9cc4bbe454f244d3b73d9234857971fd16
Buildah builder	quay.io/strimzi/buildah@sha256:3ac4d8fde6eca2ad837dc5258390f5ea704949b0539c77a394eb33a63c806b97

New Contributors

• @neeraj-laad made their first contribution in #12652
• @TheoBrigitte made their first contribution in #12691
• @pkotak made their first contribution in #12743
• @gilvansfilho made their first contribution in #12746
• @gaganhr94 made their first contribution in #12656
• @officialasishkumar made their first contribution in #12732
• @afausti made their first contribution in #12783
• @aveek22 made their first contribution in #12791
• @won-seoop made their first contribution in #12776
• @mahitha-ada made their first contribution in #12824
• @chon3806 made their first contribution in #12675