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2026

May 18, 2026​

Kadeck 7.0.3 (Preview)​

  • Hotfix: newly introduced optional topic configurations lead to parsing errors.

Kadeck 6.3.16​

  • Hotfix: newly introduced optional topic configurations lead to parsing errors.

May 1, 2026​

Kadeck 7.0.2 (Preview)​

  • Kafka Connect: configuration properties are now sorted.
  • Avro codec: when a Schema ID is configured in the codec settings dialog, the default Avro codec no longer attempts Confluent Wire Format detection.
  • KSQL Lab: worksheets now support USER, PUBLIC and DOMAIN visibility.
  • Topic Data Arrival Alerts: you can now send the same alert to multiple channels (e.g., Slack, Teams, email, PagerDuty) for DLQ monitoring and traffic anomaly detection.
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Important: We recommend upgrading to Kadeck 7 by deploying it in a separate environment first and validating your setup before switching over. Please contact your Customer Success Manager for support.

Kadeck 6.3.15​

  • Kafka Connect: configuration properties are now sorted.
  • Avro codec: when a Schema ID is configured in the codec settings dialog, the default Avro codec no longer attempts Confluent Wire Format detection.

Apr 20, 2026​

Kadeck 6.3.14​

  • Adds support for mismatched schema versions in Avro codecs.
  • Introduces a verbose mode for Avro codecs. Set the custom connection property server.codec.verbose.logging to "true" to enable it. Logs are prefixed with [CodecVerbose].

Kadeck 7.0.1 (Preview)​

  • Adds support for mismatched schema versions in Avro codecs.
  • Introduces a verbose mode for Avro codecs. Set the custom connection property server.codec.verbose.logging to "true" to enable it. Logs are prefixed with [CodecVerbose].

Mar 23, 2026​

Kadeck 6.3.13​

  • Adds support for specifying the exact schema ID for the Avro Record Codec in the codec dialog.
  • Adds Confluent Schema Context support for codecs. An optional schema context can now be specified in the codec dialog for all Avro and Protobuf codecs.

Kadeck 6.3.12​

  • Bugfix: Improved resilience in consumer group, schema, and stream overviews. In rare cases, an erroneous Apache Kafka response could cause deleted consumer groups to appear as not updated.

Mar 16, 2026​

Kadeck 6.3.11​

  • Adds support for free text (custom) owner label to Data Catalog Public API

Mar 9, 2026​

Kadeck 6.3.10​

  • Connection details page now shows the cluster version.
  • Connection checks ignore non-classic consumer groups (e.g. Connect).
  • New flag XEOTEK_KADECK_INT_SKIP_CONSUMER_CHECK: set to "true" to skip consumer checks when connecting to Apache Kafka.

Feb 1, 2026​

Kadeck 6.3.9​

  • Fixed invalid PATCH request body when modifying connector offsets

Jan 8, 2026​

Kadeck 6.3.8​

Security Update (Dependencies)

  • CVE-2025-12183 and CVE-2025-66566 (lz4) via at.yawk.lz4:lz4-java:1.10.2'
  • Netty CVE-2025-24970, CVE-2025-67735, CVE-2025-50857, CVE-2025-55163
  • Log4J CVE-2025-68161
  • Spring security crypto CVE-2025-22228
  • Ubuntu CVE-2025-65018, -64720, -64506, -64505

Jan 3, 2026​

Kadeck 6.3.7​

  • Adds Apache Kafka 4.1 support to Kadeck Desktop's "Local Cluster" feature: start a local Apache Kafka 4.1 cluster quickly without Docker.