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github.com/segmentio/kafka-go

v0.4.51segmentio/kafka-go ↗New releases in your daily digest, changelog included.

Last release 5 months ago
23 Apr 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 3 months
Rarely documented
notes for 10 of the last 60 stable releases
2 versions withdrawn
withdrawn after publishing
9 years old
489 releases · first in 2017

Release timeline

489 releases since 2017

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Releases

v0.4.5123 Apr 2026
fix: describe groups should not fail on an issue with a single group by @petedannemann and @pazhang-25 in #1431
What's Changed

fix: describe groups should not fail on an issue with a single group by @petedannemann and @pazhang-25 in #1431

Full Changelog: v0.4.50...v0.4.51
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v0.4.5015 Jan 2026
feat: support describegroups v5 by @petedannemann in #1421
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feat: support describegroups v5 by @petedannemann in #1421

Full Changelog: v0.4.49...v0.4.50

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v0.4.4921 Aug 2025

chore: upgrade go to 1.23 and bump x/net by @petedannemann in #1387

What's Changed

chore: upgrade go to 1.23 and bump x/net by @petedannemann in #1387
Fix: Update OffsetCommit CommittedLeaderEpoch to v6 by @LeonHartley in #1335
chore: bitnami -> bitnamilegacy by @petedannemann in #1402
feat: add ProtocolType to ListGroupsResponseGroup by @hhahn-tw in #1403

New Contributors

@LeonHartley made their first contribution in #1335
@hhahn-tw made their first contribution in #1403

Full Changelog: v0.4.48...v0.4.49

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v0.4.4814 May 2025

[DP-1901] - Convert Wurstmeister Kafka image to Bitnami for Kafka-go by @ssingudasu in #1255

What's Changed

[DP-1901] - Convert Wurstmeister Kafka image to Bitnami for Kafka-go by @ssingudasu in #1255
Fix RetentionTime error in documentation default is -1 by @ivanvs in #1260
writer: use 'halve' instead of 'half' by @kevinburkesegment in #1273
fix typo by @su5kk in #1302
Makefile: use docker compose not docker-compose by @kevinburkesegment in #1309
Add ErrorType method to MessageTooLargeError by @AndrewShearBayer in #1311
Fixes some flaky tests in the build as well as the case when tests start before kafka is ready by @nachogiljaldo in #1349
example groupID case fix by @gam6itko in #1376
chore: fix flaky TestRebalanceTooManyConsumers by @petedannemann in #1380
Add title and description for FencedInstanceID by @jessekempf in #1370
docs: fix typos and comments by @KendrickLLMar in #1382
chore: test against kafka 3.7 and remove old versions of kafka from CI by @petedannemann in #1381
feat: Kafka 4.0 support by @maxwolf8852 in #1384

New Contributors

@ssingudasu made their first contribution in #1255
@ivanvs made their first contribution in #1260
@su5kk made their first contribution in #1302
@AndrewShearBayer made their first contribution in #1311
@nachogiljaldo made their first contribution in #1349
@gam6itko made their first contribution in #1376
@jessekempf made their first contribution in #1370
@KendrickLLMar made their first contribution in #1382
@maxwolf8852 made their first contribution in #1384

Full Changelog: v0.4.47...v0.4.48

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v0.4.48-0.20250506143910-ab448588c6f16 May 2025pre-release

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v0.4.48-0.20250109150520-a558bb8629a89 Jan 2025pre-release

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v0.4.48-0.20231213143340-0efa879e990f13 Dec 2023pre-release

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v0.4.4713 Dec 2023

Add RawProduce API by @apacker in #1233

What's Changed

Add RawProduce API by @apacker in #1233
fix: data race in roundrobin balancer by @petedannemann in #1251

New Contributors

@apacker made their first contribution in #1233

Full Changelog: v0.4.46...v0.4.47

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v0.4.4627 Nov 2023

Docs: Fix import error in Writer code example in README by @VMois in #1234

What's Changed

Docs: Fix import error in Writer code example in README by @VMois in #1234
Add Chunk Size to RR Balancer (Increased Batching Ability) by @erushing in #1232

New Contributors

@VMois made their first contribution in #1234
@erushing made their first contribution in #1232

Full Changelog: v0.4.45...v0.4.46

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v0.4.46-0.20231127215442-f568774a3f9827 Nov 2023pre-release

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v0.4.4530 Oct 2023

Changed AlterPartitionReassignments request to support multiple topics by @bgranvea in #1204

What's Changed

Changed AlterPartitionReassignments request to support multiple topics by @bgranvea in #1204
Implementation of ListPartitionReassignments API by @bgranvea in #1203
add methods for parsing and stringifying acl related resources by @petedannemann in #1218

Full Changelog: v0.4.44...v0.4.45

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v0.4.45-0.20231116164016-6c3c820896f716 Nov 2023pre-release

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v0.4.45-0.20231030174323-c6378c391a9730 Oct 2023pre-release

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v0.4.4412 Oct 2023

add context to ReadMessage errors by @mrkagelui in #1199

What's Changed

add context to ReadMessage errors by @mrkagelui in #1199
Fix writer code example by @rouzier in #1201
Fix config related stats for a default writer config by @sharpyfox in #1202
Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.7.0 to 0.17.0 by @dependabot in #1209

New Contributors

@mrkagelui made their first contribution in #1199
@rouzier made their first contribution in #1201
@sharpyfox made their first contribution in in #1202

Full Changelog: v0.4.43...v0.4.44

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v0.4.44-0.20231006172921-260dd5462cb96 Oct 2023pre-release

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v0.4.44-0.20231003155752-4eabe8b75a6b3 Oct 2023pre-release

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v0.4.44-0.20231002131610-efe02d6dba2c2 Oct 2023pre-release

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v0.4.4313 Sept 2023

run tests against unsafe tag as well by @rhansen2 in #1159

What's Changed

run tests against unsafe tag as well by @rhansen2 in #1159
offsetfetch request topics are now nullable by @amortezaei in #1162
Adds attempt number to log message when failing to write messages by @jcarter3 in #1165
support userscramcredentials apis by @petedannemann in #1168
Support describeacls by @petedannemann in #1166
Deleteacls support by @petedannemann in #1174

New Contributors

@amortezaei made their first contribution in #1162
@jcarter3 made their first contribution in #1165

Full Changelog: v0.4.42...v0.4.43

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v0.4.427 Jul 2023

Add float64 operations to reflect unsafe by @mhmtszr in #1158

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Add float64 operations to reflect unsafe by @mhmtszr in #1158

Full Changelog: v0.4.41...v0.4.42

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