Release date 2025/07/03
Feature
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Added WebSocket support to the kafka-consume plugin for consuming Kafka messages.
Kafka Consume
Related Documentation
Made by
Kong Inc.
Supported Gateway Topologies
hybrid
db-less
traditional
Supported Konnect Deployments
hybrid
cloud-gateways
serverless
Compatible Protocols
grpc
grpcs
http
https
ws
wss
Minimum Version
Kong Gateway - 3.10
Related Resources
3.11.0.0
3.10.0.0
Release date 2025/03/27
Feature
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Added the
kafka-consumeplugin, which adds Kafka consumption capabilities to Kong.
Known Issues
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Kong Gateway allows you to configure the Kafka Consume plugin without authentication settings, but authentication must be configured for the plugin to work.
If authentication is not configured, or if the authentication strategy is missing, the plugin will fail with a generic authentication error.
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An error message appears in the logs about a missing cluster name, even when the name is specified.