Aiven for OpenSearch® now supports the ML Commons plugin that lets you run machine learning inference within your cluster. You can generate embeddings, rerank search results, and integrate language models using an OpenSearch-provided pretrained model deployed on your cluster, or an externally hosted model accessed through a remote connector.Learn more in ML Commons for Aiven for OpenSearch® and En…
Aiven Console now lets you select multiple organization users and application users to manage them. Choose users to remove, delete, deactivate, or reactivate all at once instead of performing these actions one at a time.Learn more about managing organization users in the Aiven documentation.
Aiven for Apache Kafka® Connect now supports this Iceberg sink connector release. The update includes security fixes.Changes include:Drops support for Java 11.Adds support for the VARIANT type when converting records.For configuration instructions, see Create an Iceberg sink connector for Aiven for Apache Kafka®.For more information, see the Apache Iceberg 1.11.0 release notes.
Aiven for Apache Kafka® Connect now supports Iceberg sink connector version 1.10.2. This version includes bug fixes and security fixes.For configuration instructions, see Create an Iceberg sink connector for Aiven for Apache Kafka®.For more information about the changes in this version, see the Apache Iceberg 1.10.2 release notes.
TimescaleDB extension version 2.30.1 is now available for Aiven for PostgreSQL®. This release introduces performance improvements and bug fixes. Upgrade to 2.30.1 at your earliest convenience to make sure you use the most robust and secure version available.For details on all TimescaleDB releases, see the release notes.
Aiven for Apache Kafka® Connect now supports Google Cloud Storage sink connector version 3.4.3.1. The improvements focus on reliability and performance:Introduces resumable uploads for improved performance on file transfers.Reduces memory usage during uploads.For configuration instructions, see Create a sink connector from Apache Kafka® to Google Cloud Storage. For the complete release history, se…
With Aiven Runtime you can deploy and run applications from source code in a GitHub repository directly in your Aiven projects. Host your applications right where you data is, and seamlessly integrate with Aiven for Apache Kafka®, Aiven for PostgreSQL®, Aiven for OpenSearch®, and Aiven for Valkey™ services. The Aiven Platform automatically handles the underlying networking, and container orchestra…
Aiven for DataHub brings all your data into a single catalog, so you can find, understand, and govern your data in one place. Aiven handles the infrastructure management, and simplifies the process of connecting your existing Aiven services. There’s no per-user licensing and you can add an unlimited number of users to your DataHub service.Other key features include:Data discovery: Search across da…
This release brings MySQL-style grants to more service user resources, and expands OpenTelemetry and Valkey configuration options.Highlights for this release:Aiven for Kafka, MySQL, OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, and Valkey user resources and data sources now expose a mysql_grants field for managing MySQL grants on the service user.New OpenTelemetry integration endpoint options, filter_measurements and o…
This release adds automated credential rotation, along with several smaller reliability and configuration improvements.You no longer need to rotate service user passwords manually. With the newServiceUserRotation kind, you can manage a rotating pool of service users behind a stable connection Secret. Credentials can be rotated without disrupting dependent workloads.Other updates include:Relaxed th…
You can now allow AWS PrivateLink connections from AWS regions other than your service's own region. This feature is in limited availability.Allow cross-region connections for your AWS PrivateLink service using the Aiven CLI, API, or Terraform, including services deployed with bring your own cloud (BYOC).You can also connect to your Google Private Service Connect endpoint from other regions by ena…
Aiven for PostgreSQL® now offers TimescaleDB extension version 2.30.0. This release introduces performance improvements and bug fixes. Upgrade to 2.30.0 at your earliest convenience to make sure you use the most robust and secure version available.For details on all TimescaleDB releases, see the release notes.Learn moreUse TimescaleDB with Aiven for PostgreSQL®Upgrade Aiven for PostgreSQLList of P…
Karapace version 6.2.3 is now available for Aiven for Apache Kafka®. The REST Proxy now supports Kafka message headers and can authenticate to Schema Registry using both JWT and basic authentication. This version also fixes a Protobuf parsing issue.For more information, see the Karapace 6.2.3 release notes.
If you upgraded an Aiven for Apache Kafka® service from Kafka 3.x to 4.x, stale broker or controller registrations could prevent metadata.version from being finalized. This could block access to Kafka 4.x features even after the upgrade completed.To resolve the issue, apply the Unblock the finalization of Apache Kafka 4.x upgrade for clusters with stale controller registrations update, available f…
Aiven has added three project-level roles so you can grant access with least privilege: project admin, project manager, and project read access.Project managerThe project manager (role:project:manager) is for day-to-day project operations. This role can view and manage services, their configuration, and key project configuration like permissions and integrations. It replaces the operator role and…
Aiven’s new platform event logs consolidates all logs for an organization, its units, and projects. You can now view all events across your organization in one place, with events including information on the action, user, date and time, and target resource. Filter by user, organizational unit, project, service, billing group, and time range to keep track of changes, investigate incidents, and supp…
Aiven for Apache Kafka® Connect now supports version 2.15.0 of the BigQuery sink connector. This version improves connector reliability:Automatically retries 404 Not found: Dataset errors during streaming inserts.Automatically retries 400 jobBackendError errors during merge queries.For configuration instructions, see Create a sink connector from Apache Kafka® to Google BigQuery. For the complete r…
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region ap-singapore-2 (Singapore West) is now supported on the Aiven Platform.See all the supported OCI regions in the documentation.The OCI regions support is a limited availability feature. For more information or access, contact your account team.See the documentation for all cloud providers and regions supported on the Aiven Platform.
You can now use OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect (OIDC) bearer tokens to authenticate requests to Karapace Schema Registry on Aiven for Apache Kafka®. Schema Registry validates JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) using the same OIDC provider settings as Apache Kafka.You can also enable role-based authorization to control Schema Registry operations based on roles in the JWT. Enabling JWT authentication does not disable…
Aiven for ClickHouse® 26.3, a long-term support (LTS) release, is now generally available. You can select version 26.3 when you create a service or upgrade an existing service from version 25.8.Version 25.8 remains the default for new services, and existing services are not upgraded automatically. If your service runs version 25.3, upgrade to version 25.8 before upgrading to version 26.3. Direct u…
This release adds new configuration options across several services and promotes beta VPC peering resources to general availability.Highlights for this release:Aiven for Kafka, MySQL, OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, and Valkey user resources now expose a password_encryption_type field showing the hashing algorithm used for the stored password.Aiven for Kafka Schema Registry supports OAuth2/OIDC authentica…
Aiven now supports Microsoft Azure as a self-service cloud provider for bring your own cloud (BYOC). You can create custom clouds on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure through the Aiven Console or with the Aiven CLI. Azure supports two deployment models: private, with a bastion host proxying traffic to privately addressed workload nodes, and public, with service VMs directly accessible from th…
This version includes improvements to the DataHub UI, new connectors, updates to search, and connector improvements.There are 7 new ingestion sources, including Cube, AWS Kinesis, Open Data Contract Standard, SAP Datasphere and Document DB platform. The UI has a new metrics home and sidebar experience, and first-class metric and semanticModel entities with dedicated pages. It’s also now possible t…
Aiven is moving to a consistent secret redaction policy across all its APIs. Starting 1 March 2027, service user passwords, service user_config fields, and integration endpoint secrets in API responses will be redacted by default.This change ensures a more secure and consistent platform experience for all users. The following endpoints are impacted by this change. Their responses redact secrets by…
Organization admins can now restrict all MCP connections in their organization to read-only operations. MCP clients such as Cursor and Claude Code can view services and other resources, but cannot create, modify, or delete them.The restriction applies to all MCP connections in the organization. Users cannot override it in their client configuration. To restrict MCP connections to read-only operati…
The OpenSearch® sink connector has been upgraded to version 3.2.0. You can now configure the connector to write directly to an existing OpenSearch index, index alias, or data stream instead of creating a new index for each Kafka topic.For setup instructions, see Create an OpenSearch sink connector. For more information about the release, see the connector release notes.
You can set which Karapace version your Aiven for Apache Kafka® service runs, so you can test compatibility, control upgrades, or roll back to a supported version. If you do not set a version, the service uses the latest Karapace version available through maintenance updates.Set karapace_version in the Aiven Console, Aiven CLI, or Aiven API. For more information, see Set the Karapace version.
TimescaleDB extension version 2.29.2 is now available for Aiven for PostgreSQL®. This release introduces performance improvements and bug fixes. Upgrade to 2.29.2 at your earliest convenience to make sure you use the most robust and secure version available.For details on all TimescaleDB releases, see the release notes.
Aiven for PostgreSQL® has been upgraded to latest minor versions 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24, which contain a variety of fixes to previous versions. Removing bugs and security vulnerabilities increases database performance, improves service availability, and helps ensure business continuity. Existing instances will be scheduled for a rolling upgrade as part of our standard maintenance cyc…
The view project audit logs permission, project:audit_logs:read, is deprecated and will be sunset on 30 October 2026.It has been replaced by the new project:event_logs:read permission. This permission grants the same access to the GET /v1/project/{project}/events endpoint.What you need to doUse the new permission when granting access to users and groups. Aiven also recommends migrating existing pr…