Description
As of February 18, 2025, Confluent has updated the support policy for the self-managed connectors and connectors’ versions in Confluent Platform. In addition, Confluent has introduced support lifecycle phases for self-managed connectors and connectors’ versions. This update is to encourage customers to transition to the most up-to-date, secure and efficient version of the self-managed connector or other Confluent suggested alternatives.
Update 1:
The self-managed connectors in Confluent Platform will not support data systems or data systems’ versions that are no longer supported by their vendors. This policy becomes effective immediately once the data system or data systems’ version reaches its end of support (EOS) date. For example, if Oracle ends the support for Oracle Database release version 19c on December 31, 2032, the self-managed connectors in Confluent Platform will also end support for Oracle Database release version 19c on that same date.
Update 2:
Confluent has introduced support lifecycle phases for self-managed connectors and connectors’ versions in Confluent Platform.
- For self-managed connectors in Confluent Platform
The self-managed connectors in Confluent Platform have three lifecycle phases:
General availability: The connectors are in active development and fully supported.
Deprecated: The deprecated connector will no longer be in active development.
Note the following for the deprecated connectors:
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- Confluent will announce the deprecated connectors on the day of a Confluent Platform major or minor release.
- From the deprecation day, users are advised to migrate to the recommended connector before the deprecated connector reaches end of life (EOL). If you are on the standard support plan, you will receive support for 2 years from the deprecation date, allowing you that time frame to migrate. If you are on the platinum support plan, the support and migration period extends to 3 years.
- The connectors will be supported during this phase, and users can still access the connector documentation.
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End of Life (EOL): The deprecated connectors that reach the end of life are discontinued from the Confluent product and are no longer supported. The EOL of connector(s) is until the end of support of the respective Confluent Platform version (See Confluent Platform and Apache Kafka compatibility for Confluent Platform End of Support timeline). If you are on the standard support plan, you will get support for 2 years from the deprecation date and if you are on the platinum support plan, it would be 3 years. After the EOL date, note the following:
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- The deprecated connectors that reached the end of life will no longer be supported
- The deprecated connectors that reach the end of life will no longer be available for download via Confluent Hub.
- Connector documentation will be archived and no longer maintained.
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For self-managed connectors’ versions in Confluent Platform
Self-managed connectors’ versions have three lifecycle phases:
General availability: The connector versions are in active development and fully supported.
End of Support (EOS): Confluent stops supporting old versions of self-managed connectors in Confluent Platform. With each new major or minor release of the Confluent Platform, there will be a minimum version of self-managed connectors required for support. Only self-managed connectors at or above this version will be supported by Confluent.
End of Life (EOL): The connector versions that are not supported by any version of the Confluent Platform will be regarded as End of Life (EOL). On the day of EOL, the respective connector version will no longer be available for download via Confluent Hub.
Applies To
For self-managed connectors in Confluent Platform
The support policy update for self-managed connectors in Confluent Platform is effective immediately and applies to all the self-managed connectors.
For self-managed connectors’ versions in Confluent Platform:
The support policy update for self-managed connectors’ versions in Confluent Platform will come into effect from July 6, 2025, and applies to all self-managed connectors.
What do you need to do?
For self-managed connectors in Confluent Platform
The connectors listed here will be deprecated on the CP 7.9 release date (tentatively in March 2025). Whenever self-managed connectors are deprecated, Confluent strongly recommends that users migrate to a respective supported connector before the connector reaches the EOL date.
For self-managed connectors’ versions in Confluent Platform
Confluent strongly recommends that users migrate to the respective minimum supported version of the connector before July 6th, 2025 as specified in the page(s) below.
- Supported Connector Versions in Confluent Platform 7.9
- Supported Connector Versions till Confluent Platform 7.8
For more details, please refer to the Support policy for self-managed connectors.
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