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…
The Aiven Platform now supports OVH SYD1 (Asia Pacific, Australia: Sydney) cloud region. This enables you to create Aiven-managed services closer to your users in this area for improved latency and compliance.For the complete list of available cloud regions, see the list of clouds documentation.
The new billing reports help your teams slice organization-wide spend without exporting invoices or checking costs service by service.Current month at a glance: View total costs, billable services, and support charges.Cost explorer: Filter by billing group, cloud provider, project, service name, or service type, pick a time range, and see the total cost and applied credits.Cost trends: See how you…
Karapace 6.2.2 expands Schema Registry compatibility and improves reliability and performance.NewSchema Registry now supports JSON Schema drafts 2019-09 and 2020-12 for validation, storage, and compatibility checks. The unevaluatedProperties, $dynamicRef, $recursiveRef, and $vocabulary keywords are not yet supported.FixedSchema Registry could remain unavailable when the _schemas topic was replicat…
Karapace 6.2.1 improves performance, security, and reliability for your clusters.If you use Protobuf schemas with map<K,V> fields in Schema Registry, this release fixes an issue where binary serialization and deserialization didn't preserve the underlying map_entry representation.This release also updates the protobuf and confluent-kafka-py dependencies for Schema Registry and Kafka REST proxy.For…
Aiven is retiring the Hobbyist plan for Aiven for OpenSearch®. From July 31, 2026, new customers cannot create Hobbyist services. Projects already running a Hobbyist service keep full access: existing services continue to run, and you can still create new Hobbyist services in those projects until further notice.We are making this change to improve the overall product experience. The current techni…
We are excited to announce that PostgreSQL 18 is now the default version for all new Aiven for PostgreSQL® services.What this means for you:New services: When creating a new Aiven for PostgreSQL service, the platform will now automatically select version 18 as the default.Existing services: Your currently running services on versions other than 18 remain unaffected and will continue to operate nor…
This release adds support for new service configuration and integration options, while improving day-to-day Terraform stability. Highlights for this release:Organization user groups are easier to manage. Group name and description can now be updated in place instead of forcing resource recreation.PostgreSQL database reads are more reliable for services with larger database lists through pagination…
Aiven for ClickHouse 26.3 LTS is available in Early Availability. You can use it for new services or upgrade an existing service from version 25.8.This release enables asynchronous inserts by default, makes full-text search generally available, introduces materialized common table expressions (CTEs), improves Map lookup performance, and includes upstream changes from versions 25.9 through 26.3.Bef…
Aiven MCP is now generally available. It connects supported AI assistants to the Aiven platform so you can explore and manage your Aiven projects and services using natural language.With Aiven MCP, you can:View projects, services, integrations, plans, cloud regions, and service status.Create and manage supported Aiven services.Review service metrics, logs, and configuration.Find information from t…
Aiven for OpenSearch® now supports hot/warm data tiering on custom plans. This feature is in limited availability; contact Aiven to request access.Clusters with tiered storage run two groups of data nodes: hot nodes on fast storage for active data, and warm nodes on larger, lower-cost storage for older data that is queried less often. Index State Management (ISM) policies automate the full lifecyc…
We’ve added support for Valkey 9.1, a release focused on new features and improvements for security, observability, performance, efficiency, and tooling.Key highlightsSecurity: database-level ACLs, Lua moved to a module, TLS improvementsObservability: main/IO thread usage metrics, JSON loggingPerformance: new IO threading model, faster streams/sorted sets/GETsEfficiency: reduced memory for strings…