Track storage costs and query Kafka with AI

Track storage and partition costs with Chargeback

Chargeback now tracks storage (byte-hours) and partitions (partition-hours), the two dominant cost drivers in modern Kafka deployments, where data volume and partition count often outpace throughput. You can attribute costs per topic, view daily or monthly aggregates, apply cluster-specific rates, and filter by total, storage-only, or partition-only spend. All of this works directly with Console’s metadata indexer—no Gateway required.

Query Kafka clusters through AI assistants

Console exposes Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools for AI assistants. These tools provide access to clusters, topics, schemas, consumer groups, and Insights data.

Monitor Console usage and license utilization

Track active users, self-service applications, access requests, partner zones, and shared topics across three time periods: last 30 days, current month, and last 12 months. Includes monthly trends and CSV export.

Detect data loss risk from ISR configuration

Insights now factors in both replication factor and min.insync.replicas when assessing data loss risk, not just replication factor alone.

Encrypt Kafka messages with Fortanix KMS

Gateway supports field-level and full payload encryption using Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) for key management.

For a full list of changes, read the complete release notes.