Application view, self-service policies, and topic-level lag alerts

Find applications and see their data flows

A centralized application view shows the applications you own or depend on, who's responsible, and how applications connect (two degrees of data flow visibility). Drill into any app to see Kafka resources, access rights, and recent changes.

Enforce naming conventions and permission rules

Platform teams can now impose guardrails on how application teams manage resources:

• Enforce naming conventions
• Lock Create/Delete permissions
• Require metadata and external ticket references
• Prevent individual user permissions (group-based only)

Alert on consumer group lag per topic

Consumer group lag alerts can now target a specific topic. When multiple teams share the same consumer group, topic-scoped alerts pinpoint which topic is slow.

Export user activity timestamps for PCI-DSS compliance

Console exposes each user's last activity timestamp via the API. PCI-DSS Requirement 8.1.4 requires removing inactive accounts within 90 days; this enables automated cleanup workflows.

Filter connectors by label

Display and filter connectors by labels: ownership, environment, data domain. Turn a cluttered connector list into an organized, searchable view.

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