ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ new feature release list - ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ

This topic describes the new features, feature optimizations, important issue fixes, and related documentation for each release of ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ to help you stay up-to-date with the release history of ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ.

April 1, 2026

Feature category

Feature name

Description

Change type

References

High availability

Cross-zone synchronous replication

Dedicated instances of Serverless editions and Platinum Edition instances of non-Serverless editions (subscription and pay-as-you-go) now support synchronous data replication across zones. This feature improves data reliability and consistency in cross-zone scenarios.

New

Instance disaster recovery

Instance type

January 13, 2026

Feature category	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Available regions	Added support for the UAE (Dubai) and US (Atlanta) regions.	Changed	Available regions

October 27, 2025

Feature category	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Released the lightweight topic-based model	Added the lightweight topic-based model LiteTopic.	New	Lightweight topic-based model

October 16, 2025

Feature category	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Released rocketmq-client-golang v5.1.3	Added the PushConsumer consumption pattern. Added a graceful shutdown feature for PushConsumer. The consumer shuts down only after all messages in the cache queue are consumed. Added a configuration item for the request timeout period when sending messages. Removed unnecessary debug logs.	New	Version Guide

October 10, 2025

Feature category	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Changes to sales	Serverless instances are now available in the China (Hangzhou) region.	Changed	Available regions

September 23, 2025

Feature category	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Changes to Sales	The billing model for Serverless editions has changed. A new reserved + elastic mode and a new dedicated sub-edition are added. New purchases of Standard Edition and Professional Edition instances are no longer supported. For more information, see Differences in billing items between legacy Standard/Professional editions and new shared/dedicated editions of Serverless instances. The new billing model is available in the China (Zhangjiakou) region.	Changed	Available regions

September 11, 2025

Feature category	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Available regions	Added support for the Mexico region.	Changed	Available regions

July 30, 2025

Feature category	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Fault drills	You can simulate a zone failure by stopping and resuming services in a selected zone of an ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ instance. This helps you proactively identify and fix vulnerabilities in your service system. This ensures service stability during a real failure.	New	Fault drills

July 21, 2025

Instance edition

Feature name

Description

Change type

References

5.x instance editions

Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20250721-1.

New feature:

4.x clients can now send batch messages.

Improvements:

Rolling back an offset no longer resets the offset of the corresponding retry queue, preventing large-scale message redelivery.
For non-Serverless instances, the maximum name length is now 127 characters for Topics and 120 characters for ConsumerGroups.

New
Optimized

5.0-rmq-20250721-1

July 15, 2025

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20250715-4.	Optimizes performance for million-scale queues and upgrades the metadata storage architecture.	Optimized	5.0-rmq-20250715-4

June 9, 2025

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20250609-4.	Upgraded the metadata storage architecture, optimizing performance for million-scale queues.	Optimized	5.0-rmq-20250609-4

June 4, 2025

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20250604-1.	Optimized performance for million-scale queues and upgraded the metadata storage architecture.	Optimized	5.0-rmq-20250604-1

May 29, 2025

Feature category	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
SDK release	Python SDK rocketmq-python-client version 5.0.6 is released.	Fixed a signature error for OpenTelemetry (OT) trace data reporting in namespace mode. Fixed an issue with an incorrect setting synchronization epoch. Removed some unnecessary debug logs. SimpleConsumer now supports the configuration of `tls_enable`. Fixed an issue where `unsubscribe` would throw an exception.	Fixed	Version Guide Prerequisites Sample code

May 26, 2025

Instance edition

Feature name

Description

Change type

References

5.x instance editions

Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20250526-1.

New features:

Global Replicator now supports synchronization of advanced message types.

Optimizations:

For non-Serverless instances, the maximum name length for topics is increased to 127 characters and for consumer groups to 120 characters.
Optimized the gRPC consumer to reduce consumption latency caused by network exceptions.

Bug fixes:

Fixed an issue where queries by message key for messages in tiered storage failed in some cases.
Fixed an issue that caused intermittent data loss when reporting traces from open-source Remoting clients.
Fixed several consistency issues with RocksDB storage.

New
Optimized
Fixed

5.0-rmq-20250526-1

April 2, 2025

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Graceful shutdown	ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ now supports graceful shutdown. This feature resolves errors that occur when producers send messages during a service restart. For more information about the feature effects and version requirements, see the referenced document.	New	Graceful shutdown

January 2, 2025

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20250102-2.	Fixed an issue where a single broker would incorrectly apply throttling before the instance reached its throttling specification.	Fixed	5.0-rmq-20250102-2

December 10, 2024

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20241210-4.	Fixed an issue where consumption latency was not displayed on the runtime information tab of the Group details page.	Fixed	5.0-rmq-20241210-4

November 26, 2024

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20241126-2.	Fixed the consumption latency metric, which reported inaccurately high values in tag filtering scenarios. Fixed an issue where repeatedly refreshing the Group details page caused the subscription relationship to be incorrectly displayed as 'Not applicable' or to become inconsistent.	Optimized	5.0-rmq-20241126-2

November 21, 2024

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x-series instances	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20241121-1.	Platinum Edition now supports encryption at rest.	New	5.0-rmq-20241121-1

November 9, 2024

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Message disk encryption	ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ supports the disk encryption feature, where messages are encrypted when stored to further improve data security and privacy.	New	Message disk encryption

October 9, 2024

Feature category	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
SDK release	Remoting protocol Java SDK rocketmq-client version 5.3.1 is released.	Fixed an issue where message traces could be lost.	Fixed	Version Guide Prerequisites Sample code

September 23, 2024

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20240923-1.	Fixed the `gRPC pushconsumer renew` bug. Optimized dequeuing of scheduled messages to prevent consuming older messages.	Fixed	5.0-rmq-20240923-1

September 3, 2024

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
4.x instance editions 5.x instance editions	Global Replicator	Global Replicator synchronizes messages between ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ instances that are deployed in different regions within the same country. All instances in a Global Replicator group are independent and provide read and write services. Message data is synchronized between instances asynchronously.	New	Overview

August 30, 2024

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Serverless instances	Added Serverless instances. This instance type uses an elastic billing method based on the actual number of message sending and receiving requests.	New	Billing overview Billing of legacy Standard and Professional editions of Serverless instances

August 15, 2024

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20240815-2.	Reduces message consumption latency by improving SQL92 filtering performance.	Optimized	5.0-rmq-20240815-2

August 5, 2024

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20240805-1.	Optimized client-to-broker authentication.	Optimized	5.0-rmq-20240805-1

June 27, 2024

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
5.x instance editions	Server-side release of version 5.0-rmq-20240627-1.	Added support for ACL 2.0 and fixed a permission check issue for retry messages. Enabled deleting subscriptions in the console. Improved long polling performance for POP consumption with multiple subscription groups and tag filtering. Fixed several issues with querying message boundaries and improved the performance of cold-read tag filtering. Introduced isolation level semantics in the storage layer and fixed a bug that could cause message loss after a crash when synchronous disk flush is enabled. Fixed a concurrency issue at the two-hour boundary for scheduled messages.	Optimized	5.0-rmq-20240627-1

April 24, 2024

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Feature name

Description

Change type

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5.x instance editions

ACL access control

ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ supports access control using ACLs.

IP whitelist: Controls access to a specified ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ instance. Only clients in the whitelist can access the instance.
User authentication: Controls whether a client can connect to a specified ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ instance and whether the client has publish or subscribe permissions on a specified topic or group within the instance.

New

September 28, 2023

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
4.x instance editions	Commercial TCP Java ons-client 2.0.6.Final	Fixed security vulnerabilities in Logback and Guava.	Optimized	TCP Java SDK Version Guide

May 11, 2023

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
4.x instance editions	Topic import/export feature	You can export the list of topic resources from an instance and import it into another ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ instance. This lets you migrate topic source data across instances.	New	Topic import/export
4.x instance editions	Group import/export feature	You can export the list of group resources from an instance and import it into another ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ instance. This lets you migrate group source data across instances.	New	Group import/export

February 23, 2023

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
4.x instance editions	Commercial TCP Java ons-client 2.0.5.Final	Asynchronous logs are added. The waiting time for batch consumption cannot be specified. Some security vulnerabilities are fixed.	Optimized	TCP Java SDK Version Guide

February 6, 2023

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
4.x instance editions 5.x instance editions	Commercial TCP Java ons-client 1.8.8.8.Final	The modifiable configuration item `clientCloseSocketIfTimeout` is added to quickly close abnormal TCP connections.	Optimized	TCP Java SDK Version Guide

January 11, 2023

Instance edition	Feature name	Description	Change type	References
4.x instance editions	Added the OnsMessageDetail API.	Query the details of a specified message by its message ID.	New	Query message details
4.x series instances	Commercial HTTP PHP SDK v1.0.4	Fixed a parsing issue that occurred when the message body contained invalid characters.	Optimized	HTTP PHP SDK Version Guide
4.x instance editions 5.x instance editions	Commercial TCP Java ons-client 1.8.8.7.Final	Message traces are lost when multiple messages are consumed at a time. Some messages fail to be consumed because the maximum wait time is not configured when multiple messages are consumed at a time.	Optimized	TCP Java SDK Version Guide

Historical release notes

For historical release records, see Historical release notes.