This topic describes the release notes for Apache Flink engine versions, platform upgrades, and major changes on the platform and provides links to the relevant references.
Engine versions
Engine version (VVR) | Apache Flink version | GA (Release) | EOGS | EOFS | EOS | References |
8.0.5 | 1.17.2 | January 4, 2024 | January 4, 2025 | April 4, 2025 | July 4, 2025 | |
8.0.4 | 1.17.1 | November 27, 2023 | November 27, 2024 | February 27, 2025 | May 27, 2025 | |
8.0.3 | 1.17.1 | October 23, 2023 | October 23, 2024 | January 23, 2025 | April 23, 2025 | |
8.0.1 | 1.17.1 | August 21, 2023 | August 21, 2024 | November 21, 2024 | February 21, 2025 | |
6.0.7 | 1.15.4 | June 21, 2023 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | |
6.0.6 | 1.15.3 | April 13, 2023 | May 13, 2024 | August 13, 2024 | November 13, 2024 | |
6.0.5 | 1.15.3 | February 20, 2023 | March 20, 2024 | June 20, 2024 | September 20, 2024 | |
6.0.4 | 1.15.2 | December 26, 2022 | January 26, 2024 | April 26, 2024 | July 26, 2024 | |
6.0.3 | 1.15.2 | December 12, 2022 | January 12, 2024 | April 12, 2024 | July 12, 2024 | |
6.0.2 | 1.15.0 | September 19, 2022 | - | - | June 30, 2023 | |
4.0.18 | 1.13.3 | June 21, 2023 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | |
4.0.16 | 1.13.3 | November 9, 2022 | - | - | June 30, 2023 | |
4.0.15 | 1.13.3 | September 19, 2022 | - | - | June 30, 2023 | |
4.0.14 | 1.13.3 | August 18, 2022 | - | - | June 30, 2023 | |
4.0.13 | 1.13.3 | May 16, 2022 | June 10, 2023 | - | June 30, 2023 | |
4.0.12 | 1.13.3 | March 4, 2022 | March 10, 2023 | June 10, 2023 | June 30, 2023 | |
4.0.11 | 1.13.3 | December 16, 2021 | December 10, 2022 | March 10, 2023 | June 10, 2023 | |
4.0.10 | 1.13.1 | September 26, 2021 | September 10, 2022 | December 10, 2022 | March 10, 2023 | N/A |
4.0.8 | 1.13.1 | August 4, 2021 | September 10, 2022 | December 10, 2022 | March 10, 2023 |
For more information about engine versions, see Engine version.
For more information about the version mappings between the Change Data Capture (CDC) connectors for Apache Flink and VVR, see CDC connectors for Apache Flink.
If a VVR version has critical security or stability issues, we will shorten the RLP of the version to three months to avoid severe impact on business caused by this version, and notify the involved users by using the console of fully managed Flink or by sending announcements in a timely manner to upgrade the version.
Major changes on the platform
Start time | Major change | References |
March 7, 2024 | The following features are added: operator profiling, cross-zone high availability, batch authorization for members in a namespace, search of deployments based on IP addresses, and batch startup and cancellation of deployments. The monitoring service is provided free of charge. | |
December 7, 2023 | Features such as queue management, Workflows (public preview), and scripts are added. | |
October 23, 2023 | The automatic tuning capabilities are optimized. Multiple groups of scheduled strategies can be configured in a scheduled tuning plan. Field-level data lineage is supported for SQL deployments. Dynamic parameter updates are supported. You can log on to the Realtime Compute for Apache Flink console by using a RAM role, a member of a resource directory, or a CloudSSO user. | |
June 21, 2023 | Multiple common features on the platform are optimized, such as audit logs, access to Hive clusters that support Kerberos authentication, and monitoring and alerting. The display of specific pages and user experience on these pages are also optimized. | |
April 13, 2023 | Multiple common features on the platform are optimized. The first-level menus in the development console of Realtime Compute for Apache Flink and the process of draft development and deployment O&M are optimized to improve user experience and enhance the alerting capability. | |
December 12, 2022 | Error logs can be queried. You can select information in logs to query the related error in the development console of Realtime Compute for Apache Flink. | |
September 19, 2022 | New APIs are supported on the platform side to integrate the business of users. | |
May 16, 2022 | A built-in Alibaba Cloud documentation is provided. You can directly view the documentation in the development console of Realtime Compute for Apache Flink. Service notices are added to the Realtime Compute for Apache Flink console. This way, you can directly receive various notices including product updates. | |
March 4, 2022 | The ease of use for log viewing and configuration is improved, the Diagnosis tab is optimized, and the template center is added to the development console of Realtime Compute for Apache Flink. |
References
For more information about how to query the engine version of a deployment, see How do I query the engine version of Flink that is used by a deployment?
For more information about how to upgrade the engine version of a deployment, see Upgrade the engine version of deployments.
For more information about the product lifecycle policy (PLP) for Realtime Compute for Apache Flink and the runtime lifecycle policy (RLP) for the engine version of Realtime Compute for Apache Flink, see Lifecycle policies.
For more information about major changes or service notices of Realtime Compute for Apache Flink, see Service notices of Realtime Compute for Apache Flink. You can also log on to the Realtime Compute for Apache Flink console to view the information.
For more information about the enterprise-level state backend storage GeminiStateBackend and the performance comparison between GeminiStateBackend and RocksDBStateBackend, see GeminiStateBackend.