Blink has entered the product convergence period. This page records all historical service notices, including version updates, feature changes, and maintenance windows.
Blink exclusive mode is no longer available for new purchases as of April 28, 2021. For current product editions, see Product editions. For the full Blink archive, download the Blink Exclusive Mode (Phased-Out for Alibaba Cloud).pdf) PDF.
Product status
| Edition | Status | Allowed actions |
|---|---|---|
| Exclusive mode | No longer available for new purchases (since April 28, 2021) | Scale out, scale in, or renew existing projects |
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April 28, 2021: Exclusive mode no longer available for new purchases
Realtime Compute for Apache Flink in exclusive mode is no longer available for new purchases. Existing exclusive mode projects can still be scaled out, scaled in, or renewed.
Before November 2021: Update deployments using old RocketMQ endpoints
The old endpoints of Message Queue for Apache RocketMQ will become unavailable in November 2021. Deployments that still use the old endpoints may experience instability.
Update your deployments before November 2021 to avoid service impact. See the update announcement for instructions.
Usage notes
The Message Queue for Apache RocketMQ product team guarantees that the old endpoints remain effective before November 2021. However, the stability of deployments using the old endpoints may still be affected.
Updating a deployment's version causes its state to change. Schedule the update during a low-traffic period to minimize disruption.
After November 1, 2021, the Realtime Compute for Apache Flink team will no longer maintain or support deployments that use the old RocketMQ endpoints.
August 10–11, 2020: Maintenance window — China (Hangzhou), exclusive mode
Window: 21:00 August 10 to 02:00 August 11, 2020 (UTC+8)
Realtime Compute for Apache Flink in exclusive mode in the China (Hangzhou) region is updated. Running jobs are not interrupted, but cluster creation, scale-out, and scale-in operations are unavailable during the window.
April 28–29, 2020: Maintenance window — China (Shanghai), exclusive mode
Window: 21:00 April 28 to 02:00 April 29, 2020 (UTC+8)
Realtime Compute for Apache Flink in exclusive mode in the China (Shanghai) region is updated. Running jobs are not interrupted, but scale-out and scale-in operations are unavailable during the window.
April 20–22, 2020: Storage service update — China (Shanghai) and China (Shenzhen), shared mode
The storage service for Realtime Compute for Apache Flink in shared mode in the China (Shanghai) and China (Shenzhen) regions is updated. The update improves service stability and does not affect most deployments.
Potential impact
In rare cases, deployments running Blink 3.2 or Blink 3.3 may fail and then automatically recover during the update.
August 27, 2019: Configurations tab added to the Development page
The Configurations tab is now available on the right side of the Development page in the Realtime Compute for Apache Flink console. Resource configuration links have been removed from the Basic Properties tab.
May 30, 2019: New features in versions later than V3.0.0
The following features are available in Realtime Compute for Apache Flink versions later than V3.0.0:
Overview
Metrics
Timeline
Properties and parameters
January 24, 2019: Blink 2.2.7 released
Blink 2.2.7 includes updates to the following components:
SQL
Connector
Runtime
StateBackend