davidradl commented on code in PR #839: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink-web/pull/839#discussion_r3080523223
########## docs/content/posts/2026-04-13-community-update.md: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,177 @@ +--- +authors: +- jlpayne72: null + name: Julian Payne +date: "2026-04-13T08:00:00Z" +excerpt: Flink Community update for April 2026 +title: Flink Community update for April 2026 +aliases: +- /news/2026/04/13/community-update.html +--- + +This is the monthly Flink Community update for April 2026. We scour the latest updates from the Flink community so you don't have to! +We'll dive into a few hot topics and FLIPs (Flink Improvement Proposals) before providing the usual almanac-style listing of technical updates, user-facing updates, and governance and community. +<!--more--> + +<!-- TOC --> + * [Hot Topics](#hot-topics) + * [Apache Flink 2.3 Release Draws Nearer](#apache-flink-23-release-draws-nearer) + * [Flink CDC 3.6.0 Release](#flink-cdc-360-release) + * [Flink Documentation Re-structure](#flink-documentation-re-structure) + * [Flink Native S3 FileSystem Connector](#flink-native-s3-filesystem-connector) + * [Developer/Technical Updates](#developertechnical-updates) + * [Table API & SQL](#table-api--sql) + * [Runtime & Execution](#runtime--execution) + * [Checkpointing & State](#checkpointing--state) + * [Metrics & Observability](#metrics--observability) + * [Python & Multi-language Support](#python--multi-language-support) + * [User-Facing Updates](#user-facing-updates) + * [Apache Flink CDC 3.6.0 Release](#apache-flink-cdc-360-release-1) + * [Apache Flink Agents 0.2.1 Release](#apache-flink-agents-021-release) + * [Documentation](#documentation) + * [Governance and Community](#governance-and-community) + * [FLIP Activity](#flip-activity) + * [Accepted - being implemented](#accepted---being-implemented) + * [Being discussed](#being-discussed) + * [Apache Flink Dev List activity](#apache-flink-dev-list-activity) + * [For more information](#for-more-information) +<!-- TOC --> + +Previous Blog: [Flink community update March 2026](https://flink.apache.org/2026/03/01/flink-community-update-for-march-2026/) + +## Hot Topics + +### Apache Flink 2.3 Release Draws Nearer + +Four months after the release of Flink 2.2 (December 4th 2025), we are hotly anticipating the release of Flink 2.3. +The code freeze for Apache Flink 2.3 was invoked on April 14th and at time of writing we anticipate the version to be launched toward the end of April 2026. +The release will be subject to its own launch notices and blog, which we will not repeat here. Needless to say we're excited as the release scope includes important updates to Materialized Tables for Flink SQL, OTel gRPC exporter and watermark alignment for backlogged jobs in Runtime, and in Connectors, an update to the S3 Filesink connector. Review Comment: detailing the current issues and or the value of watermark alignment for backlogged jobs would be a good way to get people interested and know either it is relevant to them. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
