davidradl commented on code in PR #825: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink-web/pull/825#discussion_r2783044530
########## docs/content/posts/2026-02-01-community-update.md: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ +--- +authors: +- davidrad: null + name: David Radley +date: "2026-02-02T08:00:00Z" +excerpt: Flink Community update for February 2026 +title: Flink Community Update - February'26 +aliases: +- /news/2026/02/02/community-update.html +--- + +# Flink Community update for February 2026 + +<!-- TOC --> +* [Flink Community update for February 2026](#flink-community-update-for-february-2026) + * [Bringing us up to date - a brief summary of what has happened in Flink since 2020 up to end of 2025.](#bringing-us-up-to-date---a-brief-summary-of-what-has-happened-in-flink-since-2020-up-to-end-of-2025) + * [January 2026 overview](#january-2026-overview) + * [Flink related Blogs](#flink-related-blogs) + * [Summary of Apache Flink Dev List (covering January 2026)](#summary-of-apache-flink-dev-list-covering-january-2026) + * [Key Themes](#key-themes) + * [Community Announcements](#community-announcements) + * [Active FLIPs](#active-flips) + * [Kubernetes Operator 1.14.0 Release](#kubernetes-operator-1140-release) + * [For more information](#for-more-information) +<!-- TOC --> + +Previous Blog : +[https://flink.apache.org/2020/09/04/flink-community-update-august20/](https://flink.apache.org/2020/09/04/flink-community-update-august20/) + +After a [gap](https://flink.apache.org/2020/09/04/flink-community-update-august20/), the Community update is back for February 2026! The intention going forward is that we will look to produce a monthly blog, that will +highlight what has occurred in the community over the previous month. This will include new PMC and committers, any interesting blogs, new releases, active FLIPs and +a view of the themes in the dev list from the previous month. +<p> + +## Bringing us up to date - a brief summary of what has happened in Flink since 2020 up to end of 2025. +Since 2020, the Flink community has been very busy. Here is a flavour of what has improved. + +* added many new connectors, moved out to their own repositories - increasing the reach of Flink flows. +* added canonical state, a unified the binary format of savepoints across different state backends, then a further more performant refinement in the native form. +* benefited from newer Calcite levels - the [latest one](https://calcite.apache.org/news/2023/11/10/release-1.36.0/) Flink has adopted brings in support for nullables in nested objects. +* introduced Change Data Capture - with a new easy way to define simple flows. +* introduced kubernetes Operator support - making Flink enterprise ready. +* added support for AI capabilities - enriching flows so they benefit from AI. +* new DataStream API V2 - new simpler datastream API. +* new Flink SQL gateway - a more flexible way of submitting SQL. +* released Flink v2, with disaggregated state, materialized tables, PTFs, support for more up to date JAVA levels and removing deprecated APIs. +<p> Review Comment: @rmetzger what does FKO mean? -- 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]
