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Omer van Kloeten updated KAFKA-8553: ------------------------------------ Attachment: (was: data-pipelines________code_data-pipelines__idea_pants-projects_a44ff4d5a7b47b280b58163799be5d1547316f03__-___Library_Preferences_IntelliJIdea2019_1_scratches_scratch_30_json.png) > Kafka Connect Schema Compatibility Checks for Name Changes > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-8553 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-8553 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Components: KafkaConnect > Reporter: Omer van Kloeten > Priority: Major > > {{SchemaProjector.checkMaybeCompatible}} checks whether the Connect schema is > compatible with another one. This is used for projection when using > {{schema.compatibility}}. > Unfortunately, nowhere is it documented that if you change the name of the > schema, this would break compatibility entirely. > For instance, the following two Avro schemas are fully compatible, but > Connect says they're not: > !data-pipelines________code_data-pipelines__idea_pants-projects_a44ff4d5a7b47b280b58163799be5d1547316f03__-___Library_Preferences_IntelliJIdea2019_1_scratches_scratch_30_json.png! > This is either the expected behavior and is not documented or unexpected > behavior and is a bug. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)