Today, we're excited to announce the release of Confluent Platform 8.2, which builds on Apache Kafka 4.2! This release extends and simplifies what you can do with Apache Kafka and Apache Flink, whether that’s handling task queues natively with Apache Kafka 4.2, processing streams easily with Flink SQL, or managing cluster migration, upgrades, or disaster recovery without the usual operational pain. The release highlights are below, and additional details about the features are in the release notes.