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Release 93.4: Protobuf, Light Mode, and Community
This minor version release from Factor House improves protobuf rendering, sharpens light-mode, simplifies community edition setup, resolves a number of small bugs, and bumps Kafka client dependencies to v3.7.0.

Release 93.3: Confluent Schema References
Introducing full support for schema references in Confluent Schema Registry. With this new release you can now create and edit AVRO, JSONSchema, and Protobuf schema with references, as well as consume and produce messages with those schema.

Introducing Kpow's new API
With our new API, you can now leverage Kpow's capabilities directly from your own tools and platforms, opening up a whole new range of possibilities for integrating Kpow into your existing workflows. Whether you're managing topics, consumer groups, or monitoring Kafka clusters, our API provides a seamless experience that mirrors the functionality of our user interface.

Release 93.2: Introducing Connector Auto-Restart
Kpow can now auto restart connectors when they fail. Read on to learn how to make connectors more reliable.

Release 92.4: Kpow WCAG 2.1 AA Accessibility Compliance
Our mission at Factor House is to empower every engineer in the streaming tech space with superb tooling. We are pleased to report that Kpow for Apache Kafka is now compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines and has an independently audited Voluntary Product Accessiblity Template (VPAT) report.

Release 93.1: Kpow OpenAPI 3.1 Kafka API
Kpow now offers a secure, vendor-agnostic OpenAPI 3.1 REST API for managing Kafka, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry resources. Read on to learn how to integrate Kpow with your product or GitOps pipeline using Kpow's new REST API modules.
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