Release 95.5: UI performance improvements

Factor House
April 10, 2026
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helm install --namespace factorhouse --create-namespace my-kpow factorhouse/kpow --version 1.0.78 \
--set env.LICENSE_ID="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001" \
--set env.LICENSE_CODE="KPOW_CREDIT" \
--set env.LICENSEE="Your Corp\, Inc." \
--set env.LICENSE_EXPIRY="2024-01-01" \
--set env.LICENSE_SIGNATURE="638......A51" \
--set env.BOOTSTRAP="127.0.0.1:9092\,127.0.0.1:9093\,127.0.0.1:9094" \
--set env.SECURITY_PROTOCOL="SASL_PLAINTEXT" \
--set env.SASL_MECHANISM="PLAIN" \
--set env.SASL_JAAS_CONFIG="org.apache.kafka.common.security.plain.PlainLoginModule required username=\"user\" password=\"secret\";"
--set env.LICENSE_CREDITS="7"

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Kpow can be downloaded and installed as a Java JAR file. This JAR is compatible with Java versions 17+.

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Kpow can be downloaded and installed as a Java JAR file. This JAR is compatible with Java versions 17+.

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95.5 is a minor bugfix release focusing on UI performance and resolving some regressions introduced by Kpow 95.4.

Revert Kafka client libraries

95.4 updated our dependency on the Kafka clients library to 4.1.1. Some customers have reported that upgrading to 95.5 resulted in being unable to authenticate to their Kafka cluster with OAuth.

This is an open bug in Kafka that was reported in KAFKA-20184. We have reverted our dependency on the Kafka clients library back to 4.0.0 until this gets resolved.

Major UI performance overhaul

Table rendering is up to 50x faster on large 100k+ row datasets such as topic partitions and group member assignments.

The performance gains come from overhauling how we compute UI data by using better sorting algorithms, deferring computation until it is actually required by the UI, and employing smarter rendering strategies.

Release v95.5 Changelog

Kpow

Added

  • Added a new "Snapshot age" table in the admin performance UI to better debug Kpow's internal compute

Fixed

  • Fixed regression in Kafka OAuth authentication

Changed

  • Improved logging around internal observation and materialization for better debugging
  • Improve UI performance for large Kafka deployments
  • Revert base Docker image of main tag back to Java17 from Java21
Release 95.5: UI performance improvements

95.5 is a minor bugfix release focusing on UI performance and resolving some regressions introduced by Kpow 95.4.

Release 95.4: Concurrent data inspect, Strimzi support, and consumer group improvements

Kpow 95.4 introduces concurrent data inspect queries, Strimzi support, and improved consumer group management and monitoring.

Release 95.3: Memory leak fix for in-memory compute users

95.3 fixes a memory leak in our in-memory compute implementation, reported by our customers.

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