Release 95.2: quality-of-life improvements across Kpow, Flex & Helm deployments

Factor House
January 12, 2026
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Kpow can be found on Dockerhub

docker pull factorhouse/kpow:95.2

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Helm version: 1.0.74

helm repo add factorhouse https://charts.factorhouse.io
helm repo update
helm install --namespace factorhouse --create-namespace my-kpow factorhouse/kpow --version 1.0.74 \
--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 11+.

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95.2 focuses on refinement and operability, with improvements across the UI, consumer group workflows, and deployment configuration. Alongside bug fixes and usability improvements, this release adds new Helm options for configuring the API and controlling service account credential automounting.

Release v95.2 Changelog

Kpow v95.2

Added
  • Support for simple consumer group offset management
Changed
  • Update heatmap UI component state colour palette
  • Prometheus egress: support the env field for all resource types (ksqlDB, Connect, Schema, Flink, etc)
  • Helm: add API configuration options and a new flag to control automatic mounting of service account API credentials (default: false) (Kubernetes docs).
Fixed
  • Fixed a bug in the consumer group UI where Empty consumers were not appearing in the Topic dimension
  • Fixed advanced filters in the consumer groups UI by dimension
  • Data inspect: fix regression handling results with deserializaiton errors

Flex v95.2

Changed
  • Update heatmap UI component state colour palette
  • Add chart/configuration to Job state in Home & Jobs
  • Prometheus egress: support the env field for all resource types (ksqlDB, Connect, Schema, Flink, etc)
  • Helm: add API configuration options and a new flag to control automatic mounting of service account API credentials (default: false) (Kubernetes docs).

Release 95.2: quality-of-life improvements across Kpow, Flex & Helm deployments

95.2 focuses on refinement and operability, with improvements across the UI, consumer group workflows, and deployment configuration. Alongside bug fixes and usability improvements, this release adds new Helm options for configuring the API and controlling service account credential automounting.

Release 95.1: A unified experience across product, web, docs and licensing

95.1 delivers a cohesive experience across Factor House products, licensing, and brand. This release introduces our new license portal, refreshed company-wide branding, a unified Community License for Kpow and Flex, and a series of performance, accessibility, and schema-related improvements.

Release 94.6: Factor Platform, Ververica Integration, and kJQ Enhancements

The first Factor Platform release candidate is here, a major milestone toward a unified control plane for real-time data streaming technologies. This release also introduces Ververica Platform integration in Flex, plus support for Kafka Clients 4.1 / Confluent 8.0.0 and new kJQ operators for richer stream inspection.

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