Versions and Interoperability for Confluent Manager for Apache Flink

The following tables list Confluent Platform for Apache Flink® compatibility and requirements.

Confluent Platform

Confluent Manager for Apache Flink®

Apache Flink®

Apache Flink® Kubernetes Operator

Release Date

Standard End of Support

Platinum End of Support

8.0.x

2.0.X

1.18.x, 1.19.x, 1.20.x

1.12.x

June 24, 2025

June 24, 2027

June 24, 2028

7.9.x

1.1.x

1.18.x, 1.19.x, 1.20.x

1.10.x

February 19, 2025

February 19, 2027

February 19, 2028

7.8.x

1.0.x

1.18.x, 1.19.x, 1.20.x

1.10.x

December 2, 2024

December 2, 2026

December 2, 2027

7.7.x

N/A

1.18.x, 1.19.x

1.8.x

July 26, 2024

N/A

July 26, 2027 for select customers only

Note the following:

  • Standard support means any support level below Platinum support. For example, if you have Gold support, you have Standard support.

  • The end of support date applies to minor versions and any maintenance versions that come after the minor version. This means that maintenance versions follow the same lifecycle of the minor version.

Confluent Platform for Apache Flink has the following operational requirements:

Apache Flink® version

Confluent Platform versions

Java versions

Kubernetes version

OpenShift version

1.20

7.8.x - 8.0.x

11, 17

1.25 - 1.33

4.12 - 4.17

1.19

7.7.x - 8.0.x

11, 17

1.25 - 1.33

4.12 - 4.17

1.18

7.7.x - 8.0.x

11, 17

1.25 - 1.33

4.12 - 4.17