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What's new in Streams Messaging Manager

Learn about the new features of Streams Messaging Manager (SMM) in Cloudera Runtime 7.3.1.

Validation for duplicate property keys in Kafka Connect connector configuration

When validating Kafka Connect connector configurations, a warning is displayed if the configuration contains duplicate property keys. Duplicate property keys are highlighted with orange. The form can still be validated with the warnings present, but if there are duplicates, you are notified that only the value of the last occurrence is used.

Search supports regular expressions

The search component on the Topics, Brokers, Consumers, Producers page can now perform a regexp search.

Visual clue when restarting on Kafka Connect

When clicking restart on Kafka Connect tasks or connectors, a loading circle is displayed in case of synchronous calls. The loading circle disappears once a response is received. For asynchronous calls, a pop-up is displayed, stating that the task or connector is restarted.

UX improvements

  • Fixed text overflow in the side panel column headers
  • Listing page table headers are now sticky of the nested table headers
  • Listing page table styling has been improved for readability
  • Filter selector drop-downs are now styled consistently
  • Sidebar menu pop-ups are no longer hidden under tables
  • Class names on the Kafka Connect popup are now wrapped into the containing pop-ups
  • The password field is no longer obfuscated when using a file provider as a password
  • Fixed the alignment of values on the Connector metrics page
  • Source and sink connectors are now separate tabs on the connector creation modal
  • Fixed visual issues on the topic creation modal
  • Increased consistency in element contrast and text style throughout the UI
  • Active and Inactive statuses now have high contrast
  • The expand icon is now consistent throughout the UI

Expand security-related headers set by SMM

The following security related headers were added to SMM UI endpoints:

  • Referrer-Policy
  • Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy
  • Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy
  • Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy

SMM uses trusted proxy authentication when connecting to Schema Registry

You can only interact with schemas through SMM if the necessary Ranger policies are set up for Schema Registry. For SMM UI, you must have the correct permissions to check messages deserialized with Avro on Data Explorer.