spring-kafka v4.1.0-RC1

:star: New Features

• Add AcknowledgementCommitCallback support for async share consumer commits #4380
• Introduce ShareAckMode enum for share consumers #4376
• Expose group.protocol configuration for Kafka Streams server-side rebalance (KIP-1071) #4329
• Expose native Kafka Streams DLQ configuration (KIP-1034) #4328
• Add stop and failure lifecycle events to share consumer container #4327
• Verify share.acquire.mode (KIP-1206) works through Spring’s config model #4326
• Add async commit option to share consumer container #4324

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• Fix immutability StreamsBuilderFactory properties #4382
• Async Processing (and out of order commits) with FilteringMessageListenerAdapter #4377
• ShareKafkaMessageListenerContainer.doStart() does not await consumer thread startup #4357
• Missing JSpecify @Nullable annotation for consumer & producer factories #4355

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Improve description of messageListener in container properties documentation #4417

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Bump io.projectreactor:reactor-bom from 2025.0.4 to 2025.0.5 #4409
• Bump tools.jackson:jackson-bom from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2 #4407
• Bump org.springframework:spring-framework-bom from 7.0.6 to 7.0.7 #4403
• Bump org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom from 2.25.3 to 2.25.4 #4387
• Bump tools.jackson:jackson-bom from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1 #4375
• Bump gradle-wrapper from 9.4.0 to 9.4.1 #4364
• Bump com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom from 2.21.1 to 2.21.2 #4361

:heart: Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@maxwell-balla, @Tarte12, @zooo-code, @loicgreffier, @Arbaz4Sayyad, @Gautam-aman, @jad837

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Source spring-projects/spring-kafka · v4.1.0-RC1 · 2026-04-20 · upstream release

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