# Alpakka Kafka 1.0-RC1 released

**URL:** <https://discuss.akka.io/t/alpakka-kafka-1-0-rc1-released/2956>\
**Category:** Akka Streams & Alpakka\
**Created:** [December 11, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/alpakka-kafka-1-0-rc1-released/2956 "2018-12-11T18:48:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/alpakka-kafka-1-0-rc1-released/2956/1 "2018-12-11T18:48:21Z")

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Dear hakkers,

We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of Alpakka Kafka 1.0. Highlights of the new release are:

- Alpakka Kafka connector has been upgraded to Kafka client 2.1.0 and now uses non-blocking poll API, which means no more `WakeupException`
- Introduced new `Committer.flow` API
- Testkit, which has been used in tests, is now published as a separate artefact
- Added Java API to all settings classes
- Many more bugfixes and improvements to the code as well as to the documentation

Many of these changes have been developed or initiated by the community. A big thank you for everyone involved!

For detailed changes and credits take a look at the [release notes](https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-stream-kafka/1.0-RC1/release-notes/1.0-RC1.html) in the Alpakka Kafka connector documentation.

Happy hakking!

– The Alpakka Team