Month 2026-04 delivered a reliability improvement for Debezium's SQL Server CDC by implementing stale connection recovery at the start of streaming iterations in the SQL Server Connector. The change enhances streaming stability, reduces transient connection failures, and improves data continuity for SQL Server sources.

February 2025 monthly summary for confluentinc/kafka-connect-elasticsearch focused on stability and backward compatibility. Delivered a targeted bug fix to revert 14.2.x changes and restore prior behavior, preventing upgrade friction and potential misconfigurations for users relying on existing configurations. Key changes included reverting the mode usage in ConfigCallbackHandler from ConnectionMode.CLIENT to Mode.CLIENT, restoring withSslEnabled(false) in ElasticsearchClientTest, and cleaning up unnecessary worker properties in BaseConnectorIT. Overall impact: preserved backward compatibility, reduced support overhead, and improved reliability of the Elasticsearch sink connector. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Java, Kafka Connect framework, Elasticsearch client usage, regression testing and code cleanup, Git-based change management and CI hygiene.