Kafka API constraints

YDB supports Apache Kafka protocol version 3.4.0 with the following constraints:

  1. Only SASL/PLAIN authentication is supported.
  2. Message compression is not supported.
  3. The topic deletion operation is not supported. To delete a topic, use YQL or YDB CLI.
  4. CRC checks are not supported.
  5. Support for ACL is not provided. Use YQL to manage access to topics.
  6. If auto-partitioning is enabled on a topic, you cannot write to or read from such a topic using the Kafka API.
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