Release v1.0.0

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog,
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.0.0] - 2025-07-05

🎉 First Major Release!

KaflowSQL v1.0.0 - A production-ready streaming ETL framework for real-time Kafka data joins.

✨ Core Features

• SQL-Native Streaming Joins - Write familiar SQL to join Kafka topics in real-time
• High-Performance Processing - 100K+ events/second with sub-millisecond latency (tested on Mac M3 MAX)
• Intelligent State Management - RocksDB persistence with configurable TTL and S3 checkpointing
• Smart Emission Control - Configurable emission strategies for data quality vs throughput
• Multi-Platform Support - Docker images for linux/amd64, linux/arm64

🏗️ Technical Architecture

• DuckDB Integration - In-memory analytics engine for SQL execution
• Hash-Based Sharding - 256-way concurrent processing for optimal performance
• Zero-Copy Processing - Efficient memory usage with pointer-based row storage
• Avro Schema Support - Full Schema Registry integration with automatic schema evolution

📋 Configuration & Operations

• YAML Pipeline Definition - Simple, declarative pipeline configuration
• Flexible State Management - Event TTL with dimension table support
• Docker-First Deployment - Production-ready containerization
• Comprehensive Documentation - Complete configuration reference and best practices

🔧 Development & Quality

• Comprehensive CI/CD - GitHub Actions with automated testing, security scanning, and releases
• Multi-Platform Builds - Cross-platform binary distribution
• Security Scanning - Gosec and Trivy vulnerability detection
• Professional Project Structure - Open-source ready with proper documentation

🐛 Fixed

• Updated Docker registry configuration for Docker Hub distribution
• Enhanced pipeline examples with generic use cases

🚀 Performance & Compatibility

• Cross-Platform Ready - Builds and runs seamlessly on all supported platforms
• Production Tested - Optimized for high-throughput streaming workloads
• Docker Optimized - Multi-architecture container images for easy deployment

📦 Distribution

• Docker Images: siqueiraa/kaflowsql:1.0.0 and siqueiraa/kaflowsql:latest
• Binary Releases: Cross-platform binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows
• Source Code: Full source available on GitHub

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[Unreleased]

Added

• Performance optimizations and monitoring improvements planned for next release

[Previous Versions]

Added

• Initial streaming ETL framework
• RocksDB state management
• DuckDB integration for SQL processing
• Kafka consumer/producer with Avro support
• Schema Registry integration
• TTL-based state cleanup
• S3 checkpointing for disaster recovery
• Pipeline configuration system
• Join processing with hash-based sharding

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