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title: Announcing the release of Apache Samza 1.7.0
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date: '2023-01-19 01:07:04 -0500'
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<p>We are thrilled to announce the release of Apache Samza 1.7.0</p>
<h3 id="key-features">Key Features:</h3>
<p>
Below is a list of key features that we intend to include in this release:</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SAMZA/SEP-28%3A+Samza+State+Backend+Interface+and+Checkpointing+Improvements">[SEP-28]</a> : Samza State Backend Interface and Checkpointing Improvements
</li>
<li> <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SAMZA/SEP-29%3A+Blob+Store+Based+State+Backup+And+Restore">[SEP-29]</a> : Blob Store as backend for Samza State backup and restore
</li>
<li> <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SAMZA/SEP-30:+Support+Updates+in+Table+API">[SEP-30]</a> : Adding partial update api to Table API
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Full list of the Jira tickets addressed in this release can be found <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20SAMZA%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%201.7">[here]</a></p>
<h3 id="upgrade-instructions">Upgrade Instructions:</h3>
<p>
For applications that are already on Samza 1.6.0, updating your dependencies to use Samza 1.7.0 should be sufficient to upgrade.<br />
<br><br />
For applications that are on version 1.5 & below, please see instructions for 1.6.0 upgrade.</p>
<h3 id="sources-downloads">Sources downloads</h3>
<p>
A source download of Samza 1.7.0 is available <a href="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/samza/1.7.0/">[here]</a>, and is also available in Apache&rsquo;s Maven repository.<br />
<br><br />
See Samza&rsquo;s download <a href="https://samza.apache.org/startup/download/">[page]</a> for details and Samza&rsquo;s feature preview for new features.</p>