The Apache Kafka community had a productive month with several key developments. The release of Apache Kafka 0.9.0.1 and Confluent Platform 2.0.1 brought numerous fixes and improvements, including a patch release for Kafka 0.9. A new release, version 0.10.0, was designated by the community due to significant protocol updates, file format changes, and the introduction of the Kafka Streams processing library. Various KIPs were implemented, reviewed, and merged, such as KIP-41, which allows consumers to limit records returned when polling Kafka, and KIP-32, which adds a timestamp to Kafka's message format. New features like client interceptors and support for delegation tokens are also being discussed. Additionally, the Kafka Connector Hub is live with 12 connectors, and Confluent has released training classes for developers and operations teams. The community also welcomed Microsoft's open-sourcing of their .NET Kafka client.