Couchbase has announced the general availability of the Couchbase Connector 4.0 for Apache Kafka, which facilitates the creation of robust, real-time data pipelines by integrating different datastores, applications, and services. Couchbase Server, an open-source, distributed JSON document database, and Apache Kafka, a distributed streaming platform, are combined by this connector to enable efficient data streaming, filtering, and transformation. Version 4.0 introduces significant enhancements, such as improved durability options, standardized configuration properties, even workload distribution, and a more flexible API for extensions, while also being packaged as a Confluent Hub component for easy installation. Additionally, the update supports upcoming features like Scopes and Collections in Couchbase Server 7.0, and provides a migration guide with tools to assist users transitioning from previous versions, highlighting changes in Source and Sink configurations and Java API updates.