Issues

• Remove endpoints API from our RBAC list

  blockedneeds-triage
  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13341 · Filter by author scholzj opened on Oct 31, 2026

• [Bug]: Exceptions during Kafka listener reconciliation

  bugneeds-triage
  Bug

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13334 · Filter by author jakubmalek opened on Oct 29, 2026
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• [Enhancement]: Expose per-listener named groups configuration to support Post-Quantum Hybrid Key Exchange enforcement

  blockedenhancementneeds-proposal
  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13332 · Filter by author ppatierno opened on Oct 28, 2026
  

• [Enhancement]: Implement TLS 1.3 enforcer Gatekeeper plugin for Post-Quantum Hybrid Key Exchange

  blockedenhancement
  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13331 · Filter by author ppatierno opened on Oct 28, 2026
  

• [Enhancement]: Upgrade container images to Java 25 to enable Post-Quantum Hybrid Key Exchange

  enhancement
  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13330 · Filter by author ppatierno opened on Oct 28, 2026
  

• [Bug]: 1.3.0 container images still trust emSign ECC Root CA - G3

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13328 · Filter by author NMamont opened on Oct 27, 2026
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• [Bug]: Strimzi operator 1.3.0 deletes the SA generated by the chart if the kafka cluster name is called "strimzi"

  bugneeds-triage
  Bug

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13320 · Filter by author cnaggar opened on Oct 26, 2026
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• [Bug]: Topic Operator deletes the Kafka topic when an unselected KafkaTopic is deleted with finalizers disabled

  bugneeds-triage
  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13309 · Filter by author bt-macole opened on Oct 25, 2026
  2

• [Bug]: Cluster operator creates many HttpClient threads

  bugneeds-triage
  Bug

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13295 · Filter by author sjhiggs opened on Oct 21, 2026
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• [Bug]: KafkaTopic reports Ready despite mismatched partition replica counts

  bugneeds-triage
  Bug

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13286 · Filter by author autokctrl-team opened on Oct 19, 2026
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• Aiven tiered storage plugin does not support Kafka 4.4.0

  needs-triage
  Task

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13278 · Filter by author scholzj opened on Oct 18, 2026
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• [ST] Re-enable checkAllComponentsImages in upgrade/downgrade tests

  Task

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13277 · Filter by author scholzj opened on Oct 18, 2026
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• Possible race condition when publishing Pod restart reasons when restarting Kafka nodes

  bugneeds-triage
  Bug

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13276 · Filter by author scholzj opened on Oct 17, 2026
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• Kafka image: Cruise Control libs ship netty-handler 4.1.118.Final (CVE-2026-75595)

  needs-triage
  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13272 · Filter by author tvaterlaus opened on Oct 16, 2026
  3

• [Enhancement]: Add TCP socket check to Kafka liveness probe to guard against silent listener failures

  enhancementneeds-proposalneeds-triage
  Feature

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13268 · Filter by author gmcrobert opened on Oct 15, 2026
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• [Enhancement]: Consolidating a Cruise Control client within operator-common

  enhancementneeds-triage
  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13262 · Filter by author ppatierno opened on Oct 14, 2026
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• [Bug]: Kafka status.listeners order changes between reconciliations, causing repeated status updates

  bugneeds-triage
  Bug

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13261 · Filter by author weg3mu opened on Oct 14, 2026
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• [Enhancement] Kafka Access Operator as a Gatekeeper plugin

  enhancementneeds-proposal
  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13260 · Filter by author im-konge opened on Oct 14, 2026
  1

• Deal with Endpoint API deprecation

  Task

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13257 · Filter by author scholzj opened on Oct 13, 2026
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• [Bug] KafkaRoller force-restarts a healthy Ready pod after a single failed DNS lookup (POD_UNRESPONSIVE, no retry)

  bugKafkaRoller
  Bug

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13255 · Filter by author sdudziak opened on Oct 13, 2026
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• Migrate Kafka Agent module to Jakcson 3 once Kafka uses it as well

  blocked
  Task

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13245 · Filter by author scholzj opened on Oct 11, 2026
  1

• [Bug]: Certificate resources are not removed when switching CA type

  bug
  Bug

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13230 · Filter by author katheris opened on Oct 8, 2026
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• [Enhancement]: Add validation for cert-manager APIs

  enhancement
  Feature

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13211 · Filter by author katheris opened on Oct 1, 2026
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• [Enhancement]: Post-Quantum Hybrid Key Exchange (PQHKE) support in Strimzi

  enhancement
  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13166 · Filter by author ppatierno opened on Sep 21, 2026
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• Gateway API capability check frequency should be clearly documented and logged

  bugdocumentationgood-starthelp-wanted
  Bug

  strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator#13164 · Filter by author rassvetalov opened on Sep 21, 2026
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