This page contains production updates and feature announcements for the Pub/Sub Lite service. For language-specific updates about Pub/Sub Lite [Client Library](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/reference/libraries.md.txt) releases, use the following links: [Go](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/releases), [Java](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsublite/releases), and [Python](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite/releases).
You can see the latest product updates for all of Google Cloud on the [Google Cloud](https://docs.cloud.google.com/release-notes.md.txt) page, browse and filter all release notes in the [Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/release-notes), or programmatically access release notes in [BigQuery](https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?p=bigquery-public-data&d=google_cloud_release_notes&t=release_notes&page=table). To get the latest product updates delivered to you, add the URL of this page to your [feed reader](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_feed_aggregators), or add the [feed URL](https://docs.cloud.google.com/feeds/pubsublite-release-notes.xml) directly. ## June 09, 2026 Announcement The [Pub/Sub Lite to Managed Service for Apache Kafka migration guide](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/migrate-pubsub-lite-to-managed-service-for-apache-kafka.md.txt) has been updated to use the latest client libraries and to use [Kafka Connect](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/kafka-connect-overview.md.txt) in Managed Service for Apache Kafka. ## June 17, 2024 Deprecated Pub/Sub Lite is deprecated. Effective March 18, 2026, Pub/Sub Lite will be turned down. - Current customers: Pub/Sub Lite remains functional until March 18, 2026. If you have not used Pub/Sub Lite within the 90-day period preceding September 24, 2024 (June 26, 2024 - September 24, 2024), you won't be able to access Pub/Sub Lite starting on September 24, 2024. - New customers: Pub/Sub Lite is no longer available for new customers after September 24th, 2024 You can migrate your Pub/Sub Lite service to [Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Kafka](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/migrate-pubsub-lite-to-apache-kaftka-for-bigquery) or [Pub/Sub](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/migrate-pubsub-lite-to-pubsub.md.txt). ## January 23, 2023 Feature You can now migrate your producers from Apache Kafka to Pub/Sub Lite with only configuration changes. To check the feasibility of the migration and to perform the migration workflow, refer to the [Kafka to Pub/Sub Lite migration guide](https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/kafka-migration). This feature is in public preview. ## December 19, 2022 Feature Pub/Sub Lite now supports [export subscriptions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/export-pubsub.md.txt). You can use an export subscription to export Pub/Sub Lite messages to a destination Pub/Sub topic. This feature is [generally available](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages) (GA). ## November 18, 2022 Feature The [Kafka Connector library](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub-group-kafka-connector) for Pub/Sub and Pub/Sub Lite is now generally available. ## September 29, 2022 Feature The [Kafka Connector library](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub-group-kafka-connector) for Pub/Sub and Pub/Sub Lite is now in preview. ## September 13, 2022 Feature Pub/Sub Lite is now available in Tel Aviv (`me-west1`). ## May 25, 2022 Feature The [Kafka Shim Java client library](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsublite-kafka) for Pub/Sub Lite is now GA. ## February 03, 2022 Feature Pub/Sub Lite now supports regional Lite topics that [replicate data to a secondary zone](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/topics.md.txt#data_replication_in_a_lite_topic). ## September 24, 2021 Feature Pub/Sub Lite reservations allow you to reserve and share throughput capacity among multiple topics in a region. - For more information, see [Creating and managing Lite reservations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/reservations.md.txt). ## July 19, 2021 Feature The [Pub/Sub Lite Python client library](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite) is now GA. ## July 08, 2021 Feature The [Pub/Sub Lite Go client library](https://pkg.go.dev/cloud.google.com/go/pubsublite) is now GA. ## May 04, 2021 Feature Pub/Sub Lite is now available in the following regions: - Hong Kong (`asia-east2`) - Tokyo (`asia-northeast1`) - Osaka (`asia-northeast2`) - Seoul (`asia-northeast3`) - Mumbai (`asia-south1`) - Jakarta (`asia-southeast2`) - Warsaw (`europe-central2`) - Montreal (`northamerica-northeast1`) - Sao Paulo (`southamerica-east1`) - Northern Virginia (`us-east4`) - Salt Lake City (`us-west3`) - Las Vegas (`us-west4`) For the full list of available regions, see [Pub/Sub Lite locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/locations.md.txt). ## March 22, 2021 Feature Pub/Sub Lite now supports [increasing the number of partitions in a topic](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/lite/docs/topics.md.txt#scaling_throughput_capacity). ## February 24, 2021 Feature An [Apache Spark connector](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsublite-spark) is now available for Pub/Sub Lite, allowing you to read messages from Pub/Sub Lite in your Spark clusters. ## November 19, 2020 Feature The Pub/Sub Lite [Python client library](https://github.com/googleapis/python-pubsublite) is now in Beta. ## October 30, 2020 Feature A [Kafka Shim Java client library](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsublite-kafka) is now available for Pub/Sub Lite, allowing you to use the Kafka API with Pub/Sub Lite as a backend. ## October 09, 2020 Feature [Pub/Sub Lite](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/choosing-pubsub-or-lite.md.txt) is now available in GA. ## May 26, 2020 Feature [Pub/Sub Lite](https://docs.cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/choosing-pubsub-or-lite.md.txt) is now available at the [beta launch stage](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages). ## May 18, 2020 Feature The Pub/Sub Lite [Java client library](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsublite) is now in Beta.