--- title: Integration Hub release notes description: The Confluent Kafka REST Proxy Spoke integrates your ServiceNow instances with the Kafka cluster through API and the ServiceNow Kafka Consumer application integrates your ServiceNow instance with Kafka Consumer and stores data in the ServiceNow tables. These are currently supported for the Brazil release, but they will be deprecated in a future release. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/release-notes/integrationhub-rn-2026-09.html release: australia topic_type: topic last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [App development and low-code release notes, Features and changes by product, Release notes for upgrading from Australia, Learn about the Brazil release, Brazil release notes] --- # Integration Hub release notes The Confluent Kafka REST Proxy Spoke integrates your ServiceNow instances with the Kafka cluster through API and the ServiceNow Kafka Consumer application integrates your ServiceNow instance with Kafka Consumer and stores data in the ServiceNow tables. These are currently supported for the Brazil release, but they will be deprecated in a future release. ## Plugin information - **Plugins planned for deprecation** Confluent Kafka REST Proxy Spoke \(sn\_kafkacon\_spoke\): Planned for deprecation in January 2030. For new implementations, evaluate Stream Connect for Apache Kafka and review the [product documentation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/integrate-applications/stream-connect-apache-kafka.md) for additional guidance. ServiceNow Kafka Consumer \(sn\_kconsumer\_spoke\): Planned for deprecation in January 2030. For new implementations, evaluate Stream Connect for Apache Kafka and review the [product documentation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/integrate-applications/stream-connect-apache-kafka.md) for additional guidance. **Parent Topic:**[App development and low-code release notes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/release-notes/build-automate-rn-landing.md)