For AI agents: The documentation index is at https://docs.digitalocean.com/llms.txt. Markdown versions of pages use the same URL with index.html.md in place of the HTML page (for example, append index.html.md to the directory path instead of opening the HTML document).

Kafka 4.3 is now available for database clusters. New clusters use Kafka 4.3 by default, and existing clusters can upgrade to it. Kafka versions 3.9 and 4.2 remain available. Kafka 4.3 reaches end of availability for new clusters on 25 June 2027 and end of life on 25 September 2027. For version support, see Kafka version support and end-of-life dates.