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Kafka message compression

Artie decompresses gzip-compressed Kafka message values, with the source-reader configuration exposed through Terraform.

Compressed Kafka message values could not previously be consumed through Artie’s transfer path.

Artie now supports decompressing gzip-compressed Kafka message values, with the source-reader configuration exposed through Terraform.

Why this matters

  • Ingest Kafka topics that use gzip-compressed values
  • Reduce transport volume without adding a custom preprocessing step
Message compression docs