We are thrilled to announce the release of Apache Samza 1.7.0

Key Features:

Below is a list of key features that we intend to include in this release:

  • [SEP-28] : Samza State Backend Interface and Checkpointing Improvements
  • [SEP-29] : Blob Store as backend for Samza State backup and restore
  • [SEP-30] : Adding partial update api to Table API

Full list of the Jira tickets addressed in this release can be found [here]

Upgrade Instructions:

For applications that are already on Samza 1.6.0, updating your dependencies to use Samza 1.7.0 should be sufficient to upgrade.


For applications that are on version 1.5 & below, please see instructions for 1.6.0 upgrade.

Sources downloads

A source download of Samza 1.7.0 is available [here], and is also available in Apache’s Maven repository.


See Samza’s download [page] for details and Samza’s feature preview for new features.