# What's New in Apache Pulsar 3.1.0

DevFeed: [What's New in Apache Pulsar 3.1.0](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-s-new-in-apache-pulsar-3-1-0-12757.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2023/10/10/announcing-apache-pulsar-3-1/>)

Author: tison

Published: 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Apache Pulsar Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apache-pulsar-blog.md>)

Topics: [Apache Pulsar](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pulsar.md>), [Compression](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compression.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>)

Tags: [apache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache.md>), [broker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/broker.md>), [bug-fixes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug-fixes.md>), [clusters](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clusters.md>), [compression](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compression.md>), [contributors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributors.md>), [customization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customization.md>), [efficiency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/efficiency.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [load-balancing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancing.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [retention](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retention.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>)

## AI overview

Apache Pulsar 3.1 is a feature release shaped by more than 80 contributors and over 360 commits. The documented changes include pluggable topic compaction, customizable topic-bundle partition assignment, and a size threshold for compressing metadata.

## Source excerpt

The Apache Pulsar community announces the release of Apache Pulsar 3.1, a new feature release! This is a remarkable community effort, with over 80 contributors submitting more than 360 commits for feature enhancements and bug fixes. We would like to thank all of them for their contributions!