What's is true about Kafka brokers and clients from version 0.10.2 onwards?

The correct answer is C. A newer client can talk to a newer broker, and an older client can talk to a newer broker. Kafka's new bidirectional client compatibility introduced in 0.10.2 allows this.

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AClients and brokers must have the exact same version to be able to communicate
BA newer client can talk to a newer broker, but an older client cannot talk to a newer broker
CA newer client can talk to a newer broker, and an older client can talk to a newer broker
DA newer client can't talk to a newer broker, but an older client can talk to a newer broker

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C
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Kafka's new bidirectional client compatibility introduced in 0.10.2 allows this.

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#version compatibility#backward compatibility#broker-client protocol#API versioning

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