The next major release, , will drop Java 11 support for Java 17 and introduce a native WebAssembly multilang protocol. Until then, Storm 2.6.0.2 is the definitive stable release for production.

Version was a landmark release, focusing on:

: Improved support for newer JDK environments (typically JDK 11 and 17).

| Component | Version | |-----------|---------| | Java | 8 or 11 (17 not officially tested) | | ZooKeeper | 3.5.x – 3.7.x | | Kafka | 2.5 – 3.2 (for storm-kafka-client) | | Python client | 3.6 – 3.10 |

: A "2.6.0.2" iteration (often seen in vendor-specific distributions like Cloudera or Hortonworks) usually focuses on critical security patches for Log4j or other core Java libraries. 2. Security & Vulnerability Analysis