What's new in Event Endpoint Management

Learn more about what's new and changed in Event Endpoint Management.

June 2026

Content filtering

You can now use content filtering to control which events are delivered to subscribers. Define filters based on event data or subscriber data to ensure that only relevant events are delivered.

IBM API Connect Developer Portal v12.1.1 or later integration

Event Endpoint Management June release introduces an integration with IBM API Connect Developer Portal. You can now publish virtual topics to Developer Portal in addition to the Event Endpoint Management catalog.

Terminology changes

Options are now called Virtual topics. Previously, the term options was used for event endpoints from the perspective of authors (Kafka administrators). To avoid confusion, the same term is now used for event endpoints from all perspectives.
Event endpoints are now called Virtual topics. Previously, the term event endpoints was used for options that were published to the catalog.
Event sources are now called topics, or source topics in places where confusion with virtual topics is possible.

Multiple topic subscriptions: applications

Users can now subscribe to multiple virtual topics with the same credentials by using a new feature called applications. Applications allow clients to access multiple virtual topics with the same credentials.

All your existing subscriptions are converted to applications and continue to work seamlessly for your clients. However, to be able to use all of the new features in the June 2026 version, additional post-upgrade steps are required to convert your gateways to support multi-topic application subscriptions.

Note: The application feature is not available in the Event Endpoint Management Admin API in the June 2026 version. The feature will be added to the API in a future version. You can continue to use the Admin API in the June 2026 version to manage subscriptions, but all existing and new subscriptions you create will appear as applications in the Event Endpoint Management UI.

If you are creating subscriptions that specify mTLS security, then you must provide the mTLS credentials. Otherwise, credentials are automatically created when the subscription is converted to an application.

Gateway properties configuration

Event Gateway configuration procedures are updated to suit the gateway deployment type: operator-managed gateways are configured in the custom resource, Kubernetes Deployment gateways are configured with a ConfigMap. For more details, see Event Gateways properties reference.

May 2026

Security and bug fixes: Event Endpoint Management May release contains security and bug fixes.

March 2026

OAuth 2.0 introspection endpoint support: Support for OAuth 2.0 introspection endpoints is now available in addition to the existing userinfo endpoint. When you configure an OAuth 2.0 authentication provider, you can specify either the userinfo endpoint or the introspection endpoint, depending on what your OAuth 2.0 provider exposes. If you use the introspection endpoint, then you must provide the client ID and client secret for token introspection requests.
Configurable expiry for Admin API tokens: When you create an admin API access token, you can configure the expiry duration. You can set custom expiration periods of up to a maximum of 365 days.

February 2026

Search field added to the Manage topics page: A new search field in the Manage topics page helps you discover and locate a specific topic, or range of topics.

January 2026

Client authentication sets: Administrators can manage the types of authentication that are available for authors to secure their virtual topics. The following authentication methods are available: Mutual TLS, OAuth 2.0, and SASL credentials, and combinations of these methods. For more information, see managing virtual topic security.
OAuth 2.0 authentication of virtual topics: Clients can use OAuth 2.0 authentication when connecting to virtual topics. For more information, see defining OAuth 2.0 authentication providers.
Use the Integration Agent to create reference code for connecting clients: When you subscribe to a virtual topic in the catalog, you can use the Integration Agent to create reference code for connecting your client application to the virtual topic.

December 2025

Guided tutorial with mock gateway and Kafka cluster: New tutorials are available, covering the end-to-end use case of using Event Endpoint Management, including adding an Event Gateway, and publishing and subscribing to a virtual topic. The tutorials include a mock Event Gateway, mock Kafka cluster, and test data, designed to demonstrate the value of Event Endpoint Management to users. You can access the tutorials from the Help and support menu in the UI.

November 2025

Operator-managed gateway deployments: You can now install an Event Gateway by using the Event Endpoint Management operator. The operator can then manage your gateway and apply upgrades.
Warning about deprecated Kafka API calls: The Event Gateway identifies any clients that are calling APIs that are deprecated in Kafka 4.0.0 and later. If any deprecated API calls are identified, then a warning is displayed in the Event Endpoint Management UI.
Documentation: expanded overview page: A new section in the overview page describes the benefits of Event Endpoint Management, and illustrates how the Event Manager and Event Gateway are located between your Kafka cluster and clients.

September 2025

Group-based event source and cluster management: You can enable user groups to edit event sources and maintain clusters.
Enhanced visibility controls for published and archived virtual topics: You can now add user groups to published and archived virtual topics that have custom visibility, and you can also convert published and archived virtual topics from custom to public. For more information, see how you can edit user group visibility to virtual topics.
Group-based visibility to virtual topics: You can control visibility to selected virtual topics based on user groups.

August 2025

Gateway configuration details accessible from UI: You can view and download the configuration of your Event Gateway instances from the manage gateways page.
New metric to identify deprecated Kakfa clients: A new metric called client_api_versions_gauge is provided. This new metric contains the APIVersions that the Kafka client is using for the different Kafka Protocol APIKeys. From this new metric, you can identify if you have any Kafka clients that are using deprecated Kafka APIs.

July 2025

OAuth Kafka cluster support: You can redact specific fields within an array of objects, or all values in an array of simple types.
Wildcard redaction in an array of objects or simple types: You can redact specific fields within an array of objects, or all values in an array of simple types.