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Drop support for `ruby-kafka`

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#1,769 opened on Oct 28, 2025

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Description

This gem is deprecated and no longer receiving updates

https://github.com/zendesk/ruby-kafka?tab=readme-ov-file#deprecation-notice

  1. Release a deprecation notice
  2. Remove ruby-kafa from all
  3. Remove ruby-kafka from releases
  4. Introduce an archive process the keeps the existing source in the repo for reference only

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Research direction
Investigate the current usage of ruby kafka in the codebase, identify all references in all.rb, releases, and deprecation notices, then follow the outlined steps to remove and archive.
Tech stack
ruby
Domain
backend
Issue type
Refactor
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2
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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RubyGit
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60