Confluent Gateway 1.3.0 adds centralized governance enforcement (Early Access)

PreviewJul 10, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Gateway validates messages and enforces data governance with Schema Registry, with four policy types (schema ID, deep validation, field-level and full-payload encryption) and per-topic overrides. Docker only during EA.

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