Flink REST APIs support auto pool mapping for OAuth identity pools

UpdateJul 20, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

The Flink sqlv1 Statement and Materialized Table REST APIs make the Confluent-Identity-Pool-Id header optional, automatically mapping the OAuth token to matching identity pools.

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