@camunda/connectors-element-templates 1.0.19 → 1.0.20

package/src/element-templates/kafka-inbound-connector-start-message.json

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
     "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@camunda/zeebe-element-templates-json-schema/resources/schema.json",
     "name": "Kafka Message Start Event Connector",
     "id": "io.camunda.connectors.inbound.KafkaMessageStart.v1",
+    "version": 1,
     "description": "Consume Kafka messages",
     "documentationRef": "https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/connectors/out-of-the-box-connectors/kafka/?kafka=inbound",
-    "version": 5,
     "category": {
       "id": "connectors",
       "name": "Connectors"
@@ -24,53 +24,45 @@
         "id": "kafka",
         "label": "Kafka"
       },
-      {
-        "id": "message",
-        "label": "Message deserialization"
-      },
       {
         "id": "activation",
         "label": "Activation"
       },
       {
         "id": "correlation",
-        "label": "Correlation",
-        "tooltip": "Learn more about message correlation in the <a href=\"https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/concepts/messages/#message-correlation-overview\">documentation</a>."
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "deduplication",
-        "label": "Deduplication",
-        "tooltip": "Deduplication allows you to configure multiple inbound connector elements to reuse the same backend (consumer/thread/endpoint) by sharing the same deduplication ID."
+        "label": "Subprocess correlation"
       },
       {
-        "id": "output",
-        "label": "Output mapping"
+        "id": "variable-mapping",
+        "label": "Variable mapping"
       }
     ],
     "properties": [
       {
+        "type": "Hidden",
         "value": "io.camunda:connector-kafka-inbound:1",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "inbound.type",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "inbound.type"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "type": "Hidden",
+        "generatedValue": {
+          "type": "uuid"
         },
-        "type": "Hidden"
+        "binding": {
+          "type": "bpmn:Message#property",
+          "name": "name"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "authenticationType",
         "label": "Authentication type",
         "description": "Username/password or custom",
-        "optional": false,
-        "value": "credentials",
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        },
+        "id": "authenticationType",
         "group": "authentication",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "authenticationType",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
         "type": "Dropdown",
+        "value": "credentials",
         "choices": [
           {
             "name": "Credentials",
@@ -80,143 +72,120 @@
             "name": "Custom",
             "value": "custom"
           }
-        ]
+        ],
+        "binding": {
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "authenticationType"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "authentication.username",
         "label": "Username",
         "description": "Provide the username (must have permissions to produce message to the topic)",
-        "optional": true,
         "group": "authentication",
+        "type": "String",
+        "feel": "optional",
+        "optional": true,
         "binding": {
-          "name": "authentication.username",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "authentication.username"
         },
-        "type": "String"
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "authenticationType",
+          "equals": "credentials"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "authentication.password",
         "label": "Password",
         "description": "Provide a password for the user",
-        "optional": true,
         "group": "authentication",
+        "type": "String",
+        "feel": "optional",
+        "optional": true,
         "binding": {
-          "name": "authentication.password",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "type": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "serializationType",
-        "label": "Deserialization type",
-        "description": "Select the deserialization type. For details, visit the <a href=\"https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/connectors/out-of-the-box-connectors/kafka/?kafka=inbound\" target=\"_blank\">documentation</a>",
-        "optional": false,
-        "value": "json",
-        "group": "kafka",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "serializationType",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "authentication.password"
         },
-        "type": "Dropdown",
-        "choices": [
-          {
-            "name": "Default (JSON)",
-            "value": "json"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Avro (experimental)",
-            "value": "avro"
-          }
-        ]
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "authenticationType",
+          "equals": "credentials"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "topic.bootstrapServers",
         "label": "Bootstrap servers",
         "description": "Provide bootstrap server(s), comma-delimited if there are multiple",
-        "optional": false,
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        },
         "group": "kafka",
+        "type": "String",
+        "feel": "optional",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "topic.bootstrapServers",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "topic.bootstrapServers"
         },
-        "type": "String"
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "topic.topicName",
         "label": "Topic",
-        "description": "Provide topic name",
-        "optional": false,
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        },
+        "description": "Provide the topic name",
         "group": "kafka",
+        "type": "String",
+        "feel": "optional",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "topic.topicName",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "topic.topicName"
         },
-        "type": "String"
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "groupId",
-        "label": "Consumer group ID",
+        "label": "Consumer Group ID",
         "description": "Provide the consumer group ID used by the connector. Leave empty for an automatically generated one",
-        "optional": false,
         "group": "kafka",
+        "type": "String",
+        "feel": "optional",
+        "optional": true,
         "binding": {
-          "name": "groupId",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "groupId"
         },
-        "type": "String"
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": false,
+          "maxLength": 250
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "additionalProperties",
         "label": "Additional properties",
         "description": "Provide additional Kafka consumer properties in JSON",
+        "group": "kafka",
+        "type": "String",
         "optional": true,
         "feel": "required",
-        "group": "kafka",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "additionalProperties",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "type": "String"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "additionalProperties"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "offsets",
         "label": "Offsets",
         "description": "List of offsets, e.g. '10' or '=[10, 23]'. If specified, it has to have the same number of values as the number of partitions",
-        "optional": true,
-        "feel": "optional",
         "group": "kafka",
+        "type": "String",
+        "feel": "optional",
+        "optional": true,
         "binding": {
-          "name": "offsets",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "type": "String"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "offsets"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "autoOffsetReset",
         "label": "Auto offset reset",
         "description": "What to do when there is no initial offset in Kafka or if the current offset does not exist any more on the server. You should only select none if you specified the offsets",
-        "optional": false,
-        "value": "latest",
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        },
+        "id": "autoOffsetReset",
         "group": "kafka",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "autoOffsetReset",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
         "type": "Dropdown",
+        "value": "latest",
         "choices": [
-          {
-            "name": "None",
-            "value": "none"
-          },
           {
             "name": "Latest",
             "value": "latest"
@@ -224,66 +193,48 @@
           {
             "name": "Earliest",
             "value": "earliest"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "None",
+            "value": "none"
           }
-        ]
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "avro.schema",
-        "label": "Avro schema",
-        "description": "Avro schema for the message value",
-        "optional": false,
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        },
-        "feel": "required",
-        "group": "message",
+        ],
         "binding": {
-          "name": "avro.schema",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "serializationType",
-          "equals": "avro",
-          "type": "simple"
-        },
-        "type": "Text"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "autoOffsetReset"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "activationCondition",
-        "label": "Activation condition",
-        "description": "Condition under which the Connector triggers. Leave empty to catch all events",
-        "optional": true,
+        "label": "Message ID expression",
         "feel": "required",
+        "type": "String",
+        "optional": true,
         "group": "activation",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "activationCondition",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "messageIdExpression"
         },
-        "type": "String"
+        "description": "Expression to extract unique identifier of a message"
       },
       {
-        "id": "consumeUnmatchedEvents",
-        "label": "Consume unmatched events",
-        "value": true,
+        "label": "Activation condition",
+        "type": "String",
         "group": "activation",
+        "feel": "required",
+        "optional": true,
         "binding": {
-          "name": "consumeUnmatchedEvents",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "activationCondition"
         },
-        "tooltip": "Unmatched events are rejected by default, allowing the upstream service to handle the error. Check this box to consume unmatched events and return a success response",
-        "type": "Boolean"
+        "description": "Condition under which the Connector triggers. Leave empty to catch all events"
       },
       {
-        "id": "correlationRequired",
-        "label": "Subprocess correlation required",
+        "label": "Correlation required",
         "description": "Indicates whether correlation is required. This is needed for event-based subprocess message start events",
-        "value": "notRequired",
+        "id": "correlationRequired",
         "group": "correlation",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "correlationRequired",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
         "type": "Dropdown",
+        "value": "notRequired",
         "choices": [
           {
             "name": "Correlation not required",
@@ -293,195 +244,85 @@
             "name": "Correlation required",
             "value": "required"
           }
-        ]
+        ],
+        "binding": {
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "correlationRequired"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "correlationKeyProcess",
         "label": "Correlation key (process)",
-        "description": "Sets up the correlation key from process variables",
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        },
-        "feel": "required",
+        "type": "String",
         "group": "correlation",
+        "feel": "required",
+        "description": "Sets up the correlation key from process variables",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "correlationKey",
-          "type": "bpmn:Message#zeebe:subscription#property"
-        },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "correlationRequired",
-          "equals": "required",
-          "type": "simple"
+          "type": "bpmn:Message#zeebe:subscription#property",
+          "name": "correlationKey"
         },
-        "type": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "correlationKeyPayload",
-        "label": "Correlation key (payload)",
-        "description": "Extracts the correlation key from the incoming message payload",
         "constraints": {
           "notEmpty": true
         },
-        "feel": "required",
-        "group": "correlation",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "correlationKeyExpression",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
         "condition": {
           "property": "correlationRequired",
-          "equals": "required",
-          "type": "simple"
-        },
-        "type": "String"
+          "equals": "required"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "messageTtl",
-        "label": "Message TTL",
-        "description": "Time-to-live for the message in the broker (ISO-8601 duration)",
-        "optional": true,
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": false,
-          "pattern": {
-            "value": "^(PT.*|)$",
-            "message": "must be an ISO-8601 duration"
-          }
-        },
-        "feel": "optional",
+        "label": "Correlation key (payload)",
+        "type": "String",
         "group": "correlation",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "messageTtl",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "type": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "messageIdExpression",
-        "label": "Message ID expression",
-        "description": "Expression to extract unique identifier of a message",
-        "optional": true,
         "feel": "required",
-        "group": "correlation",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "messageIdExpression",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "type": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "messageNameUuid",
-        "generatedValue": {
-          "type": "uuid"
-        },
-        "group": "correlation",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "name",
-          "type": "bpmn:Message#property"
-        },
-        "type": "Hidden"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "deduplicationModeManualFlag",
-        "label": "Manual mode",
-        "description": "By default, similar connectors receive the same deduplication ID. Customize by activating manual mode",
-        "value": false,
-        "group": "deduplication",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "deduplicationModeManualFlag",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "correlationKeyExpression"
         },
-        "type": "Boolean"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "deduplicationId",
-        "label": "Deduplication ID",
+        "description": "Extracts the correlation key from the incoming message payload",
         "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true,
-          "pattern": {
-            "value": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$",
-            "message": "can only contain alphanumeric characters, dashes, and underscores"
-          }
-        },
-        "group": "deduplication",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "deduplicationId",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "deduplicationModeManualFlag",
-          "equals": true,
-          "type": "simple"
-        },
-        "type": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "deduplicationModeManual",
-        "value": "MANUAL",
-        "group": "deduplication",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "deduplicationMode",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "deduplicationId",
-          "isActive": true,
-          "type": "simple"
-        },
-        "type": "Hidden"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "deduplicationModeAuto",
-        "value": "AUTO",
-        "group": "deduplication",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "deduplicationMode",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "notEmpty": true
         },
         "condition": {
-          "property": "deduplicationId",
-          "isActive": false,
-          "type": "simple"
-        },
-        "type": "Hidden"
+          "property": "correlationRequired",
+          "equals": "required"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "resultVariable",
         "label": "Result variable",
-        "description": "Name of variable to store the response in",
-        "group": "output",
+        "type": "String",
+        "group": "variable-mapping",
+        "optional": true,
         "binding": {
-          "name": "resultVariable",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "resultVariable"
         },
-        "type": "String"
+        "description": "Name of variable to store the result of the connector in"
       },
       {
-        "id": "resultExpression",
         "label": "Result expression",
-        "description": "Expression to map the response into process variables",
+        "description": "Expression to map the inbound payload to process variables",
+        "group": "variable-mapping",
+        "type": "Text",
         "feel": "required",
-        "group": "output",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "resultExpression",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "type": "Text"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "resultExpression"
+        }
       }
     ],
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     "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@camunda/zeebe-element-templates-json-schema/resources/schema.json",
     "name": "Kafka Message Start Event Connector",
     "id": "io.camunda.connectors.inbound.KafkaMessageStart.v1",
-    "version": 1,
     "description": "Consume Kafka messages",
     "documentationRef": "https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/connectors/out-of-the-box-connectors/kafka/?kafka=inbound",
+    "version": 6,
     "category": {
       "id": "connectors",
       "name": "Connectors"
@@ -500,45 +341,53 @@
         "id": "kafka",
         "label": "Kafka"
       },
+      {
+        "id": "message",
+        "label": "Message deserialization"
+      },
       {
         "id": "activation",
         "label": "Activation"
       },
       {
         "id": "correlation",
-        "label": "Subprocess correlation"
+        "label": "Correlation",
+        "tooltip": "Learn more about message correlation in the <a href=\"https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/concepts/messages/#message-correlation-overview\">documentation</a>."
       },
       {
-        "id": "variable-mapping",
-        "label": "Variable mapping"
+        "id": "deduplication",
+        "label": "Deduplication",
+        "tooltip": "Deduplication allows you to configure multiple inbound connector elements to reuse the same backend (consumer/thread/endpoint) by sharing the same deduplication ID."
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "output",
+        "label": "Output mapping"
       }
     ],
     "properties": [
       {
-        "type": "Hidden",
         "value": "io.camunda:connector-kafka-inbound:1",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "inbound.type"
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        "type": "Hidden",
-        "generatedValue": {
-          "type": "uuid"
+          "name": "inbound.type",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "binding": {
-          "type": "bpmn:Message#property",
-          "name": "name"
-        }
+        "type": "Hidden"
       },
       {
+        "id": "authenticationType",
         "label": "Authentication type",
         "description": "Username/password or custom",
-        "id": "authenticationType",
+        "optional": false,
+        "value": "credentials",
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
         "group": "authentication",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "authenticationType",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
         "type": "Dropdown",
-        "value": "credentials",
         "choices": [
           {
             "name": "Credentials",
@@ -548,120 +397,120 @@
             "name": "Custom",
             "value": "custom"
           }
-        ],
-        "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "authenticationType"
-        }
+        ]
       },
       {
+        "id": "authentication.username",
         "label": "Username",
         "description": "Provide the username (must have permissions to produce message to the topic)",
-        "group": "authentication",
-        "type": "String",
-        "feel": "optional",
         "optional": true,
+        "group": "authentication",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "authentication.username"
+          "name": "authentication.username",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "authenticationType",
-          "equals": "credentials"
-        }
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
+        "id": "authentication.password",
         "label": "Password",
         "description": "Provide a password for the user",
-        "group": "authentication",
-        "type": "String",
-        "feel": "optional",
         "optional": true,
+        "group": "authentication",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "authentication.password"
+          "name": "authentication.password",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "authenticationType",
-          "equals": "credentials"
-        }
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
+        "id": "topic.bootstrapServers",
         "label": "Bootstrap servers",
         "description": "Provide bootstrap server(s), comma-delimited if there are multiple",
+        "optional": false,
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
         "group": "kafka",
-        "type": "String",
-        "feel": "optional",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "topic.bootstrapServers"
+          "name": "topic.bootstrapServers",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        }
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
+        "id": "topic.topicName",
         "label": "Topic",
-        "description": "Provide the topic name",
+        "description": "Provide topic name",
+        "optional": false,
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
         "group": "kafka",
-        "type": "String",
-        "feel": "optional",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "topic.topicName"
+          "name": "topic.topicName",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        }
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Consumer Group ID",
+        "id": "groupId",
+        "label": "Consumer group ID",
         "description": "Provide the consumer group ID used by the connector. Leave empty for an automatically generated one",
+        "optional": false,
         "group": "kafka",
-        "type": "String",
-        "feel": "optional",
-        "optional": true,
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "groupId"
+          "name": "groupId",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": false,
-          "maxLength": 250
-        }
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
+        "id": "additionalProperties",
         "label": "Additional properties",
         "description": "Provide additional Kafka consumer properties in JSON",
-        "group": "kafka",
-        "type": "String",
         "optional": true,
         "feel": "required",
+        "group": "kafka",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "additionalProperties"
-        }
+          "name": "additionalProperties",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
+        "id": "offsets",
         "label": "Offsets",
         "description": "List of offsets, e.g. '10' or '=[10, 23]'. If specified, it has to have the same number of values as the number of partitions",
-        "group": "kafka",
-        "type": "String",
-        "feel": "optional",
         "optional": true,
+        "feel": "optional",
+        "group": "kafka",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "offsets"
-        }
+          "name": "offsets",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
+        "id": "autoOffsetReset",
         "label": "Auto offset reset",
         "description": "What to do when there is no initial offset in Kafka or if the current offset does not exist any more on the server. You should only select none if you specified the offsets",
-        "id": "autoOffsetReset",
+        "optional": false,
+        "value": "latest",
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
         "group": "kafka",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "autoOffsetReset",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
         "type": "Dropdown",
-        "value": "latest",
         "choices": [
+          {
+            "name": "None",
+            "value": "none"
+          },
           {
             "name": "Latest",
             "value": "latest"
@@ -669,127 +518,328 @@
           {
             "name": "Earliest",
             "value": "earliest"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "schemaStrategy.type",
+        "label": "Schema strategy",
+        "value": "noSchema",
+        "group": "kafka",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "schemaStrategy.type",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "Dropdown",
+        "choices": [
+          {
+            "name": "No schema",
+            "value": "noSchema"
           },
           {
-            "name": "None",
-            "value": "none"
+            "name": "Inline schema",
+            "value": "inlineSchema"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "Schema registry",
+            "value": "schemaRegistry"
           }
-        ],
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "schemaStrategy.schemaType",
+        "label": "Schema type",
+        "description": "Select the schema type. For details, visit the <a href=\"https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/connectors/out-of-the-box-connectors/kafka/?kafka=inbound\" target=\"_blank\">documentation</a>",
+        "optional": false,
+        "value": "avro",
+        "group": "kafka",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "autoOffsetReset"
-        }
+          "name": "schemaStrategy.schemaType",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "schemaStrategy.type",
+          "equals": "schemaRegistry",
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "Dropdown",
+        "choices": [
+          {
+            "name": "JSON",
+            "value": "json"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "Avro (alpha)",
+            "value": "avro"
+          }
+        ]
       },
       {
-        "label": "Message ID expression",
+        "id": "schemaStrategy.schemaRegistryUrl",
+        "label": "Schema registry URL",
+        "description": "Provide the schema registry URL",
+        "optional": false,
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
+        "group": "kafka",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "schemaStrategy.schemaRegistryUrl",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "schemaStrategy.type",
+          "equals": "schemaRegistry",
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "schemaStrategy.avro.schema",
+        "label": "Schema",
+        "description": "Inline schema (Avro) for the message value",
+        "optional": false,
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
         "feel": "required",
-        "type": "String",
+        "group": "message",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "schemaStrategy.schema",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "schemaStrategy.type",
+          "equals": "inlineSchema",
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "Text"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "activationCondition",
+        "label": "Activation condition",
+        "description": "Condition under which the Connector triggers. Leave empty to catch all events",
         "optional": true,
+        "feel": "required",
         "group": "activation",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "messageIdExpression"
+          "name": "activationCondition",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "description": "Expression to extract unique identifier of a message"
+        "type": "String"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "consumeUnmatchedEvents",
+        "label": "Consume unmatched events",
+        "value": true,
+        "group": "activation",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "consumeUnmatchedEvents",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "tooltip": "Unmatched events are rejected by default, allowing the upstream service to handle the error. Check this box to consume unmatched events and return a success response",
+        "type": "Boolean"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "correlationRequired",
+        "label": "Subprocess correlation required",
+        "description": "Indicates whether correlation is required. This is needed for event-based subprocess message start events",
+        "value": "notRequired",
+        "group": "correlation",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "correlationRequired",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "Dropdown",
+        "choices": [
+          {
+            "name": "Correlation not required",
+            "value": "notRequired"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "Correlation required",
+            "value": "required"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "correlationKeyProcess",
+        "label": "Correlation key (process)",
+        "description": "Sets up the correlation key from process variables",
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
+        "feel": "required",
+        "group": "correlation",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "correlationKey",
+          "type": "bpmn:Message#zeebe:subscription#property"
+        },
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "correlationRequired",
+          "equals": "required",
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "correlationKeyPayload",
+        "label": "Correlation key (payload)",
+        "description": "Extracts the correlation key from the incoming message payload",
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
+        "feel": "required",
+        "group": "correlation",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "correlationKeyExpression",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "correlationRequired",
+          "equals": "required",
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "messageTtl",
+        "label": "Message TTL",
+        "description": "Time-to-live for the message in the broker (ISO-8601 duration)",
+        "optional": true,
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": false,
+          "pattern": {
+            "value": "^(PT.*|)$",
+            "message": "must be an ISO-8601 duration"
+          }
+        },
+        "feel": "optional",
+        "group": "correlation",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "messageTtl",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Activation condition",
-        "type": "String",
-        "group": "activation",
-        "feel": "required",
+        "id": "messageIdExpression",
+        "label": "Message ID expression",
+        "description": "Expression to extract unique identifier of a message",
         "optional": true,
+        "feel": "required",
+        "group": "correlation",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "activationCondition"
+          "name": "messageIdExpression",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "description": "Condition under which the Connector triggers. Leave empty to catch all events"
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Correlation required",
-        "description": "Indicates whether correlation is required. This is needed for event-based subprocess message start events",
-        "id": "correlationRequired",
+        "id": "messageNameUuid",
+        "generatedValue": {
+          "type": "uuid"
+        },
         "group": "correlation",
-        "type": "Dropdown",
-        "value": "notRequired",
-        "choices": [
-          {
-            "name": "Correlation not required",
-            "value": "notRequired"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Correlation required",
-            "value": "required"
-          }
-        ],
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "correlationRequired"
-        }
+          "name": "name",
+          "type": "bpmn:Message#property"
+        },
+        "type": "Hidden"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Correlation key (process)",
-        "type": "String",
-        "group": "correlation",
-        "feel": "required",
-        "description": "Sets up the correlation key from process variables",
+        "id": "deduplicationModeManualFlag",
+        "label": "Manual mode",
+        "description": "By default, similar connectors receive the same deduplication ID. Customize by activating manual mode",
+        "value": false,
+        "group": "deduplication",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "bpmn:Message#zeebe:subscription#property",
-          "name": "correlationKey"
+          "name": "deduplicationModeManualFlag",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
+        "type": "Boolean"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "deduplicationId",
+        "label": "Deduplication ID",
         "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
+          "notEmpty": true,
+          "pattern": {
+            "value": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$",
+            "message": "can only contain alphanumeric characters, dashes, and underscores"
+          }
+        },
+        "group": "deduplication",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "deduplicationId",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
         "condition": {
-          "property": "correlationRequired",
-          "equals": "required"
-        }
+          "property": "deduplicationModeManualFlag",
+          "equals": true,
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Correlation key (payload)",
-        "type": "String",
-        "group": "correlation",
-        "feel": "required",
+        "id": "deduplicationModeManual",
+        "value": "MANUAL",
+        "group": "deduplication",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "correlationKeyExpression"
+          "name": "deduplicationMode",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "description": "Extracts the correlation key from the incoming message payload",
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "deduplicationId",
+          "isActive": true,
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "Hidden"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "deduplicationModeAuto",
+        "value": "AUTO",
+        "group": "deduplication",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "deduplicationMode",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
         "condition": {
-          "property": "correlationRequired",
-          "equals": "required"
-        }
+          "property": "deduplicationId",
+          "isActive": false,
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "Hidden"
       },
       {
+        "id": "resultVariable",
         "label": "Result variable",
-        "type": "String",
-        "group": "variable-mapping",
-        "optional": true,
+        "description": "Name of variable to store the response in",
+        "group": "output",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "resultVariable"
+          "name": "resultVariable",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "description": "Name of variable to store the result of the connector in"
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
+        "id": "resultExpression",
         "label": "Result expression",
-        "description": "Expression to map the inbound payload to process variables",
-        "group": "variable-mapping",
-        "type": "Text",
+        "description": "Expression to map the response into process variables",
         "feel": "required",
+        "group": "output",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "resultExpression"
-        }
+          "name": "resultExpression",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "Text"
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     "engines": {
-      "camunda": "^8.2"
+      "camunda": "^8.6"
     }
   },
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     "description": "Consume Kafka messages",
     "documentationRef": "https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/connectors/out-of-the-box-connectors/kafka/?kafka=inbound",
-    "version": 6,
+    "version": 5,
     "category": {
       "id": "connectors",
       "name": "Connectors"
@@ -899,6 +949,29 @@
         },
         "type": "String"
       },
+      {
+        "id": "serializationType",
+        "label": "Deserialization type",
+        "description": "Select the deserialization type. For details, visit the <a href=\"https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/connectors/out-of-the-box-connectors/kafka/?kafka=inbound\" target=\"_blank\">documentation</a>",
+        "optional": false,
+        "value": "json",
+        "group": "kafka",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "serializationType",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "Dropdown",
+        "choices": [
+          {
+            "name": "Default (JSON)",
+            "value": "json"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "Avro (experimental)",
+            "value": "avro"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
       {
         "id": "topic.bootstrapServers",
         "label": "Bootstrap servers",
@@ -998,82 +1071,9 @@
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       },
       {
-        "id": "schemaStrategy.type",
-        "label": "Schema strategy",
-        "value": "noSchema",
-        "group": "kafka",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "schemaStrategy.type",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "type": "Dropdown",
-        "choices": [
-          {
-            "name": "No schema",
-            "value": "noSchema"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Inline schema",
-            "value": "inlineSchema"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Schema registry",
-            "value": "schemaRegistry"
-          }
-        ]
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "schemaStrategy.schemaType",
-        "label": "Schema type",
-        "description": "Select the schema type. For details, visit the <a href=\"https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/connectors/out-of-the-box-connectors/kafka/?kafka=inbound\" target=\"_blank\">documentation</a>",
-        "optional": false,
-        "value": "avro",
-        "group": "kafka",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "schemaStrategy.schemaType",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "schemaStrategy.type",
-          "equals": "schemaRegistry",
-          "type": "simple"
-        },
-        "type": "Dropdown",
-        "choices": [
-          {
-            "name": "JSON",
-            "value": "json"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Avro (alpha)",
-            "value": "avro"
-          }
-        ]
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "schemaStrategy.schemaRegistryUrl",
-        "label": "Schema registry URL",
-        "description": "Provide the schema registry URL",
-        "optional": false,
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        },
-        "group": "kafka",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "schemaStrategy.schemaRegistryUrl",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "schemaStrategy.type",
-          "equals": "schemaRegistry",
-          "type": "simple"
-        },
-        "type": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "schemaStrategy.avro.schema",
-        "label": "Schema",
-        "description": "Inline schema (Avro) for the message value",
+        "id": "avro.schema",
+        "label": "Avro schema",
+        "description": "Avro schema for the message value",
         "optional": false,
         "constraints": {
           "notEmpty": true
@@ -1081,12 +1081,12 @@
         "feel": "required",
         "group": "message",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "schemaStrategy.schema",
+          "name": "avro.schema",
           "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
         "condition": {
-          "property": "schemaStrategy.type",
-          "equals": "inlineSchema",
+          "property": "serializationType",
+          "equals": "avro",
           "type": "simple"
         },
         "type": "Text"
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     },
     "engines": {
-      "camunda": "^8.6"
+      "camunda": "^8.5"
     }
   },
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