@camunda/connectors-element-templates 1.0.19 → 1.0.21

package/src/element-templates/kafka-inbound-connector-boundary.json

@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@
     "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@camunda/zeebe-element-templates-json-schema/resources/schema.json",
     "name": "Kafka Boundary Event Connector",
     "id": "io.camunda.connectors.inbound.KafkaBoundary.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"
@@ -307,53 +307,41 @@
         "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."
-      },
-      {
-        "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",
@@ -363,120 +351,120 @@
             "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": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "authentication.password"
         },
-        "type": "String"
+        "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"
@@ -484,305 +472,94 @@
           {
             "name": "Earliest",
             "value": "earliest"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "None",
+            "value": "none"
           }
-        ]
+        ],
+        "binding": {
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "autoOffsetReset"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "schemaStrategy.type",
-        "label": "Schema strategy",
-        "value": "noSchema",
-        "group": "kafka",
+        "label": "Correlation key (process)",
+        "type": "String",
+        "group": "activation",
+        "feel": "required",
+        "description": "Sets up the correlation key from process variables",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "schemaStrategy.type",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "bpmn:Message#zeebe:subscription#property",
+          "name": "correlationKey"
         },
-        "type": "Dropdown",
-        "choices": [
-          {
-            "name": "No schema",
-            "value": "noSchema"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Inline schema",
-            "value": "inlineSchema"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Schema registry",
-            "value": "schemaRegistry"
-          }
-        ]
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        }
       },
       {
-        "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",
+        "label": "Correlation key (payload)",
+        "type": "String",
+        "group": "activation",
+        "feel": "required",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "schemaStrategy.schemaType",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "correlationKeyExpression"
         },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "schemaStrategy.type",
-          "equals": "schemaRegistry",
-          "type": "simple"
+        "description": "Extracts the correlation key from the incoming message payload",
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "label": "Activation condition",
+        "type": "String",
+        "group": "activation",
+        "feel": "required",
+        "optional": true,
+        "binding": {
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "activationCondition"
         },
-        "type": "Dropdown",
-        "choices": [
-          {
-            "name": "JSON",
-            "value": "json"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Avro (alpha)",
-            "value": "avro"
-          }
-        ]
+        "description": "Condition under which the Connector triggers. Leave empty to catch all events"
       },
       {
-        "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",
-        "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": {
-          "name": "activationCondition",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "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": "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"
-        },
-        "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"
-        },
-        "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": "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"
-      },
-      {
-        "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": "Boolean"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "deduplicationId",
-        "label": "Deduplication ID",
-        "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"
-        },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "deduplicationId",
-          "isActive": false,
-          "type": "simple"
-        },
-        "type": "Hidden"
-      },
-      {
-        "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 Boundary Event Connector",
     "id": "io.camunda.connectors.inbound.KafkaBoundary.v1",
+    "version": 3,
     "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"
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         "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."
-      },
-      {
-        "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",
@@ -857,143 +622,118 @@
             "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",
         "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",
+        "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"
@@ -1001,220 +741,94 @@
           {
             "name": "Earliest",
             "value": "earliest"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "None",
+            "value": "none"
           }
-        ]
+        ],
+        "binding": {
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "autoOffsetReset"
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "avro.schema",
-        "label": "Avro schema",
-        "description": "Avro schema for the message value",
-        "optional": false,
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        },
+        "label": "Correlation key (process)",
+        "type": "String",
+        "group": "activation",
         "feel": "required",
-        "group": "message",
+        "description": "Sets up the correlation key from process variables",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "avro.schema",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "condition": {
-          "property": "serializationType",
-          "equals": "avro",
-          "type": "simple"
+          "type": "bpmn:Message#zeebe:subscription#property",
+          "name": "correlationKey"
         },
-        "type": "Text"
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "activationCondition",
-        "label": "Activation condition",
-        "description": "Condition under which the Connector triggers. Leave empty to catch all events",
-        "optional": true,
-        "feel": "required",
+        "label": "Correlation key (payload)",
+        "type": "String",
         "group": "activation",
+        "feel": "required",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "activationCondition",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "correlationKeyExpression"
         },
-        "type": "String"
+        "description": "Extracts the correlation key from the incoming message payload",
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        }
       },
       {
-        "id": "consumeUnmatchedEvents",
-        "label": "Consume unmatched events",
-        "value": true,
+        "label": "Message ID expression",
+        "feel": "required",
+        "type": "String",
+        "optional": true,
         "group": "activation",
         "binding": {
-          "name": "consumeUnmatchedEvents",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "messageIdExpression"
         },
-        "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": "Expression to extract unique identifier of a message"
       },
       {
-        "id": "correlationKeyProcess",
-        "label": "Correlation key (process)",
-        "description": "Sets up the correlation key from process variables",
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        },
+        "label": "Activation condition",
+        "type": "String",
+        "group": "activation",
         "feel": "required",
-        "group": "correlation",
+        "optional": true,
         "binding": {
-          "name": "correlationKey",
-          "type": "bpmn:Message#zeebe:subscription#property"
+          "type": "zeebe:property",
+          "name": "activationCondition"
         },
-        "type": "String"
+        "description": "Condition under which the Connector triggers. Leave empty to catch all events"
       },
       {
-        "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"
-        },
-        "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": "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.*|)$",
-            "message": "must be an ISO-8601 duration"
-          }
-        },
-        "feel": "optional",
-        "group": "correlation",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "messageTtl",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
-        "type": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "messageNameUuid",
-        "generatedValue": {
-          "type": "uuid"
-        },
-        "group": "correlation",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "name",
-          "type": "bpmn:Message#property"
-        },
-        "type": "Hidden"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "deduplicationModeManualFlag",
-        "label": "Manual mode",
-        "description": "By default, similar connectors receive the same deduplication ID. Customize by activating manual mode",
-        "value": false,
-        "group": "deduplication",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "deduplicationModeManualFlag",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
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-      },
-      {
-        "id": "deduplicationId",
-        "label": "Deduplication ID",
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-          "pattern": {
-            "value": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$",
-            "message": "can only contain alphanumeric characters, dashes, and underscores"
-          }
-        },
-        "group": "deduplication",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "deduplicationId",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
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-          "equals": true,
-          "type": "simple"
-        },
-        "type": "String"
-      },
-      {
-        "id": "deduplicationModeManual",
-        "value": "MANUAL",
-        "group": "deduplication",
-        "binding": {
-          "name": "deduplicationMode",
-          "type": "zeebe:property"
-        },
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-          "type": "simple"
-        },
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-      },
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-        "value": "AUTO",
-        "group": "deduplication",
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-          "type": "zeebe:property"
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-          "type": "simple"
-        },
-        "type": "Hidden"
-      },
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-        "id": "resultVariable",
         "label": "Result variable",
-        "description": "Name of variable to store the response in",
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+        "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"
       },
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-        "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"
-        },
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+          "name": "resultExpression"
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     "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@camunda/zeebe-element-templates-json-schema/resources/schema.json",
     "name": "Kafka Boundary Event Connector",
     "id": "io.camunda.connectors.inbound.KafkaBoundary.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"
@@ -1245,41 +859,53 @@
         "id": "kafka",
         "label": "Kafka"
       },
+      {
+        "id": "message",
+        "label": "Message deserialization"
+      },
       {
         "id": "activation",
         "label": "Activation"
       },
       {
-        "id": "variable-mapping",
-        "label": "Variable mapping"
+        "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."
+      },
+      {
+        "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",
@@ -1289,120 +915,143 @@
             "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"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Bootstrap servers",
-        "description": "Provide bootstrap server(s), comma-delimited if there are multiple",
+        "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",
-        "type": "String",
-        "feel": "optional",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "topic.bootstrapServers"
+          "name": "serializationType",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        }
+        "type": "Dropdown",
+        "choices": [
+          {
+            "name": "Default (JSON)",
+            "value": "json"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "Avro (experimental)",
+            "value": "avro"
+          }
+        ]
       },
       {
-        "label": "Topic",
-        "description": "Provide the topic name",
+        "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.topicName"
+          "name": "topic.bootstrapServers",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
+        "type": "String"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "topic.topicName",
+        "label": "Topic",
+        "description": "Provide topic name",
+        "optional": false,
         "constraints": {
           "notEmpty": true
-        }
+        },
+        "group": "kafka",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "topic.topicName",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "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"
@@ -1410,147 +1059,297 @@
           {
             "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": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "autoOffsetReset"
-        }
+          "name": "avro.schema",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "serializationType",
+          "equals": "avro",
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "Text"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Correlation key (process)",
-        "type": "String",
-        "group": "activation",
+        "id": "activationCondition",
+        "label": "Activation condition",
+        "description": "Condition under which the Connector triggers. Leave empty to catch all events",
+        "optional": true,
         "feel": "required",
-        "description": "Sets up the correlation key from process variables",
+        "group": "activation",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "bpmn:Message#zeebe:subscription#property",
-          "name": "correlationKey"
+          "name": "activationCondition",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        }
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Correlation key (payload)",
-        "type": "String",
+        "id": "consumeUnmatchedEvents",
+        "label": "Consume unmatched events",
+        "value": true,
         "group": "activation",
-        "feel": "required",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "correlationKeyExpression"
+          "name": "consumeUnmatchedEvents",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "description": "Extracts the correlation key from the incoming message payload",
+        "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": "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"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Activation condition",
-        "type": "String",
-        "group": "activation",
+        "id": "correlationKeyPayload",
+        "label": "Correlation key (payload)",
+        "description": "Extracts the correlation key from the incoming message payload",
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
         "feel": "required",
-        "optional": true,
+        "group": "correlation",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "activationCondition"
+          "name": "correlationKeyExpression",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "description": "Condition under which the Connector triggers. Leave empty to catch all events"
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Result variable",
-        "type": "String",
-        "group": "variable-mapping",
+        "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": "resultVariable"
+          "name": "messageIdExpression",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "description": "Name of variable to store the result of the connector in"
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Result expression",
-        "description": "Expression to map the inbound payload to process variables",
-        "group": "variable-mapping",
-        "type": "Text",
-        "feel": "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",
+        "group": "correlation",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "resultExpression"
-        }
-      }
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+        "description": "By default, similar connectors receive the same deduplication ID. Customize by activating manual mode",
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+        "group": "deduplication",
+        "binding": {
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+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
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+          "type": "zeebe:property"
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+          "type": "simple"
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+      },
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+          "type": "zeebe:property"
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+        "group": "output",
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+    "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@camunda/zeebe-element-templates-json-schema/resources/schema.json",
+    "name": "Kafka Boundary Event Connector",
+    "id": "io.camunda.connectors.inbound.KafkaBoundary.v1",
+    "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"
+    },
+    "appliesTo": ["bpmn:BoundaryEvent"],
+    "elementType": {
+      "value": "bpmn:BoundaryEvent",
+      "eventDefinition": "bpmn:MessageEventDefinition"
+    },
+    "groups": [
+      {
+        "id": "authentication",
+        "label": "Authentication"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "kafka",
+        "label": "Kafka"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "message",
+        "label": "Message deserialization"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "activation",
         "label": "Activation"
       },
       {
-        "id": "variable-mapping",
-        "label": "Variable mapping"
+        "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."
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "output",
+        "label": "Output mapping"
       }
     ],
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-        "type": "Hidden",
         "value": "io.camunda:connector-kafka-inbound:1",
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-          "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",
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         "choices": [
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             "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",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "topic.bootstrapServers",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "topic.topicName",
+        "label": "Topic",
+        "description": "Provide topic name",
+        "optional": false,
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
+        "group": "kafka",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "topic.topicName",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
+      },
+      {
+        "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",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "groupId",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "additionalProperties",
+        "label": "Additional properties",
+        "description": "Provide additional Kafka consumer properties in JSON",
+        "optional": true,
+        "feel": "required",
+        "group": "kafka",
+        "binding": {
+          "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",
+        "optional": true,
         "feel": "optional",
+        "group": "kafka",
+        "binding": {
+          "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",
+        "optional": false,
+        "value": "latest",
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
+        "group": "kafka",
+        "binding": {
+          "name": "autoOffsetReset",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "Dropdown",
+        "choices": [
+          {
+            "name": "None",
+            "value": "none"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "Latest",
+            "value": "latest"
+          },
+          {
+            "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": "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",
+        "optional": false,
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
+        "feel": "required",
+        "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": "topic.bootstrapServers"
+          "name": "activationCondition",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        }
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Topic",
-        "description": "Provide the topic name",
-        "group": "kafka",
-        "type": "String",
+        "id": "consumeUnmatchedEvents",
+        "label": "Consume unmatched events",
+        "value": true,
+        "group": "activation",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "topic.topicName"
+          "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": "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"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Consumer Group ID",
-        "description": "Provide the consumer group ID used by the connector. Leave empty for an automatically generated one",
-        "group": "kafka",
-        "type": "String",
-        "optional": true,
+        "id": "correlationKeyPayload",
+        "label": "Correlation key (payload)",
+        "description": "Extracts the correlation key from the incoming message payload",
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true
+        },
+        "feel": "required",
+        "group": "correlation",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "groupId"
+          "name": "correlationKeyExpression",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": false,
-          "maxLength": 250
-        }
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Additional properties",
-        "description": "Provide additional Kafka consumer properties in JSON",
-        "group": "kafka",
-        "type": "String",
+        "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": "additionalProperties"
-        }
+          "name": "messageIdExpression",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "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",
+        "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": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "offsets"
-        }
+          "name": "messageTtl",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "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",
-        "group": "kafka",
-        "type": "Dropdown",
-        "value": "latest",
-        "choices": [
-          {
-            "name": "Latest",
-            "value": "latest"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "Earliest",
-            "value": "earliest"
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "None",
-            "value": "none"
-          }
-        ],
+        "id": "messageNameUuid",
+        "generatedValue": {
+          "type": "uuid"
+        },
+        "group": "correlation",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "autoOffsetReset"
-        }
+          "name": "name",
+          "type": "bpmn:Message#property"
+        },
+        "type": "Hidden"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Correlation key (process)",
-        "type": "String",
-        "group": "activation",
-        "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"
         },
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        }
+        "type": "Boolean"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Correlation key (payload)",
-        "type": "String",
-        "group": "activation",
-        "feel": "required",
+        "id": "deduplicationId",
+        "label": "Deduplication ID",
+        "constraints": {
+          "notEmpty": true,
+          "pattern": {
+            "value": "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$",
+            "message": "can only contain alphanumeric characters, dashes, and underscores"
+          }
+        },
+        "group": "deduplication",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "correlationKeyExpression"
+          "name": "deduplicationId",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "description": "Extracts the correlation key from the incoming message payload",
-        "constraints": {
-          "notEmpty": true
-        }
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "deduplicationModeManualFlag",
+          "equals": true,
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "String"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Message ID expression",
-        "feel": "required",
-        "type": "String",
-        "optional": true,
-        "group": "activation",
+        "id": "deduplicationModeManual",
+        "value": "MANUAL",
+        "group": "deduplication",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "messageIdExpression"
+          "name": "deduplicationMode",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "description": "Expression to extract unique identifier of a message"
+        "condition": {
+          "property": "deduplicationId",
+          "isActive": true,
+          "type": "simple"
+        },
+        "type": "Hidden"
       },
       {
-        "label": "Activation condition",
-        "type": "String",
-        "group": "activation",
-        "feel": "required",
-        "optional": true,
+        "id": "deduplicationModeAuto",
+        "value": "AUTO",
+        "group": "deduplication",
         "binding": {
-          "type": "zeebe:property",
-          "name": "activationCondition"
+          "name": "deduplicationMode",
+          "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
-        "description": "Condition under which the Connector triggers. Leave empty to catch all events"
+        "condition": {
+          "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": "^8.5"
+      "camunda": "^8.6"
     }
   },
   {
@@ -1843,7 +1843,6 @@
       {
         "id": "authenticationType",
         "label": "Authentication type",
-        "description": "Username/password or custom",
         "optional": false,
         "value": "credentials",
         "constraints": {
@@ -1854,6 +1853,7 @@
           "name": "authenticationType",
           "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
+        "tooltip": "Username/password or custom.",
         "type": "Dropdown",
         "choices": [
           {
@@ -1869,19 +1869,18 @@
       {
         "id": "authentication.username",
         "label": "Username",
-        "description": "Provide the username (must have permissions to produce message to the topic)",
         "optional": true,
         "group": "authentication",
         "binding": {
           "name": "authentication.username",
           "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
+        "tooltip": "The user must have permissions to produce messages to the topic.",
         "type": "String"
       },
       {
         "id": "authentication.password",
         "label": "Password",
-        "description": "Provide a password for the user",
         "optional": true,
         "group": "authentication",
         "binding": {
@@ -1893,7 +1892,6 @@
       {
         "id": "topic.bootstrapServers",
         "label": "Bootstrap servers",
-        "description": "Provide bootstrap server(s), comma-delimited if there are multiple",
         "optional": false,
         "constraints": {
           "notEmpty": true
@@ -1903,12 +1901,13 @@
           "name": "topic.bootstrapServers",
           "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
+        "tooltip": "Bootstrap server(s), comma-delimited if there are multiple.",
+        "placeholder": "broker1:9092,broker2:9092",
         "type": "String"
       },
       {
         "id": "topic.topicName",
         "label": "Topic",
-        "description": "Provide topic name",
         "optional": false,
         "constraints": {
           "notEmpty": true
@@ -1923,7 +1922,6 @@
       {
         "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",
         "binding": {
@@ -1936,7 +1934,6 @@
       {
         "id": "additionalProperties",
         "label": "Additional properties",
-        "description": "Provide additional Kafka consumer properties in JSON",
         "optional": true,
         "feel": "required",
         "group": "kafka",
@@ -1944,12 +1941,12 @@
           "name": "additionalProperties",
           "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
+        "tooltip": "Additional Kafka consumer properties in JSON.",
         "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",
         "optional": true,
         "feel": "optional",
         "group": "kafka",
@@ -1957,12 +1954,12 @@
           "name": "offsets",
           "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
+        "tooltip": "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.",
         "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",
         "optional": false,
         "value": "latest",
         "constraints": {
@@ -1973,6 +1970,7 @@
           "name": "autoOffsetReset",
           "type": "zeebe:property"
         },
+        "tooltip": "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.",
         "type": "Dropdown",
         "choices": [
           {
@@ -2017,7 +2015,6 @@
       {
         "id": "schemaStrategy.avro.schema",
         "label": "Schema",
-        "description": "Avro inline schema for the message value",
         "optional": false,
         "constraints": {
           "notEmpty": true
@@ -2033,12 +2030,12 @@
           "equals": "inlineSchema",
           "type": "simple"
         },
+        "tooltip": "Avro inline schema for the message value",
         "type": "Text"
       },
       {
         "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": "schema",
@@ -2051,6 +2048,7 @@
           "equals": "schemaRegistry",
           "type": "simple"
         },
+        "tooltip": "Format used to (de)serialize the message value: JSON or Avro. See the <a href=\"https://docs.camunda.io/docs/components/connectors/out-of-the-box-connectors/kafka/?kafka=inbound\" target=\"_blank\">Kafka connector</a> guide.",
         "type": "Dropdown",
         "choices": [
           {
@@ -2066,7 +2064,6 @@
       {
         "id": "schemaStrategy.schemaRegistryUrl",
         "label": "Schema registry URL",
-        "description": "Provide the schema registry URL",
         "optional": false,
         "constraints": {
           "notEmpty": true