Change effective on 01 March 2019
Apache Kafka 2.1.1 is now available for Apache Kafka on Heroku. You can use this with your addon creation by passing --version 2.1 to your heroku addons:create heroku-kafka command. Please see Dev Center for more details.
Heroku Update
Starting November 28th, 2022, free Heroku Dynos, free Heroku Postgres, and free Heroku Data for Redis® will no longer be available.
If you have apps using any of these resources, you must upgrade to paid plans by this date to ensure your apps continue to run and to retain your data. For students, we will announce a new program by the end of September.