[release] Changelog for 3.4.3.Final

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pechanec <jiri.pechanec@centrum.cz>

Author: jpechane

_data/releases/3.4/3.4.3.Final.yml

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+date: 2026-03-30
+version: "3.4.3.Final"
+stable: true
+summary: Fixed Oracle connector XML processing with non-binary storage; Reduced Oracle performance penalty for upgrades from Debezium 1.9; PostgreSQL connector supports multi-byte characters in table/column names; Fixed Informix resource cleanup after connector delete
+# announcement_url:

releases/3.4/release-notes.asciidoc

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+[[release-3.4.3-final]]
+== *Release 3.4.3.Final* _(March 30th 2026)_
+
+See the https://github.com/orgs/debezium/projects/5/views/6?filterQuery=status%3AReleased+stable-iteration%3A3.4.3.Final[complete list of issues].
+
+=== Kafka compatibility
+
+This release has been built against Kafka Connect 4.1.1 and has been tested with version 4.1.1 of the Kafka brokers.
+See the https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#upgrade[Kafka documentation] for compatibility with other versions of Kafka brokers.
+
+
+=== Upgrading
+
+Before upgrading any connector, be sure to check the backward-incompatible changes that have been made since the release you were using.
+
+When you decide to upgrade one of these connectors to 3.4.3.Final from any earlier versions,
+first check the migration notes for the version you're using.
+Gracefully stop the running connector, remove the old plugin files, install the 3.4.3.Final plugin files, and restart the connector using the same configuration.
+Upon restart, the 3.4.3.Final connectors will continue where the previous connector left off.
+As one might expect, all change events previously written to Kafka by the old connector will not be modified.
+
+If you are using our container images, then please do not forget to pull them fresh from https://quay.io/organization/debezium[Quay.io].
+
+
+=== Breaking changes
+
+There are no breaking changes in this release.
+
+
+=== New features
+
+* When restarting connector, minimize number of initial logs read [DBZ-7791] https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues/1279[debezium/dbz#1279]
+
+
+=== Fixes
+
+* XMLType using non-Binary storage throws parser failure [DBZ-9228] https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues/1373[debezium/dbz#1373]
+* High number of log switches noticed after Debezium upgrade from 1.9 to 3.4.1 https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues/1675[debezium/dbz#1675]
+* Unable to parse DML for CDC after initial snapshot on a table with ROW ARCHIVAL enabled https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues/1676[debezium/dbz#1676]
+* PgOutputMessageDecoder corrupts multi-byte UTF-8 table/column names during CDC streaming https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues/1682[debezium/dbz#1682]
+* Exception ORA-00310 with RAC and archive log only mode [DBZ-6013] https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues/745[debezium/dbz#745]
+* Informix connector DELETE does not unwatch properly https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues/1704[debezium/dbz#1704]
+
+
+=== Other changes
+
+* XStream user reports insufficient privileges during snapshot for table locks https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues/1733[debezium/dbz#1733]
+* Improve CI / Jenkins Pipeline for Oracle 23 & 26 https://github.com/debezium/dbz/issues/1665[debezium/dbz#1665]
+
+
+
 [[release-3.4.2-final]]
 == *Release 3.4.2.Final* _(March 2nd 2026)_