Features overview

This overview maps UI capabilities by area. For endpoint-level details, use the API reference.

Area	What do I see?	What can I do?	When should I use it?
Clusters / Fleet overview	Cluster list with reachability, security tags (TLS, SR, PRIVATE, PROD, LIMITED), and KPI cards	Select clusters, compare status, and open detail areas	Start-of-day checks and multi-cluster status review
Topics	Filterable topic table with partitions, RF, messages, rate, lag	Search, filter and sort topics, open topic detail	Topic-level producer/consumer analysis
Topic detail	Tabs: Overview, Messages, Timeline, Produce, Configs, Consumers, Schema	Browse/search messages, inspect time trends, produce test messages, view consumers (with production confirmation when cluster is marked PROD)	Operational analysis of a single topic
Compare messages	Two records side by side: verdict per key, value and headers, line diff, header table, metadata and fingerprints	Compare exactly or semantically (JSON key order, XML attribute order), optionally ignore array or element order; start with Select for compare on one message and Compare with selected on another	Verify replicated, copied or transformed records across topics and clusters
Audit snapshot	Button on an expanded message	Download a PNG with capture date and time, user, cluster name, topic, partition, offset, key, fingerprint and value (Workflow 7)	Test evidence and audit documentation
Consumer groups	Group list with state, members, topics, lag, plus detail panel with members/offsets	Check lag, understand partition offsets, reset offsets, delete group (Empty/Dead only)	Consumer troubleshooting, rebalance analysis, backlog triage
Schemas	Subject list, version status, schema detail with references/compatibility	Browse subjects, inspect versions, soft-delete subject	Validate payload structures and registry status
Security	Tabs for ACLs and SCRAM users	Create/delete ACL rules, create/rotate/delete SCRAM users	Access-control troubleshooting and security operations
Brokers	Broker metadata (ID, host, port, rack, controller) and baseline KPIs	Verify broker topology and role assignment	Cluster infrastructure checks
Settings / Private clusters	Browser-local cluster connections with auth/TLS/SR config	Add, test, edit, delete clusters; import/export JSON	Personal cluster access without server-side config

Current UI boundaries

What do I see?
Some controls are intentionally visible but not yet active (coming soon), such as parts of schema evolution and placeholder filters.

What can I do?
Use the active tabs for core operations and switch to the API reference for deeper automation.

When should I use this?
Use this when a feature appears in UI but is intentionally unavailable today.

Screenshot samples (local Docker Kafka)