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project.description: Snapshot builds of Apache Pekko Connectors Kafka are provided via the Apache snapshot repository.
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# Snapshots

[snapshots]:        https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/pekko/pekko-connectors-kafka_2.13/

Snapshots are published to the Apache's Snapshot repository every night.

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The use of Pekko SNAPSHOTs, nightlies and milestone releases is discouraged unless you know what you are doing.

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Add the following to your project build definition to resolve Apache Pekko Connectors Kafka connector snapshots:

## Configure repository

Maven
:   ```xml
    <project>
    ...
      <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>snapshots-repo</id>
            <name>Apache snapshots</name>
            <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots</url>
        </repository>
      </repositories>
    ...
    </project>
    ```

sbt (1.9.0 or later)
:   ```scala
    resolvers += Resolver.ApacheMavenSnapshotsRepo
    ```

sbt (earlier than 1.9.0)
:   ```scala
resolvers += "Apache Nexus Snapshots".at("https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/")
```

Gradle
:   ```gradle
    repositories {
      maven {
        url  "https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots"
      }
    }
    ```

## Documentation

The [snapshot documentation](https://pekko.apache.org/docs/pekko-connectors-kafka/snapshot/) is updated with every snapshot build.

## Versions

The snapshot repository is cleaned from time to time with no further notice. Check [Apache Snapshots files](https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/pekko/pekko-connectors-kafka_2.13/) to see what versions are currently available.
