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+'@backstage/plugin-events-backend-module-kafka': minor
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+Adds a new module `kafka` for plugin-events-backend
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+The module introduces the `KafkaConsumerClient` which creates a Kafka client used to establish consumer connections. It also provides the `KafkaConsumingEventPublisher`, a consumer that subscribes to configured Kafka topics and publishes received messages to the Event Service.