# Filebeat v5.0.0.0 availability

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-v5-0-0-0-availability/52786>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 14, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-v5-0-0-0-availability/52786 "2016-06-14T22:24:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![chengtaochen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chengtaochen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chengtaochen)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-v5-0-0-0-availability/52786/1 "2016-06-14T22:24:40Z")

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I was just wondering when is the official GA date for Filebeat V5.0.0.0? I am particularly interested in to know its support for Kafka output in v5.0.0.0

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-v5-0-0-0-availability/52786/2 "2016-06-15T03:01:18Z")

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We don't provide dates sorry, it'll likely be the end of this calendar quarter, or early next.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-v5-0-0-0-availability/52786/3 "2016-07-05T22:25:30Z")

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