Dave Troiano

### Description Update datagen connect image to be based off of CP 7.2.1 ### Author Validation Smoke tested against cp-quickstart's: - [x] cp-all-in-one - [x] cp-all-in-one-community - [x] cp-all-in-one-kraft ###...

represents pattern for updating tutorials to treat time more dynamically. A weakness is no longer having window start/end timestamps in expected output. Could be solved by generating these things dynamically,...

tutorials shouldn't be susceptible to topic retention deleting sample data

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The root cause of [this](https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka-tutorials/issues/1333) issue is that the sample row timestamps are beyond the default topic retention period, so recipe flow breaks, e.g., final table output in that recipe...

add a wait before validating ksqlDB recipe tests relying on table output

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The handful of tests that query table output tend to be flaky due to the async nature of ksqlDB. There's no guarantee that table result are available after corresponding INSERTS....

build automation shouldn't install harness_runner as root

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The semaphore build installs harness-runner as root (system-wide). It should use a more sandboxed approach.

This will speed up builds and reduce frequency of builds failing due to timeout. Use this mechanism: https://docs.semaphoreci.com/essentials/caching-dependencies-and-directories/#cache-store-key-path Probably easiest to test & develop this by spinning up an EC2...

https://developer.confluent.io/tutorials/how-to-count-messages-on-a-kafka-topic/ksql.html We should be able to get rid of the dummy column / group by and corresponding explanation given [this fix](https://github.com/confluentinc/ksql/pull/8986)

I have observed a few instances of this test failing: ``` make -C _includes/tutorials/payment-status-check/ksql-test/code tutorialFailed in 01:21 make: Entering directory '/home/semaphore/kafka-tutorials/_includes/tutorials/payment-status-check/ksql-test/code'00:00 rm -r tutorial-steps/test/outputs || true00:00 ... # Check presence...

IoT asset tracking ksqlDB tutorial (#1287)

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* marketing copy edits * rename "loss tracking" to more familiar "asset tracking" ### Description https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka-tutorials/issues/1287 ### Staging Docs http://kafka-tutorials-staging.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/iot-asset-tracking-copy-edits/ http://kafka-tutorials-staging.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/iot-asset-tracking-copy-edits/iot-asset-tracking/confluent.html ### Updated tutorial checklist - [x] Implement good test...

reorder stream and table inserts in fleet mgmt recipe

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* this mitigates null values from table side of join ### Description https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka-tutorials/issues/1286 ### Staging Docs These links likely won't be live since semaphore build currently disabled: http://kafka-tutorials-staging.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/fleet-mgmt-fix-null-table-side-values/ http://kafka-tutorials-staging.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/fleet-mgmt-fix-null-table-side-values/fleet-management/confluent.html ###...