Version 1.44.0 (2024-12-27)

What's Changed

🎉 New Features / Improvements

• feat: update go directive to 1.20 by @mauri870 in #2933
• feat(producer): add retry buffer tuning option to prevent OOM by @wanwenli in #3026
• feat(admin): implement leader election api by @chengjoey in #3030

🐛 Fixes

• fix: log SASL connection and handshake errors by @pierDipi in #2995

📦 Dependency updates

• chore(deps): bump the golang-org-x group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot in #3010
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.28.0 to 0.31.0 in the go_modules group by @dependabot in #3041
• chore(deps): bump the golang-org-x group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot in #3040
• chore(deps): bump github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 from 4.1.21 to 4.1.22 by @dependabot in #3038
• chore(deps): bump the go_modules group across 2 directories with 1 update by @dependabot in #3035
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.22.0 to 0.31.0 in /examples/consumergroup in the go_modules group by @dependabot in #3033
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.22.0 to 0.31.0 in /examples/txn_producer in the go_modules group by @dependabot in #3034
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.22.0 to 0.31.0 in /examples/interceptors in the go_modules group by @dependabot in #3032
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.22.0 to 0.31.0 in /examples/exactly_once in the go_modules group by @dependabot in #3031
• chore(deps): bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.9.0 to 1.10.0 by @dependabot in #3020

🔧 Maintenance

• chore: add newer kafka versions and bump Go in CI by @dnwe in #2969
• fix(lint): resolve IDENTICAL_BRANCHES issue in broker by @frzifus in #2992
• chore: add version consts for 3.8.1+3.9.0 by @dnwe in #3011
• fix(client): refactor duplicated replica+partition logic by @Trinoooo in #2925
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/net to v0.33.0 by @dnwe in #3044

New Contributors

• @mauri870 made their first contribution in #2933
• @frzifus made their first contribution in #2992
• @pierDipi made their first contribution in #2995
• @wanwenli made their first contribution in #3026
• @Trinoooo made their first contribution in #2925
• @chengjoey made their first contribution in #3030

Full Changelog: v1.43.3...v1.44.0