What's Changed

• add context to ReadMessage errors by @mrkagelui in https://github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/pull/1199
• Fix writer code example by @rouzier in https://github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/pull/1201
• Fix config related stats for a default writer config by @sharpyfox in https://github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/pull/1202
• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.7.0 to 0.17.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/pull/1209

New Contributors

• @mrkagelui made their first contribution in https://github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/pull/1199
• @rouzier made their first contribution in https://github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/pull/1201
• @sharpyfox made their first contribution in in https://github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/pull/1202

Full Changelog: https://github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/compare/v0.4.43...v0.4.44