⚠️ This release introduced two new major regressions over v1.24.0 and should not be used

Known Issues

• ConsumerGroup flooding logs with client/metadata update req (1544)
• Unexpected user-specified time limit error (1562)

New Features:

• Add DescribeLogDirs Request/Response pair (1520).

Bug Fixes:

• Fix ClusterAdmin returning invalid controller ID on DescribeCluster (1518).
• Fix issue with consumergroup not rebalancing when new partition is added (1525).
• Ensure consistent use of read/write deadlines (1529).