⚠️ This release still contained known issues introduced in v1.24.1 and should not be used

Recommended to upgrade to v1.26.4 or rollback to v1.24.0

Known Issues

• ConsumerGroup flooding logs with client/metadata update req (1544) introduced in v1.24.1
• Unexpected user-specified time limit error (1562) introduced in v1.24.1

New Features:

• Support TLS protocol in kafka-producer-performance (1538).
• Add support for kafka 2.4.0 (1552).

Improvements:

• Allow the Consumer to disable auto-commit offsets (1164).
• Produce records with consistent timestamps (1455).

Bug Fixes:

• Fix incorrect SetTopicMetadata name mentions (1534).
• Fix client.tryRefreshMetadata Println (1535).
• Fix panic on calling updateMetadata on closed client (1531).
• Fix possible faulty metrics in TestFuncProducing (1545).