What's Changed

:tada: New Features / Improvements

• feat(zstd): pass level param through to compress/zstd encoder by @lizthegrey in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2045

:bug: Fixes

• fix: set min-go-version to 1.16 by @troyanov in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2048
• logger: fix debug logs' formatting directives by @utrack in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2054
• fix: stuck on the batch with zero records length by @pachmu in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2057
• fix: only update preferredReadReplica if valid by @dnwe in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2076

:wrench: Maintenance

• chore: add release notes configuration by @dnwe in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2046
• chore: confluent platform version bump by @lizthegrey in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2070

Notes

• ℹ️ from Sarama 1.30.x onward the minimum version of Go toolchain required is 1.16.x

New Contributors

• @troyanov made their first contribution in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2048
• @lizthegrey made their first contribution in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2045
• @utrack made their first contribution in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2054
• @pachmu made their first contribution in https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/pull/2057

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/compare/v1.30.0...v1.30.1