• fix(protocol): add tagged field to alter configs config entries by @prestona in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3773
• fix(producer): number idempotent batches at flush by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3762
• fix: several correctness bugs in the txnmgr compared with Java by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3764
• fix(producer): keep resent batches muted on retry by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3765
• fix(producer): bump idempotent epoch once per batch by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3768
• fix(consumer): notify before releasing on abort by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3771
• fix(consumer): recheck closed after taking lock by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3772
• fix(client): metadata and broker lifecycle races by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3774
• fix: only abandon the current broker worker by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3777
• fix(consumer): fetch stable offsets for read_committed by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3779
• fix(txn): retry every retriable transaction error by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3783
• fix(txn): epoch bump follow-ups by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3766
• fix(txn): commit transactional offsets correctly by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3780
• fix(broker): enforce MaxOpenRequests before writing by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3782
• fix(consumer): keep member id across cooperative rejoin by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3763
• fix(consumer): cooperative rejoin and coordinator move by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3769
• fix(consumer): preferred read replica fallbacks by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3785

• fix(deps): update module github.com/klauspost/compress to v1.20.1 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3786
• chore(deps): update dependency golangci/golangci-lint to v2.14.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3776
• fix(deps): update module github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 to v4.1.31 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3788

• docs(consumer): commit before revoke without autocommit by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3784

• test(functional): cover admin AlterConfig by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3775
• test(admin): answer FindCoordinator on both brokers by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3778

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.61.0...v1.61.1

• feat(consumer): support cooperative rebalancing by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3696
• feat: support KIP-848 ConsumerGroupDescribe API by @shilohlee98 in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3748
• examples: add cooperative-sticky assignor to consumergroup by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3760

• fix(client): only deregister the broker registered under that ID by @hsdfat in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3752
• fix(consumer): stop roundrobin balancer looping on an unsubscribed topic by @lenamonj in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3740
• fix(producer): drain pending responses immediately once channel closes by @navi89mai in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3729
• fix: prevent race in asyncProducer retryHandler by @dloebl in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3733
• fix(protocol): return ErrUnsupportedVersion for absent broker API keys by @wxldonnaBJ in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3741

• chore(deps): update dependency golangci/golangci-lint to v2.13.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3732
• chore(deps): bump github.com/klauspost/compress from 1.19.2 to 1.20.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3743
• chore(deps): bump github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 from 4.1.29 to 4.1.30 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3751
• chore(deps): update dependency vearutop/teststat to v0.1.29 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3730
• chore(deps): bump the golang-x group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3749
• chore(deps): update docker/bake-action action to v7.4.0 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3756
• chore(deps): update docker/setup-buildx-action action to v4.4.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3757

• fix(test): capture logs without replacing the global Logger by @official-burak in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3737
• test(functional): cover cooperative Java interoperability by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3754

• docs: clarify producer batching configuration by @krvladislav in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3712

• @shilohlee98 made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3748
• @hsdfat made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3752
• @lenamonj made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3740
• @navi89mai made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3729
• @krvladislav made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3712
• @dloebl made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3733
• @official-burak made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3737
• @wxldonnaBJ made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3741

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.60.2...v1.61.0

• fix: correct JoinGroup v8 selection threshold to V3_2_0_0 by @mpicque in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3722

• chore(deps): bump github.com/klauspost/compress from 1.19.1 to 1.19.2 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3706
• chore(deps): bump github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 from 4.1.27 to 4.1.28 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3705
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/crypto to v0.55.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3707
• fix(deps): update module github.com/stretchr/testify to v1.12.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3713
• fix(deps): update module github.com/stretchr/testify to v1.12.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3719
• fix(deps): update module github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 to v4.1.29 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3718
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/net to v0.58.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3708
• chore(deps): update docker/setup-buildx-action action to v4.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3726

• chore(ci): update linters for Go 1.27 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3725

• @mpicque made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3722

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.60.1...v1.60.2

• feat(consumer): add rebalance protocol plumbing by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3670
• feat: add Kafka versions 4.1.2, 4.2.1 and 4.3.1 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3675
• feat: raise default Kafka version to 2.8.0 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3676
• feat(consumer): add cooperative sticky assignor by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3671
• feat: add TransactionClusterAdmin for KIP-664 detection APIs by @adrian-januzi in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3669
• feat(offset): commit revoked partitions on cooperative rebalance by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3688

• fix(consumer): preserve pauses across reassignment by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3681
• fix(producer): wake stranded brokerProducer when partition unmutes by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3692

• fix(deps): update module github.com/klauspost/compress to v1.19.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3649
• chore(deps): update ossf/scorecard-action action to v2.4.4 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3683

• refactor(consumer): separate join and sync round by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3680

• @adrian-januzi made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3669

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.60.0...v1.60.1

• feat: support Metadata V11 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3636
• feat: support Produce V10 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3637
• feat: support DescribeProducers v0 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3659
• feat: support DescribeTransactions v0 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3661
• feat: support int64 arrays in flexible protocol by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3662
• feat: support ListTransactions v0 and v1 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3663
• feat: more flexible protocols for kafka28 parity by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3664
• feat: support KIP-516 topic ids by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3666

• fix: correct fetch v12 tagged struct encoding by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3638
• fix: map new metadata request v8 to kafka 2.3.0 by @fereidani in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3642
• fix: handle zstd encoder and decoder construction errors by @fereidani in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3643
• fix: release retry mute on shutdown handoff by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3645
• fix: order non-idempotent connection retries by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3644

• chore(deps): bump the golang-x group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3660
• chore(deps): update docker/setup-buildx-action action to v4.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3658
• chore(deps): update docker/bake-action action to v7.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3652
• chore(deps): bump github.com/klauspost/compress from 1.18.6 to 1.19.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3651
• chore(deps): update golangci/golangci-lint-action action to v9.3.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3648

• fix: correct typos in comments and godoc by @maxtaran2010 in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3656

• @fereidani made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3642
• @maxtaran2010 made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3656

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.50.3...v1.60.0

• feat: support Fetch v12 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3609
• feat: support CreateTopics v6 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3622
• feat: support DeleteTopics v5 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3624
• feat: support AddPartitionsToTxn v3 by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3625
• feat: support Produce v9 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3629
• feat: support CreatePartitions v3 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3631
• feat: expose broker features from ApiVersions v3 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3633
• feat: support UpdateFeatures by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3632
• feat: add OnAssignmentBalanceStrategy, the onAssignment half of the assignor contract by @lizthegrey in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3627
• feat: support ApiVersions V4 and discover upgradable features in test by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3634

• fix: avoid makeslice "len out of range" panics on invalid response by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3612
• fix: avoid makeslice panic in request decode too by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3613
• fix(test): wait for leaders after topic create by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3623
• fix(consumer): don't panic on requeue after unref by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3630

• chore(deps): update golang-x to v0.53.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3618
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.46.0 - autoclosed by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3617
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sync to v0.21.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3616
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/net to v0.56.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3626

• chore: update default Kafka version to 2.6 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3608
• chore: more protocol version placeholders by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3610
• chore: extend fuzz testing to more types by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3614
• chore: clean up Int32 array encode/decode by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3619
• chore: apply Go's modernize fixes by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3621

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.50.2...v1.50.3

• feat(consumer): add support for SyncGroupRequest/Response v5 (KIP-559) by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3591
• feat(txn): add protocol support for TxnOffsetCommit v3 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3592
• feat(txn): support consumer group metadata in TxnOffsetCommit v3 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3593
• feat(admin): add protocol support for DeleteRecords v2 (KIP-482) by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3594
• feat(protocol): add support for DescribeConfigs v3 and v4 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3596
• feat(admin): add DescribeConfigs for multiple resources by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3600
• feat(consumer): option to cap decompressed batch size by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3604

• fix(admin): retry ACL and SCRAM ops on stale controller by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3598

• fix(deps): update module github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 to v4.1.27 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3597

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.50.1...v1.50.2

• fix: correct requiredVersion for V8 JoinGroup and add protocol version placeholders by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3585

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.50.0...v1.50.1

• feat: add Java-compatible murmur2 partitioner by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3567
• feat(protocol): support LeaveGroupRequest/Response v5 (KIP-800) by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3576
• feat(protocol): support JoinGroupRequest/Response v8 (KIP-800) by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3577
• feat(consumer_group): set cancellation cause on session context by @prakhar7651 in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3575
• feat(consumer_group): send KIP-800 reason on JoinGroup and LeaveGroup by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3584
• feat: add Kafka 4.3.0 version placeholder by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3587
• feat(admin): support OffsetFetchRequest v8 by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3565

• fix(client): don't log ErrNoTopicsToUpdateMetadata every tick by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3566
• fix(broker): snapshot fetch meters before deferred Mark by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3563
• fix: prevent len out of range panic on 32bit architectures by @gibmat in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3579
• fix(offset): retry fetchInitialOffset on top-level coordinator errors by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3574

• chore(deps): update docker/bake-action action to v7.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3568
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/sys to v0.45.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3570
• chore(deps): update golangci/golangci-lint-action action to v9.2.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3571
• chore(deps): update module golang.org/x/crypto to v0.52.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3572
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/net to v0.55.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3573
• chore(deps): update docker/setup-buildx-action action to v4.1.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3578

• refactor: replace eapache/queue with generic ring buffer by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3560
• test(fvt): use a per-message timeout in follower failover test by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3562

• @gibmat made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3579
• @prakhar7651 made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3575

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.49.0...v1.50.0

• fix(consumer): decouple FetchRequest.MaxBytes from MaxResponseSize by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3538

• feat(consumer): warn on sustained partition retries by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3535
• feat(producer): add Produce v8 request/response support by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3540
• feat(consumer): cap partition consumer retries by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3539
• feat: support FindCoordinator V3 protocol by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3544
• feat: support describe acls v2 by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3548
• feat: support create acls v2 by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3549
• feat: support delete acls v2 by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3550
• feat: support sasl authenticate v2 by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3551
• feat: support create partitions v2 by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3554
• feat: support join group v7 by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3555

• fix: flexible decoder out-of-bounds panic by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3543
• fix(consumer): size partial-batch retry correctly by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3541
• feat(consumer): add OffsetCommit v8 request/response support by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3545
• fix: decode nullable ACL describe error messages by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3552
• fix(consumer): lease preferred read replicas by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3553
• fix(producer): honour Retry.Backoff in idempotent retryBatch by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3557

• chore: better bounds checking by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3546
• chore: bump deps in ./examples tree by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3558
• docs: add AlterPartitionReassignments example and functional test by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3556

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.48.2...v1.49.0