v1.7.0-rc.18

Not recommended for general use.

• #1336, add SortedTagMap implementation.
• #1337, update access log to use warn for failures.
• #1338, update access logger to record sizes.
• #1339, handle AuthorizationFailedRejection.
• #1340, avoid allocation for computing size.
• #1342, tune id calculation when using sorted map.
• #1343, experiment for simplified tag index.
• #1344, reduce overhead of expressions etag check.
• #1345, batch messages going to evaluation queue.
• #1347, add stream wrappers for nio buffers.
• #1349, optimize validation when using sorted tag map.
• #1350, helpers for working with Postgres COPY.
• #1351, ignore entity if present for pre-flight check.
• #1353, add JDK17 for PR validation.

A comprehensive list of changes can be found in the commit log: v1.7.0-rc.17...v1.7.0-rc.18