v1.23.0

🔐 Security

• Update netty, logback-core, vertx-core, and jackson-core to resolve vulnerabilities by @knative-prow-robot - #4744

✨ Features / Enhancements

• Improved error handling for broker, channel, consumer group, and trigger reconcilers by @chriscannon - #4724

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix KafkaSink reconciler cluster admin error by @chriscannon - #4720
• Add null check to ExactFilter to handle missing FilterAttributes by @Dominic-Stout-GA-i3 - #4717
• Fix OpenTelemetry BOM ordering to ensure declared version takes precedence by @creydr - #4752
• Fix timer drift in cache implementation by @dsimansk - #4762

🧹 Code Cleanup

• Merge java dependency updates into one change by @dsimansk - #4761

🧪 CI / Build / Tooling

• Fix flaky upgrade tests by @creydr - #4725

📚 Docs

• Fix typos and outdated references across documentation by @creydr - #4721

👥 New Contributors

• @chriscannon - #4720
• @Dominic-Stout-GA-i3 - #4717