v2.12.0

What's Changed

• Consumer#performJoinGroup retries indefinitely on repeated rejoin errors, with no error, timeout, or log signal by @W1sdomPanda in #381
• fence instance id needs rejoin by @W1sdomPanda in #383
• chore: Added regression checks. by @ShogunPanda in #384
• fix: Fixed regression tests. by @ShogunPanda in #385
• chore: Better regression hanging architecture. by @ShogunPanda in #386
• chore: Fixed tests flakiness. by @ShogunPanda in #387
• close socket by @W1sdomPanda in #389
• chore: Run regression on multiple versions. by @ShogunPanda in #390
• fix: Prevent a crash when a control marker has no aborted transaction range. by @GiHoon1123 in #393
• feat: Added Redpanda smoke test. by @ShogunPanda in #392
• feat: implementation of KIP-429 by @dbinnersley in #299
• chore: Use default token for release notes. by @ShogunPanda in #396
• feat: add asynchronous gzip compression by @mcollina in #337
• chore: Fix regressions and notify failures. by @ShogunPanda in #397
• chore: Fixed workflow. by @ShogunPanda in #398
• fixup by @ShogunPanda in #400
• fix: Fixed import cycle. by @ShogunPanda in #401
• feat: Added hwp based batch example. by @ShogunPanda in #394
• update metadata on broker rebalance by @W1sdomPanda in #399
• fix: Disable metadata retrying in producer loop. by @ShogunPanda in #403
• fix: publish explicit empty KIP-848 assignments by @lechristian in #405
• chore: Added EventHub smoke test. by @ShogunPanda in #406
• fix: install dependencies in the Event Hubs recovery job by @mcollina in #407
• fix: correct close overload resolution by @GiHoon1123 in #410
• fix: allow consumer close after broker disconnect by @GiHoon1123 in #411
• test: stabilize consumer assignment metadata error check by @mcollina in #414
• fix: update consumer lag after manual commits by @mcollina in #413
• chore: Add flag not to require regression run before releasing. by @ShogunPanda in #415

Full Changelog: v2.11.0...v2.12.0