Version 1.46.2 (2025-10-10)

[dnwe]

What's Changed

A big focus on improving our support for newer protocol versions in this release, particularly supporting a wider range of flexible versions

🎉 New Features / Improvements

• chore: support V5 ListOffsets by @dnwe in chore: support V5 ListOffsets #3308
• feat: support DeleteGroups V2 protocol by @hindessm in feat: support DeleteGroups V2 protocol #3320
• feat: support DeleteTopics V4 protocol by @hindessm in feat: support DeleteTopics V4 protocol #3321
• feat: support CreateTopics V5 protocol by @hindessm in feat: support CreateTopics V5 protocol #3322
• feat: support IncrementalAlterConfigs V1 protocol by @hindessm in feat: support IncrementalAlterConfigs V1 protocol #3319
• feat: support DescribeGroups V5 protocol by @hindessm in feat: support DescribeGroups V5 protocol #3331
• feat: support SyncGroup V4 protocol by @hindessm in feat: support SyncGroup V4 protocol #3332
• feat: support LeaveGroup V4 protocol by @hindessm in feat: support LeaveGroup V4 protocol #3334
• feat: support Heartbeat V4 protocol by @hindessm in feat: support Heartbeat V4 protocol #3335
• feat: support JoinGroup V6 protocol by @hindessm in feat: support JoinGroup V6 protocol #3339
• feat: support DescribeClientQuotas V1 protocol by @dnwe in feat: support DescribeClientQuotas V1 protocol #3342

🐛 Fixes

• fix: update map rather than create a new map by @hindessm in fix: update map rather than create a new map #3302
• fix: metadata_response valid version range by @hindessm in fix: metadata_response valid version range #3304
• fix: add V4 as valid CreateTopicsResponse by @dnwe in fix: add V4 as valid CreateTopicsResponse #3305
• fix: correct requiredVersion for DescribeLogDirsResponse by @dnwe in fix: correct requiredVersion for DescribeLogDirsResponse #3306
• fix: extend TestAllocateBodyProtocolVersions for more testing by @dnwe in fix: extend TestAllocateBodyProtocolVersions for more testing #3307
• fix: non-flexible ElectLeadersRequest V0/V1 encode/decode by @hindessm in fix: non-flexible ElectLeadersRequest V0/V1 encode/decode #3312
• fix: make alterPartitionReassignmentsBlock consistent by @hindessm in fix: make alterPartitionReassignmentsBlock consistent #3313
• fix: correct decodeRequest bytesRead return value by @hindessm in fix: correct decodeRequest bytesRead return value #3314
• fix: decoder issues by @hindessm in fix: decoder issues #3327
• fix: improve KIP-511 behaviour on older Kafka clusters by @dnwe in fix: improve KIP-511 behaviour on older Kafka clusters #3328
• fix: return correct error when encoding by @hindessm in fix: return correct error when encoding #3333
• fix: correct ApiVersionsResponse handling of ErrUnsupportedVersion by @dnwe in fix: correct ApiVersionsResponse handling of ErrUnsupportedVersion #3337

📦 Dependency updates

• chore(deps): update ossf/scorecard-action action to v2.4.3 by @renovate[bot] in chore(deps): update ossf/scorecard-action action to v2.4.3 #3318
• fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/net to v0.46.0 by @renovate[bot] in fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/net to v0.46.0 #3343

🔧 Maintenance

• chore: remove redundant insufficient data checks by @hindessm in chore: remove redundant insufficient data checks #3300
• refactor: use struct rather than map with one entry by @hindessm in refactor: use struct rather than map with one entry #3301
• chore(ci): adopt gotestsum and re-run flakes by @dnwe in chore(ci): adopt gotestsum and re-run flakes #3311
• refactor: Flexible encoding/decoding refactoring by @hindessm in refactor: Flexible encoding/decoding refactoring #3317
• chore(fvt): refactor docker-compose and support KRaft by @dnwe in chore(fvt): refactor docker-compose and support KRaft #3323
• fix(fvt): simplify retry using testify's EventuallyWithT by @dnwe in fix(fvt): simplify retry using testify's EventuallyWithT #3324
• chore: add 3.9.1 and 4.1.0 version constants and FVT by @dnwe in chore: add 3.9.1 and 4.1.0 version constants and FVT #3325
• refactor: get/put for KError by @hindessm in refactor: get/put for KError #3326
• refactor: get/put for throttle time ms time.Duration by @hindessm in refactor: get/put for throttle time ms time.Duration #3330
• chore(fvt): improve testFuncConsumerGroupMember by @dnwe in chore(fvt): improve testFuncConsumerGroupMember #3329

➕ Other Changes

• fix(fvt): check err before usage by @dnwe in fix(fvt): check err before usage #3338

Full Changelog: v1.46.1...v1.46.2

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