Version 1.46.2 (2025-10-10)

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

chore: support V5 ListOffsets by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3308
feat: support DeleteGroups V2 protocol by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3320
feat: support DeleteTopics V4 protocol by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3321
feat: support CreateTopics V5 protocol by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3322
feat: support IncrementalAlterConfigs V1 protocol by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3319
feat: support DescribeGroups V5 protocol by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3331
feat: support SyncGroup V4 protocol by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3332
feat: support LeaveGroup V4 protocol by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3334
feat: support Heartbeat V4 protocol by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3335
feat: support JoinGroup V6 protocol by @hindessm in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3339
feat: support DescribeClientQuotas V1 protocol by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3342

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

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

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

fix(fvt): check err before usage by @dnwe in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3338

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.46.1...v1.46.2