What's Changed

:bug: Fixes

• fix(decoder): use configurable limit for max number of records in a record batch by @rmb938 in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3120
• fix: ensure mock SyncProducer's SendMessage returns msg.Partition instead of 0 by @magiusdarrigo in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3122
• fix: send null instead of empty string when describing default client quotas by @petedannemann in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3128
• fix: improve getMetricName performance by @boekkooi-impossiblecloud in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3156

:package: Dependency updates

• chore(deps): bump github.com/klauspost/compress from 1.17.11 to 1.18.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3103
• chore(deps): bump the golang-x group across 6 directories with 1 update by @dependabot in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3114
• chore(deps): bump the golang-x group across 7 directories with 2 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3121
• chore(deps): bump the go_modules group across 7 directories with 1 update by @dependabot in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3148
• chore(deps): bump the go_modules group across 7 directories with 1 update by @dependabot in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/3157