v0.18.0

What's Changed

• [improve] Modify the negativeACK structure to reduce memory overhead (#1410) by @gy-deng
• [feat] Use -1 as sentinel value for namespace and topic admin commands (#1430) by @klevy-toast
• [fix] Update namespace & topic admin methods to return nil if unset (#1433) by @klevy-toast
• [test] Add unit test for unloading topic before consuming zero queue messages (#1434) by @crossoverJie
• [feat] Add timestamp to schema info (#1436) by @freeznet
• [fix] Fix the issue of unable to parse non-batch messages that with non-empty properties and empty payloads (#1435) by @coderzc
• [chore] Bump github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0 (#1439) by @dependabot[bot]
• [fix] Fix partition update failure causing existing producers to close (#1437) by @RobertIndie
• [feat] Support reloading OAuth2 key file (#1441) by @RobertIndie
• [chore] Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.36.0 to 0.45.0 (#1440) by @dependabot[bot]
• [fix] Return error when the client transaction coordinator is nil to p… (#1444) by @thomas-bousquet
• [fix] Enhance zero queue consumer reconnection handling and message permit management (#1443) by @crossoverJie

New Contributors

• @gy-deng made their first contribution in #1410
• @coderzc made their first contribution in #1435