V1.7.0-RC1

What's Changed

• Topic record timestamp extractor by @ppilev in #329
• Feature/197 - Caching state store by @LGouellec in #323
• 316 recordcreate factory function does not initialise headers results in null reference exception if trying to access headers by @LGouellec in #335
• Avoid full metadata call during internal topic creation process by @LGouellec in #337
• Enhancement/310 by @LGouellec in #340
• Configure independently the cache size #333 by @LGouellec in #342
• #270 - De-duplication feature by @LGouellec in #343
• Fix Issue/314 by @LGouellec in #345
• Issue/319 by @LGouellec in #351
• Fix/cache concurrent issue by @LGouellec in #348
• Add a remote storage based on the Azure Table API by @LGouellec in #339
• Issue/338 by @LGouellec in #350
• Fix issue 328 by @LGouellec in #352
• Add context in all stateless processors by @LGouellec in #357
• Topology test driver ctor publicly with kafka supplier by @LGouellec in #354
• Integration Test - Kafka native docker image by @LGouellec in #358
• Remove current record from queue when ignoring it based on negative timestamp by @AlexPorebski in #363
• Provide a Bounded Memory RocksRb config handler by @LGouellec in #371
• Exactly Once Semantics V2 by @LGouellec in #366
• KIP-607 Support by @LGouellec in #369
• KIP-328 : Feature/suppress by @LGouellec in #377
• Fix and Change the default value for "PartitionAssignmentStrategy" by @LGouellec in #378
• dispose of AdminClient when closing KafkaStream by @AlexPorebski in #379
• Sequentially close the external stream thread by @LGouellec in #380
• #382 - Fix InMemoryWindowStore concurrent issue by @LGouellec in #384
• #385 - Fix EOS duplicate handle - Client is fenced by @LGouellec in #388
• No checkpoint when the partition is empty by @LGouellec in #389
• Open telemetry reporter - Use an AddOtlpExporter by @LGouellec in #393
• Support Confluent Cloud CSFLE by @LGouellec in #394
• Public API - Connect state store and processor by @LGouellec in #395

New Contributors

• @AlexPorebski made their first contribution in #363

Full Changelog: v1.6.0-rc1...v1.7.0-rc1