v0.5.1

v0.5.1 is a limited availability maintenance release. It is supported for all usage.

Note: v0.5.0 was not released because of a bug. Instead, v0.5.1 was released with the fix directly.

Thus, these notes contain the changes for v0.5.0 as well.

Enhancements

1. Add support for an Admin API to delete records.(#141).
2. Add support for an Admin API to describe topics.(#155).
3. Add support for dependent Admin client (#153).
4. References librdkafka v2.6.1. Refer to the librdkafka v2.6.1 release notes for more information.

Fixes

1. Fixes an issue with unresolved raced Promises leaking in the consumer (#151).
2. Removes schemaregistry dependencies from root package.json to prevent issues with Node 18 (#162).