What's Changed

• fix(e2e): cherry pick to fix e2e by @woshigaopp in #2756
• feat(zerozone2): add zero zone v2 support by @superhx in #2767
• feat(all): cherry-pick by @superhx in #2774
• chore(metrics): optimize metrics name mapping in S3MetricsExporter (#2775) by @Gezi-lzq in #2776
• fix(core): fix lock object error when implementing singleton pattern by @superhx in #2779
• fix(zerozone2): fix failover bug caused by #2764 by @superhx in #2781
• chore(config): dynamic change config based on heap size by @superhx in #2783
• chore(metrics): unify object wal metrics by @superhx in #2785
• refactor(zerozone2): make wal provider more extensible (#2787) by @superhx in #2788
• feat(zerozone2): force route to local by @superhx in #2790
• chore(zerozone2): rename channelOffset targetNodeId to attributes by @superhx in #2794
• chore(e2e): accelerate e2e by @superhx in #2800
• feat(java): set min java version to 17 by @superhx in #2804
• fix(zerozone2): fix potential WAL reset overflow BUG by @superhx in #2806
• perf(zerozone2): optimize the wal batch upload strategy by @superhx in #2810
• chore(workflows): add publish maven package workflow by @superhx in #2813
• fix(workflow): set the gradle version by @superhx in #2815
• feat: enhanced table topic conversion function by @Gezi-lzq in #2818
• chore(config): update default commit interval to 1 minute for table topic (#2819) by @Gezi-lzq in #2820
• feat(reassign): optimize partition reassignment to avoid client fast retry by @superhx in #2822
• feat(release): release 1.6.0-rc0 by @superhx in #2823
• feat(nfs-wal): initial implementation of nfs wal by @allenzhu in #2824
• feat(strimzi): add docker build workflow for strimzi by @Rancho-7 in #2826
• feat(docker): kafka docker image adapt by @1sonofqiu in #2830
• fix(converter): update subject and message name retrieval in ConverterFactory and WorkerConfig (#2831) by @Gezi-lzq in #2832
• fix(config): add support for latest schema subject and message name configuration in TopicConfig and WorkerConfig (#2834) by @Gezi-lzq in #2835
• fix(zerozone2): partition open conflict by @superhx in #2837
• fix(config): remove exception for invalid list string in TableTopicConfigValidator (#2836) by @Gezi-lzq in #2839
• fix(s3stream): fix buf leak when recover fail by @superhx in #2842
• feat: add tabletopic e2e case (#2827) by @Gezi-lzq in #2840
• fix(log): fix potential fetch NPE when the partition is closing by @superhx in #2847
• fix(zerozone2): adapt to txn by @superhx in #2851
• fix(metrics): fix percentile metrics (#2849) by @allenzhu in #2852
• fix(zerozone2): fix reset bug cause skip by @superhx in #2854
• feat(metrics): enhance metrics for benchmark (#2856) by @allenzhu in #2857
• fix(zerozone2): await subscriber close by @superhx in #2859
• feat(metrics): enhance metrics for benchmark (#2860) by @allenzhu in #2861
• fix(zerozone2): fix the expired offsetForLeaderEpoch by @superhx in #2864
• feat: enhance schema handling and optimize record processing (#2855) by @Gezi-lzq in #2862
• fix(zerozone2): close snapshotReadPartitionsManager by @superhx in #2867
• fix(metrics): set the interval for the lazy-created histogram by @superhx in #2869
• chore(s3stream): remove useless wal code by @superhx in #2871
• feat(wal): simple direct channel wrapper by @superhx in #2874
• feat(converter): support union types for list and map conversions in AvroValueAdapter (#2872) by @Gezi-lzq in #2878
• feat(perf): add Avro and Protobuf performance test cases and related configurations (#2873) by @Gezi-lzq in #2879
• fix(partition): handle null partition spec in commit response (#2877) by @Gezi-lzq in #2880
• feat(metrics): integrate new metrics for table delay, fields per second, and event loop busy ratio (#2876) by @Gezi-lzq in #2881
• feat(metadata): add retain and release methods for improved image management (#2882) by @Gezi-lzq in #2884
• fix(wal): limit bulk upload delay by @superhx in #2887
• fix(wal): try drain all waiting upload bulks by @superhx in #2889
• fix(zerozone2): gracefully await subscriber close by @superhx in #2895
• feat(tests): add Protobuf ConverterTest for comprehensive Protobuf conversion validation (#2885) by @Gezi-lzq in #2891
• fix(s3stream): fix potential merge read fail by @superhx in #2897
• fix(issue2902): change Verification.waitingRequests to unbounded queue to fix the deadlock by @superhx in #2904
• feat(benchmark): enhance BenchmarkResult to track duration in nanoseconds and add field count metrics (#2898) by @Gezi-lzq in #2901
• fix(zerozone2): guard snapshot by lock by @superhx in #2908
• fix(zerozone2): fix txn record overwrite by mistake by @superhx in #2906
• chore(zerozone2): clean up s3stream metrics by @superhx in #2910
• fix(zerozone2): fix epoch missing update when there isn't new record by @superhx in #2912
• fix(log): elastic log supports truncate by @superhx in #2914
• feat(avro): simplify union handling in AvroValueAdapter and add support for nested union types (#2916) by @Gezi-lzq in #2918
• fix: ensure S3 endpoint is not required for table topic since AWS client can guess it most of the time (#2915) by @Gezi-lzq in #2917
• feat(release): release 1.6.0-rc1 by @Gezi-lzq in #2919
• fix(zerozone2): fix the snapshot to avoid consuming abort txn record by @superhx in #2921
• fix(zerozone2): support lazy stream by @superhx in #2923
• feat(all): cherry pick from main by @superhx in #2927
• fix(zerozone2): reset replayer when reset subscriber by @superhx in #2930
• feat(zerozone2): return NOT_LEADER_OR_FOLLOWER to stale produce by @superhx in #2932
• feat(security): enhance ClientUtils to include listener-specific security settings (#2933) by @Gezi-lzq in #2935
• fix(zerozone2): fix bug caused by #2929 by @superhx in #2937
• fix(zerozone2): release after append & better snapshot replay by @superhx in #2939
• feat(release): release 1.6.0-rc2 by @Gezi-lzq in #2941
• fix(zerozone2): fix duplicated release by @superhx in #2943
• chore(zerozone2): isolate the record encode allocator by @superhx in #2945
• fix(zerozone2): fail the recover when decode fail by @superhx in #2947
• perf(s3stream): optimize the doRangeRead GC issue caused by #2764 by @superhx in #2949
• fix(zerzone2): fix commited epoch not bump when there is gracefully shutdown node by @superhx in #2952
• feat(zerozone2): response retryable error when route out get UNKNOWN_SERVER_ERROR by @superhx in #2954
• feat(failover): remove the controller limitation by @superhx in #2956
• chore(zerozone2): schedule logging proxy mapping by @superhx in #2958
• feat(zerozone2): async start RouterChannel and ConfirmWAL by @superhx in #2960
• feat(zerozone2): fast acks=0 by @superhx in #2964
• feat(core): add iceberg-nessie dependency for enhanced functionality (#2967) by @Gezi-lzq in #2968
• feat(table-coordinator): handle exceptions during snapshot expiration (#2969) by @Gezi-lzq in #2970
• chore(zerozone2): detect close failure by @superhx in #2974
• fix: correctly use bytebuffer slice in decodecontexts method (#2925) by @Gezi-lzq in #2976
• feat(release): release 1.6.0 by @Gezi-lzq in #2977

Full Changelog: 1.5.4...1.6.0