What's Changed

• [fix] Add JSON tag for UpdateAuthData in UpdateOptions (#1450) by @freeznet
• [feat] Add RemovePersistence methods to namespace admin (#1447) by @freeznet
• [improve] Add support for PIP-431: creation and last publish timestamps (#1451) by @codelipenghui
• [docs] Update example code and add log initialization configurations (#1449) by @geniusjoe
• [docs] Update release process to link release and release notes to the Pulsar website (#1453) by @RobertIndie
• [improve] Change producer reconnect error logs to warn logs (#1445) by @RobertIndie
• [feat] Implement ReconsumeLater on regex consumer (#1456) by @jordanfitz
• [feat] Add support for issuer URL override in client credentials flow (#1463) by @freeznet
• [feat] Add removal methods for namespace policies (#1465) by @freeznet
• [feat] Add support for retrieving schema compatibility strategy with options (#1469) by @freeznet
• [feat] Add remove replication clusters topic API (#1470) by @freeznet
• [feat] Treat ProducerBlockedQuotaExceededException as retryable and continue reconnecting (#1457) by @geniusjoe
• [fix] Fix panic when messages size is 0 (#1460) by @unJASON
• [improve] Make service URL parsing compatible with Go 1.26 (#1468) by @nodece
• [feat] Add scoped topic policies support (#1471) by @freeznet
• [fix] Fix consumer not consuming resent chunked messages (#1464) by @geniusjoe

New Contributors

• @codelipenghui made their first contribution in #1451
• @jordanfitz made their first contribution in #1456
• @unJASON made their first contribution in #1460