• [Feature] Add idle_disconnect_timeout config option to automatically disconnect idle producers after a configurable timeout period.
• [Feature] Add support for async gems ecosystem with proper fiber yielding during blocking operations.
• [Feature] Add integration testing infrastructure with bin/integrations runner for testing external ecosystem compatibility.
• [Enhancement] Introduce the WaterDrop::Producer#disconnect so users can write custom logic to save on connections then producer is only used from time to time.
• [Enhancement] Introduce WaterDrop::Producer#inspect that is mutex-safe.
• [Enhancement] Raise errors on detected Ruby warnings.
• [Enhancement] Optimize producer for Ruby shapes.
• [Enhancement] Add integration spec to validate fiber yielding behavior with async gems.
• [Change] Require karafka-rdkafka >= 0.20.0.
• [Change] Add new CI action to trigger auto-doc refresh.