redpanda-data/redpanda v24.1.17 on GitHub

Features

Fixed a segfault that will occur if mTLS is in use and the auditing client is not configured correctly by @michael-redpanda in #23290
Fixed possible oversized alloc in the DescribeLogsDir API handler by @michael-redpanda in #23293
Fixes a bug that would cause retention to be applied to compact-only tiered storage topics. by @andrwng in #23360
Return NOT_COORDINATOR immediately in group transactional operations if the broker is aware that it is not the group coordinator. by @ztlpn in #23188
#23221 Fixes a bug that resulted in persisting an invalid topic_properties configuration in the topic_table. by @WillemKauf in #23226

rpk connect now will be downloaded on the first run. by @r-vasquez in #23352
rpk: introduce rpk connect install, rpk connect upgrade, and rpk connect uninstall, manual ways to manage rpk connect versioning. by @r-vasquez in #23352
PR #23128 [v24.1.x] c/members_table: include members table version in the snapshot by @mmaslankaprv
PR #23235 [v24.1.x] CORE-7049 dt/rbac: wait for healthy cluster after restart by @pgellert
PR #23237 [v24.1.x] config: mark cloud_storage_enabled() as needs_restart::yes by @WillemKauf
PR #23362 [v24.1.x] admin: add cloud_storage_cache_size check to config_multi_property_validation() (manual backport) by @WillemKauf
PR #23377 [v24.1.x] Remove some warnings and ignored errors from ducktape log by @ivotron

Full Changelog: v24.1.16...v24.1.17