[release] Changelog for 2.7.3.Final

_data/releases/2.7/2.7.3.Final.yml

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+date: 2024-09-20
+version: "2.7.3.Final"
+stable: true
+summary: Support for MariaDB 11.4; Oracle connector handles `EMPTY_BLOB()` default value; Oracle connector can skip parser errors; MariaDB/MySQL grammar fixes; CPU default configuration for Debezium Server/Engine for improved performance
+# announcement_url:

_data/releases/2.7/series.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ compatibility:
   mariadb:
     database:
       versions:
-        - 11.1.2
+        - 11.4.3
     driver:
       versions:
         - 3.2.0

releases/2.7/release-notes.asciidoc

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+[[release-2.7.3-final]]
+== *Release 2.7.3.Final* _(September 20th 2024)_
+
+See the https://issues.redhat.com/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12317320&version=12432883[complete list of issues].
+
+=== Kafka compatibility
+
+This release has been built against Kafka Connect 3.7.0 and has been tested with version 3.7.0 of the Kafka brokers.
+See the https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#upgrade[Kafka documentation] for compatibility with other versions of Kafka brokers.
+
+
+=== Upgrading
+
+Before upgrading any connector, be sure to check the backward-incompatible changes that have been made since the release you were using.
+
+When you decide to upgrade one of these connectors to 2.7.3.Final from any earlier versions,
+first check the migration notes for the version you're using.
+Gracefully stop the running connector, remove the old plugin files, install the 2.7.3.Final plugin files, and restart the connector using the same configuration.
+Upon restart, the 2.7.3.Final connectors will continue where the previous connector left off.
+As one might expect, all change events previously written to Kafka by the old connector will not be modified.
+
+If you are using our container images, then please do not forget to pull them fresh from https://quay.io/organization/debezium[Quay.io].
+
+
+=== Breaking changes
+
+There are no breaking changes in this release.
+
+
+=== New features
+
+* Avoid 3 second delay in Oracle when one of the RAC nodes is offline https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8177[DBZ-8177]
+* Allow skipping exceptions related to DML parser errors https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8208[DBZ-8208]
+* Support MariaDB 11.4.3 https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8226[DBZ-8226]
+* Support BLOB with EMPTY_BLOB() as default https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8248[DBZ-8248]
+
+
+=== Fixes
+
+* Make ORA-00600 - krvrdccs10 automatically retriable https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-5009[DBZ-5009]
+* DDL statement couldn't be parsed: REVOKE IF EXISTS https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8209[DBZ-8209]
+* Oracle TableSchemaBuilder provides wrong column name in error message https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8217[DBZ-8217]
+* Debezium does not restart automatically after throwing an ORA-00600 krvrdccs30 error https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8223[DBZ-8223]
+* JDBC sink doesn't include fields as per documentation https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8224[DBZ-8224]
+* Unbounded number of processing threads in async engine https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8237[DBZ-8237]
+* Streaming metrics are stuck after an ad-hoc blocking snapshot https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8238[DBZ-8238]
+* DDL statement couldn't be parsed with IF EXISTS https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8240[DBZ-8240]
+* Random engine factory used by default https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8241[DBZ-8241]
+
+
+=== Other changes
+
+* Implement separate source and sink connector sections in documentation navigation https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8220[DBZ-8220]
+* Broken link to Streams doc about configuring logging  https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8231[DBZ-8231]
+* Document passthrough hibernate.* properties for the JDBC connector https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8232[DBZ-8232]
+* AbstractConnectorTest consumeRecordsUntil may prematurely exit loop https://issues.redhat.com/browse/DBZ-8250[DBZ-8250]
+
+
+
 [[release-2.7.2-final]]
 == *Release 2.7.2.Final* _(September 5th 2024)_