Confluent BigQuery Connector upgraded to version 2.5.0

This version of Confluent BigQuery Connector for Aiven Apache Kafka Connect brings several enhancements, fixes, and updates to the connector. It is compatible with previous versions and does not introduce any breaking changes.

Key highlights:

• You can now send DebeziumTimeStamp fields to BigQuery as they are without any conversion.
• You can use the KIP-610 feature to route errant records to a Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) for later inspection and processing.
• Added a retry mechanism to handle concurrent serialization errors that may occur when merging data in upsert/delete mode.

For a complete list of changes, see the Confluent changelog. To upgrade to this version, apply the service maintenance updates.