Release v1.28.0

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Overview

This release focuses on a set of changes and improvements in new JetStream API. With this release, JetStream API is out of preview.
Additionally, with this release support for go version < 1.18.0 is dropped, due to usage of any type in codebase.

Added

• JetStream:
  • HeadersOnly field on OrderedConsumerConfig ([ADDED] HeadersOnly field on OrderedConsumerConfig #1327)
  • WithStreamListSubject() option to filter results of ListStreams() and StreamNames() by stream name ([CHANGED] Simplified API for listing streams and stream names, added option to filter by stream name #1312)

Improved

• Added dev and main branches of nats-server to tests in CI (Adds nats-server dev + main branches to CI testing #1336)
• Core NATS:
  • Fixed incorrect test case in parse_test.go ([FIXED] Correct input for "parse 0" test case #1334)
• JetStream:
  • Fix typos and doc comments in new JetStream API (Fix typos and doc comments for JetStream simplified API #1339)
  • Fixed and slightly enhanced the basic example in jetstream package (fixed + slightly enhanced the basic example in jetstream package #1340)
  • Improvements in in jetstream/README.md (Fixes to jetstream/readme #1347, js: shorten timeout in readme #1350)

Changed

• Replace interface{} with any across the codebase ([IMPROVED] Replace empty interface with any #1332)
• JetStream:
  • [BREAKING CHANGE] Move NakWithDelay to separate method, instead of it being an option on Nak() ([CHANGED] Move NakWithDelay to separate method #1337)
  • [BREAKING CHANGE] Simplified API for listing streams and stream names ([CHANGED] Simplified API for listing streams and stream names, added option to filter by stream name #1312)
  • Add default timeout when context.Background() or context.TODO() is used ([CHANGED] Add default timeout in JetStream when empty context is used #1348)

Fixed

• JetStream:
  • Create consumer when calling OrderedConsumer() (Create consumer on OrderedConsumer, add missing tests #1317)
  • Unset start time for ordered consumer on reset (Unset start time for ordered consumer on retry #1341)
  • Fixed Next() blocking indefinitely after calling Stop() (JetStream API: Fix Next() blocking indefinitely after calling Stop() #1344)
  • Invalid missing heartbeat errors in Consume() ([FIXED] Invalid heartbeat errors in Consume() #1345)
  • Fixed PublishAsync() blocking published due to PublishAsyncMaxPending not being reset on reconnect ([FIXED] PublishAsyncMaxPending not reset after server disconnect #1346)
• Legacy JetStream:
  • Fixed PublishAsync() blocking published due to PublishAsyncMaxPending not being reset on reconnect ([FIXED] PublishAsyncMaxPending not reset after server disconnect #1346)