Changelogs, metadata and versions for 7.82.0 RC4 (#24583)

* [Release] Bumped kafka_consumer version to 8.1.1

* [Release] Bumped kueue version to 1.0.1

* [Release] Update metadata

Author: nubtron

.in-toto/tag.3fd906bb.link

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## 8.1.1 / 2026-07-17
+
+***Fixed***:
+
+* Cache the earliest (log-start) offset used for `kafka.topic.size` and `kafka.partition.size` across collection intervals instead of refetching it from the broker on every run. ([#24515](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/24515))
+* Allow reusing the Kafka AdminClient and Consumer across check runs (via close_admin_client: false) to avoid unbounded agent memory growth from librdkafka thread churn. ([#24552](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/24552))
+
 ## 8.1.0 / 2026-07-08
 
 ***Added***:

kafka_consumer/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # All rights reserved
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
 
-__version__ = "8.1.0"
+__version__ = "8.1.1"

kafka_consumer/changelog.d/24515.fixed

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## 1.0.1 / 2026-07-17
+
+***Fixed***:
+
+* Use the current Kueue Workload API for workload event collection, with fallback support for older clusters. ([#24563](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/24563))
+
 ## 1.0.0 / 2026-07-08
 
 ***Added***:

kafka_consumer/changelog.d/24552.fixed

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # (C) Datadog, Inc. 2026-present
 # All rights reserved
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
-__version__ = '1.0.0'
+__version__ = '1.0.1'

kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/__about__.py

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ datadog-jboss-wildfly==3.4.0
 datadog-journald==3.2.0
 datadog-juniper-srx-firewall==1.3.0
 datadog-kafka-actions==2.8.0
-datadog-kafka-consumer==8.1.0
+datadog-kafka-consumer==8.1.1
 datadog-kafka==4.6.0
 datadog-karpenter==3.4.1
 datadog-keda==2.4.1
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ datadog-kubernetes-state==10.5.0
 datadog-kubevirt-api==2.5.1
 datadog-kubevirt-controller==2.4.1
 datadog-kubevirt-handler==2.5.1
-datadog-kueue==1.0.0
+datadog-kueue==1.0.1
 datadog-kuma==2.4.1
 datadog-kyototycoon==4.5.0
 datadog-kyverno==3.4.1