…r KIP-848 (#329)

* Run perf tests for consumer protocol

* changed docker location for Promisified tests

* Run promisified tests with the new protocol

* Added kafka_jaas.conf

* Remove forbidden properties from KAFAKJS configs too

* Skip for partitionAssigners as well

* Increase test timeout

* increase sleep timeout and expect any strings in protocol in describe groups

* increase test timeout

* set session timeout in server properties

* set session timeout 10 secs

* Skip oauthbreaker tests

* Skip all oauthbreaker_cb tests

* docker logging

* increase timeout to 60

* pin versions

* Remove logging and decrease sleep time

* Change coverage file name

* [KIP-848]: Structure change for DescribeConsumerGroups (#327)

* Added new fields in DescribeConsumerGroup

* error debug

* test changes

* test enabled

* requested changes

* Test fix

* Test fix

* Changelog and test fix

* Changelog change

* Implemented KIP 848 changes

* style format

* Expect apt groups

* updated list group tests

* Requested changes

* Changelog changes and minor fix

* feat: add support for Node v24

Updated `semaphore.yml ` to add support for Node.js v24.  Used the ABI version as listed in the JSON file located at: 
https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/doc/abi_version_registry.json

* Update post-install and README for v24

* Add CHANGELOG, update SR tests to pass

* Revert testing only changes

* Update changelog

* Revert more testing-only changes

* Update 1.4.0 release candidate (#341)

* Bump version to 1.4.0-rc0

* Use publicly documented API to download librdkafka NuGet package

* Fix librdkafka version

* Conform to nuget API

* Update so that changes are not -dev

* Update to RC4 of librdkafka

* Add testing changes

* Revert testing changes

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Co-authored-by: Weyert de Boer <weyert@gmail.com>