diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 662897ec..b4cd7b0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 0.18.0 (Unreleased)
 - [Enhancement] Update `librdkafka` to `2.5.0`
+- [Enhancement] Do not release GVL on `rd_kafka_name` (ferrous26)
 - [Patch] Patch cooperative-sticky assignments in librdkafka.
 - [Fix] Mitigate a case where FFI would not restart the background events callback dispatcher in forks
 - [Fix] Fix unused variable reference in producer (lucasmvnascimento)
diff --git a/lib/rdkafka/bindings.rb b/lib/rdkafka/bindings.rb
index e2692199..4a9e5269 100644
--- a/lib/rdkafka/bindings.rb
+++ b/lib/rdkafka/bindings.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 module Rdkafka
   # @private
+  #
+  # @note
+  #   There are two types of responses related to errors:
+  #     - rd_kafka_error_t - a C object that we need to remap into an error or null when no error
+  #     - rd_kafka_resp_err_t - response error code (numeric) that we can use directly
+  #
+  #   It is critical to ensure, that we handle them correctly. The result type should be:
+  #     - rd_kafka_error_t - :pointer
+  #     - rd_kafka_resp_err_t - :int
   module Bindings
     extend FFI::Library
 
@@ -38,7 +47,7 @@ class SizePtr < FFI::Struct
 
     # Metadata
 
-    attach_function :rd_kafka_name, [:pointer], :string, blocking: true
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_name, [:pointer], :string
     attach_function :rd_kafka_memberid, [:pointer], :string, blocking: true
     attach_function :rd_kafka_clusterid, [:pointer], :string, blocking: true
     attach_function :rd_kafka_metadata, [:pointer, :int, :pointer, :pointer, :int], :int, blocking: true
@@ -84,7 +93,7 @@ class TopicPartitionList < FFI::Struct
     end
 
     attach_function :rd_kafka_topic_partition_list_new, [:int32], :pointer
-    attach_function :rd_kafka_topic_partition_list_add, [:pointer, :string, :int32], :void
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_topic_partition_list_add, [:pointer, :string, :int32], :pointer
     attach_function :rd_kafka_topic_partition_list_set_offset, [:pointer, :string, :int32, :int64], :void
     attach_function :rd_kafka_topic_partition_list_destroy, [:pointer], :void
     attach_function :rd_kafka_topic_partition_list_copy, [:pointer], :pointer
@@ -140,6 +149,11 @@ class NativeErrorDesc < FFI::Struct
 
     attach_function :rd_kafka_err2name, [:int], :string
     attach_function :rd_kafka_err2str, [:int], :string
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_error_is_fatal, [:pointer], :int
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_error_is_retriable, [:pointer], :int
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_error_txn_requires_abort, [:pointer], :int
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_error_destroy, [:pointer], :void
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_error_code, [:pointer], :int
     attach_function :rd_kafka_get_err_descs, [:pointer, :pointer], :void
 
     # Configuration
@@ -210,7 +224,7 @@ class NativeErrorDesc < FFI::Struct
       :void, [:pointer, :int, :string, :pointer]
     ) do |_client_prr, err_code, reason, _opaque|
       if Rdkafka::Config.error_callback
-        error = Rdkafka::RdkafkaError.new(err_code, broker_message: reason)
+        error = Rdkafka::RdkafkaError.build(err_code, broker_message: reason)
         error.set_backtrace(caller)
         Rdkafka::Config.error_callback.call(error)
       end
@@ -347,6 +361,11 @@ class NativeErrorDesc < FFI::Struct
     attach_function :rd_kafka_purge, [:pointer, :int], :int, blocking: true
     callback :delivery_cb, [:pointer, :pointer, :pointer], :void
     attach_function :rd_kafka_conf_set_dr_msg_cb, [:pointer, :delivery_cb], :void
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_init_transactions, [:pointer, :int], :pointer, blocking: true
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_send_offsets_to_transaction, [:pointer, :pointer, :pointer, :int], :pointer, blocking: true
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_begin_transaction, [:pointer], :pointer, blocking: true
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_abort_transaction, [:pointer, :int], :pointer, blocking: true
+    attach_function :rd_kafka_commit_transaction, [:pointer, :int], :pointer, blocking: true
 
     # Partitioner
     PARTITIONERS = %w(random consistent consistent_random murmur2 murmur2_random fnv1a fnv1a_random).each_with_object({}) do |name, hsh|

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