2.20.0

Core

• CONNECT username and password need json encoding #1168 @scottf
• UTF subject support #1169 @scottf
• Handle InterruptedException when obtaining the lock to queue a message. #1170 @scottf
• Handle duration string when accepting duration properties #1183 @scottf
• Make NatsServerPool extendable #1185 @scottf
• Allow user to set socket read timeout option #1188 @scottf

JetStream

• Stream state subjects as a map #1177 @scottf
• Stream state more efficient loading of subjects #1179 @scottf

Key Value

• Add filtering to KV keys methods #1173 @scottf
• Add filtering to KV keys methods - Use greater than constant #1174 @scottf
• Add filtering to KV keys methods - remove unnecessary optimization #1175 @scottf

Object Store

• Object Store use over leaf-hub domain part 2 #1172 @scottf

Unit Testing

• Test implementation dependency update #1167 @scottf
• Improve cluster testing support #1171 @scottf
• Change test to run against 2.10 or later #1180 #1181 @scottf
• [Flapper] Reconnect test fix #1189 @scottf

Project Management

• Switch to Eclipse Temurin and add SDKMan for local dev #1176 @artur-ciocanu
• Allowing building main on workflow_dispatch #1186 @scottf