Protocol Buffers v27.1

Announcements

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Compiler

• Always report plugin support errors from protoc. (9a37881)

C++

• Fix a bug in edition defaults calculation. (887e95d)

Java

• Move back deprecation of java utf8 feature to 2024. (8ffc1d0)

Csharp

• Handle groups in C# JsonParser (#16970) (0e9dd4c)

Other

• Avoid ODR violations from bootstrapped protos (f61d89c)