Running Prepare-Release for azure-messaging-servicebus January 2025 (#43739)

release

Author: anuchandy

eng/versioning/version_client.txt

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ com.azure:azure-messaging-eventhubs-checkpointstore-blob;1.20.2;1.21.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-messaging-eventhubs-checkpointstore-jedis;1.0.0-beta.3;1.0.0-beta.4
 com.azure:azure-messaging-eventhubs-stress;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-messaging-eventhubs-track2-perf;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.1
-com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;7.17.7;7.18.0-beta.2
+com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;7.17.7;7.17.8
 com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus-stress;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus-track2-perf;1.0.0-beta.1;1.0.0-beta.1
 com.azure:azure-messaging-webpubsub;1.3.3;1.4.0-beta.1

sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus-stress/pom.xml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.18.0-beta.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
+      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- logging, tracing, metrics -->

sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus-track2-perf/pom.xml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
       <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-      <version>7.18.0-beta.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
+      <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.azure</groupId>

sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 7.18.0-beta.2 (Unreleased)
+## 7.17.8 (2025-01-09)
 
 ### Features Added
 
 - Added support for Service Bus Emulator connection string. Refer [Azure Service Bus Emulator](https://github.com/Azure/azure-service-bus-emulator-installer) for emulator installation and supported connection strings. ([38735](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/38735)).
 
-### Breaking Changes
+### Other Changes
 
-### Bugs Fixed
+#### Dependency Updates
 
-### Other Changes
+- Upgraded `azure-identity` from `1.14.1` to `1.14.2`.
 
 ## 7.17.7 (2024-12-04)
 

sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/README.md

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ add the direct dependency to your project as follows.
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
     <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-    <version>7.17.6</version>
+    <version>7.17.8</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 [//]: # ({x-version-update-end})

sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/docs/pom.xml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
             <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-            <version>7.18.0-beta.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
+            <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Dependencies required for Log4j2 -->

sdk/servicebus/azure-messaging-servicebus/pom.xml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
   <artifactId>azure-messaging-servicebus</artifactId>
-  <version>7.18.0-beta.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
+  <version>7.17.8</version> <!-- {x-version-update;com.azure:azure-messaging-servicebus;current} -->
   <name>Microsoft Azure client library for Service Bus</name>
   <description>This package contains the Microsoft Azure Service Bus client library</description>
   <url>https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java</url>