Release v2.2.9

What's Changed

• version updates by @msmygit in #140
• img-link by @mendonk in #143
• Update Key-value Avro destination data topic by @msmygit in #145
• Disable the replication_latency metric for backfilled items by @aymkhalil in #146
• Update pulsar dependency to 2.10.3 by @aymkhalil in #144
• Upgrade gradle to 8.1 by @aymkhalil in #147
• Add backfill-cli docs by @mendonk in #148
• [docs]bump-version by @mendonk in #149
• Update README.md by @mendonk in #152
• Improve WatchService error handling & logging by @aymkhalil in #153
• Upgrade org.json to fix CVE-45688 by @aymkhalil in #157
• Release all semaphore permits when the current task instance is to be retried by @aymkhalil in #158
• Log agent version on startup by @aymkhalil in #159

Full Changelog: v2.2.5...v2.2.9