diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-kafka-connect/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-kafka-connect/CHANGELOG.md
index a306551bc2bd..299c05fe02e2 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-kafka-connect/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-kafka-connect/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 ### 2.0.0 (2024-11-04)
 
+#### Features Added
+* General Availability release of the Source and Sink Kafka Connectors - See [PR 42785](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42785)
+
 #### Other Changes
 * Improved error message when the database provided in the config does not exist - See [PR 42599](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42599)
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-1_2-12/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-1_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a42193a5444..72ad2af6e22c 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-1_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-1_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #### Other Changes
 
 ### 4.34.0 (2024-10-10)
-
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 4.34.0 and above.
 #### Bugs Fixed
 * Fixed an issue to avoid transient `IllegalArgumentException` due to duplicate json properties for the `uniqueKeyPolicy` property in `DocumentCollection`. - See [PR 41608](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/41608) and [PR 42244](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42244)
 
@@ -238,8 +239,6 @@
 * Reduced the logging noise level on CancellationExceptions from `RntbdReporter.reportIssue`. - See [PR 32175](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/32175)
 
 ### 4.14.1 (2022-10-07)
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 4.14.1 and above.
 #### Bugs Fixed
 * Fixed incorrect RU metric reporting in micrometer metrics. - See [PR 31307](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/31307)
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-2_2-12/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-2_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
index fe5b1a8029c2..c21623a209e5 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-2_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-2_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #### Other Changes
 
 ### 4.34.0 (2024-10-10)
-
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 4.34.0 and above.
 #### Bugs Fixed
 * Fixed an issue to avoid transient `IllegalArgumentException` due to duplicate json properties for the `uniqueKeyPolicy` property in `DocumentCollection`. - See [PR 41608](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/41608) and [PR 42244](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42244)
 
@@ -242,8 +243,6 @@
 * Reduced the logging noise level on CancellationExceptions from `RntbdReporter.reportIssue`. - See [PR 32175](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/32175)
 
 ### 4.14.1 (2022-10-07)
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 4.14.1 and above.
 #### Bugs Fixed
 * Fixed incorrect RU metric reporting in micrometer metrics. - See [PR 31307](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/31307)
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-3_2-12/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-3_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
index 368795ed87cc..e920fd1572f8 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-3_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-3_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #### Other Changes
 
 ### 4.34.0 (2024-10-10)
-
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 4.34.0 and above.
 #### Bugs Fixed
 * Fixed an issue to avoid transient `IllegalArgumentException` due to duplicate json properties for the `uniqueKeyPolicy` property in `DocumentCollection`. - See [PR 41608](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/41608) and [PR 42244](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42244)
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-4_2-12/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-4_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
index 4659158e0ddb..276adeb27d8e 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-4_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-4_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #### Other Changes
 
 ### 4.34.0 (2024-10-10)
-
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 4.34.0 and above.
 #### Bugs Fixed
 * Fixed an issue to avoid transient `IllegalArgumentException` due to duplicate json properties for the `uniqueKeyPolicy` property in `DocumentCollection`. - See [PR 41608](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/41608) and [PR 42244](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42244)
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-5_2-12/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-5_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
index e39131eb222e..8829b806e747 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-5_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-spark_3-5_2-12/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #### Other Changes
 
 ### 4.34.0 (2024-10-10)
-
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 4.34.0 and above.
 #### Bugs Fixed
 * Fixed an issue to avoid transient `IllegalArgumentException` due to duplicate json properties for the `uniqueKeyPolicy` property in `DocumentCollection`. - See [PR 41608](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/41608) and [PR 42244](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42244)
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-tests/src/test/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/throughputControl/ContainerThroughputControlGroupPropertiesTests.java b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-tests/src/test/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/throughputControl/ContainerThroughputControlGroupPropertiesTests.java
index b69d1f732bbe..9c8965c0610d 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-tests/src/test/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/throughputControl/ContainerThroughputControlGroupPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-tests/src/test/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/throughputControl/ContainerThroughputControlGroupPropertiesTests.java
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 import com.azure.cosmos.CosmosAsyncClient;
 import com.azure.cosmos.CosmosAsyncContainer;
 import com.azure.cosmos.CosmosClientBuilder;
+import com.azure.cosmos.implementation.RxDocumentServiceRequest;
 import com.azure.cosmos.implementation.TestConfigurations;
 import com.azure.cosmos.implementation.apachecommons.lang.tuple.Pair;
 import com.azure.cosmos.implementation.throughputControl.config.LocalThroughputControlGroup;
 import com.azure.cosmos.models.PriorityLevel;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -24,9 +26,9 @@ public void enableThroughputControlGroup() {
         CosmosAsyncClient testClient = null;
         try {
             testClient = new CosmosClientBuilder()
-                    .endpoint(TestConfigurations.HOST)
-                    .key(TestConfigurations.MASTER_KEY)
-                    .buildAsyncClient();
+                .endpoint(TestConfigurations.HOST)
+                .key(TestConfigurations.MASTER_KEY)
+                .buildAsyncClient();
 
             ContainerThroughputControlGroupProperties throughputControlContainerProperties =
                 new ContainerThroughputControlGroupProperties("/testDB/testContainer");
@@ -35,13 +37,13 @@ public void enableThroughputControlGroup() {
 
             // Test 1: add default throughput control group successfully
             LocalThroughputControlGroup throughputControlDefaultGroup = new LocalThroughputControlGroup(
-                    "test-" + UUID.randomUUID(),
-                    container,
-                    6,
-                    null,
-                    PriorityLevel.HIGH,
-                    true,
-                    false);
+                "test-" + UUID.randomUUID(),
+                container,
+                6,
+                null,
+                PriorityLevel.HIGH,
+                true,
+                false);
 
             Pair<Integer, Boolean> stateAfterEnabling =
                 throughputControlContainerProperties.enableThroughputControlGroup(throughputControlDefaultGroup, null);
@@ -53,13 +55,13 @@ public void enableThroughputControlGroup() {
             // Test 2: add throughput control group with same id, but different values for immutable
             // properties isDefault or continueOnError
             LocalThroughputControlGroup throughputControlGroupDuplicate1 = new LocalThroughputControlGroup(
-                    throughputControlDefaultGroup.getGroupName(),
-                    container,
-                    6,
-                    null,
-                    PriorityLevel.HIGH,
-                    false,
-                    false);
+                throughputControlDefaultGroup.getGroupName(),
+                container,
+                6,
+                null,
+                PriorityLevel.HIGH,
+                false,
+                false);
 
             assertThatThrownBy(
                 () -> throughputControlContainerProperties
@@ -83,26 +85,26 @@ public void enableThroughputControlGroup() {
 
             // Test 3: add another default group
             LocalThroughputControlGroup throughputControlDefaultGroup2 = new LocalThroughputControlGroup(
-                    "test-" + UUID.randomUUID(),
-                    container,
-                    6,
-                    null,
-                    PriorityLevel.HIGH,
-                    true,
-                    false);
+                "test-" + UUID.randomUUID(),
+                container,
+                6,
+                null,
+                PriorityLevel.HIGH,
+                true,
+                false);
             assertThatThrownBy(() -> throughputControlContainerProperties.enableThroughputControlGroup(throughputControlDefaultGroup2, null))
-                    .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
-                    .hasMessage("A default group already exists");
+                .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+                .hasMessage("A default group already exists");
 
             // Test 4: add a new group
             LocalThroughputControlGroup newGroup = new LocalThroughputControlGroup(
-                    "test-" + UUID.randomUUID(),
-                    container,
-                    6,
-                    null,
-                    PriorityLevel.HIGH,
-                    false,
-                    false);
+                "test-" + UUID.randomUUID(),
+                container,
+                6,
+                null,
+                PriorityLevel.HIGH,
+                false,
+                false);
             stateAfterEnabling =
                 throughputControlContainerProperties.enableThroughputControlGroup(newGroup, null);
             currentGroupSize = stateAfterEnabling.getLeft();
@@ -112,13 +114,13 @@ public void enableThroughputControlGroup() {
 
             // Test 5: add a same group as step 4
             LocalThroughputControlGroup newGroupDuplicate = new LocalThroughputControlGroup(
-                    newGroup.getGroupName(),
-                    container,
-                    newGroup.getTargetThroughput(),
-                    newGroup.getTargetThroughputThreshold(),
-                    PriorityLevel.HIGH,
-                    newGroup.isDefault(),
-                    newGroup.isContinueOnInitError());
+                newGroup.getGroupName(),
+                container,
+                newGroup.getTargetThroughput(),
+                newGroup.getTargetThroughputThreshold(),
+                PriorityLevel.HIGH,
+                newGroup.isDefault(),
+                newGroup.isContinueOnInitError());
             stateAfterEnabling =
                 throughputControlContainerProperties.enableThroughputControlGroup(newGroupDuplicate, null);
             currentGroupSize = stateAfterEnabling.getLeft();
@@ -136,7 +138,8 @@ public void enableThroughputControlGroup() {
                 newGroup.isDefault(),
                 newGroup.isContinueOnInitError());
             stateAfterEnabling =
-                throughputControlContainerProperties.enableThroughputControlGroup(newGroupDuplicateModifiedTarget, null);
+                throughputControlContainerProperties.enableThroughputControlGroup(newGroupDuplicateModifiedTarget,
+                    null);
             currentGroupSize = stateAfterEnabling.getLeft();
             wasGroupConfigUpdated = stateAfterEnabling.getRight();
             assertThat(currentGroupSize).isEqualTo(2);
@@ -147,4 +150,30 @@ public void enableThroughputControlGroup() {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Test(groups = "emulator")
+    public void enableThroughputControlGroupWithoutDefault() {
+        CosmosAsyncClient testClient = null;
+        try {
+            testClient = new CosmosClientBuilder()
+                .endpoint(TestConfigurations.HOST)
+                .key(TestConfigurations.MASTER_KEY)
+                .buildAsyncClient();
+
+            ContainerThroughputControlGroupProperties throughputControlContainerProperties =
+                new ContainerThroughputControlGroupProperties("/testDB/testContainer");
+
+            //  Test: Without default group and request not having the group name, allowRequestToContinueOnInitError
+            //  should not throw NPE
+            boolean allowRequestToContinue =
+                throughputControlContainerProperties.allowRequestToContinueOnInitError(Mockito.mock(RxDocumentServiceRequest.class));
+
+            assertThat(allowRequestToContinue).isTrue();
+
+        } finally {
+            if (testClient != null) {
+                testClient.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
index b52012a13cac..3f0316893270 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #### Breaking Changes
 
 #### Bugs Fixed
+* Fixed a Null Pointer Exception in `ContainerThroughputConrolGroupProperties` if defaultGroup is not set. - See [PR 42835](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42835)
 
 #### Other Changes
 * Enable `JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_UNQUOTED_CONTROL_CHARS` by default for objectMapper. - See [PR 42520](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42520)
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@
 * Fixed an issue where holding onto a `CosmosException` instance would hold a strong reference to a `RxDocumentClientImpl` instance preventing garbage collection of the `RxDocumentClientImpl` instance. - See [PR 42178](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42178)
 
 ### 4.64.0 (2024-10-10)
-
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 4.64.0 and above.
 #### Features Added
 * Added an API to retrieve diagnostics from the change feed processor context. - See [PR 41738](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/41738)
 * Added support to allow `queryChangeFeed` to complete when all changes available when the query starts have been fetched. - See [PR 42160](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/42160)
@@ -319,8 +321,6 @@
 * Fixed possible `NullPointerException` issue if health-check flow kicks in before RNTBD context negotiation for a given channel - See [PR 36397](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/36397).
 
 ### 4.48.2 (2023-08-25)
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 4.48.2 and above.
 #### Bugs Fixed
 * Fixed possible `NullPointerException` issue if health-check flow kicks in before RNTBD context negotiation for a given channel - See [PR 36397](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/36397).
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/throughputControl/ContainerThroughputControlGroupProperties.java b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/throughputControl/ContainerThroughputControlGroupProperties.java
index 31e764205063..d67f0e400266 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/throughputControl/ContainerThroughputControlGroupProperties.java
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/throughputControl/ContainerThroughputControlGroupProperties.java
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ public boolean allowRequestToContinueOnInitError(RxDocumentServiceRequest reques
 
         String requestGroupName = request.getThroughputControlGroupName();
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(requestGroupName)) {
-            requestGroupName = this.defaultGroup.get().getGroupName();
+            if (defaultGroup.get() == null) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            requestGroupName = defaultGroup.get().getGroupName();
         }
 
         return this.supressInitErrorGroupSet.contains(requestGroupName);
diff --git a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-data-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-data-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
index 62d219ba5782..f84882e41497 100644
--- a/sdk/spring/azure-spring-data-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/spring/azure-spring-data-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 #### Other Changes
 
 ### 5.18.0 (2024-11-05)
-
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 5.18.0 and above.
 #### Other Changes
 * Updated `azure-cosmos` to version `4.64.0`.
 
@@ -290,8 +291,6 @@
 * Updated `azure-cosmos` to version `4.38.0`.
 
 ### 3.28.1 (2022-10-07)
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> We strongly recommend our customers to use version 3.28.1 and above.
 #### Other Changes
 * Updated `azure-cosmos` to version `4.37.1`.