- Build system upgraded to Bazel 8 (breaking) with workspace mode changes and Intel DLB balancer disabled; new dynamic module extension points and Rust SDK enhancements added.
- Extensive security hardening with dozens of CVE fixes across HTTP/2, HTTP/3, ext authz/proc, gRPC, OAuth2 (AES‑256‑GCM encryption), DNS, JSON parsing, and more.
- New features include weighted bandwidth HTTP filters, MCP streaming JSON parser, improved routing and dynamic forward‑proxy CIDR filtering, Linux sockmap BPF balancer, io_uring enhancements, and richer observability logs.