- Major breaking changes: metrics upgraded via OTEL collector packages and removal of min‑step API from metricstore; legacy browser support dropped.
- New features: UI auto‑detects base URL; configurable header forwarding to Elasticsearch/OpenSearch and gRPC storage; AI‑driven Jaeger MCP endpoint and Gemini agent tracing; ClickHouse storage gains TTL support, dependency writer, and rat...
- Security and stability: command‑injection fix in release script; extensive bug fixes across storage backends, ClickHouse query builder, and UI components.
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Breaking changes: promote Elasticsearch rotation and index‑cleaner feature gates to beta and drop support for Elasticsearch v6, with related config deprecations.
Added a new /api/v3/trace summaries endpoint and migrated UI search to use it, introducing lightweight trace summary API (feature, breaking).