- Updated configuration file format (removed cassandra.port, now use host:port notation) requiring migration – breaking change documented in UPDATE.md.
- Added Cassandra authentication, SSL encryption with auto‑generated certificates, and OAuth2 Resource Owner Password Credentials grant – new security and feature enhancements.
- Fixed multiple bugs: multi‑node Cassandra handling, analytics numeric query strings, path resolver matching, file log creation, plus cleaned up Kong CLI output.