- Introduced new features such as whereLike query clause, HasV7Uuids for MariaDB, microsecond time travel, HasCollection trait, QueryExecuted::toRawSql, and Carbon version compatibility.
- Fixed a range of bugs and stability issues including PHP CLI warnings, Command::FAILURE handling, logger interface errors, JSON decoding problems, collection assertions, and SQL Server test failures.
- Performed minor improvements and refactors: updated config docs, renamed Model::$collection to $collectionClass (breaking change), refined SQLite schema dump readability, and optimized cache query usage.