- Breaking change: Metabase 53 requires Java 21 (Java 17 support dropped).
- New dashboard capabilities: embed questions directly in dashboards, pre‑emptive caching, and support for parameters in link/iframe cards and entity IDs in embedding.
- Security enhancements: cache encryption and improved encryption management, plus numerous bug fixes across databases, UI, and API.
Metabase 53.1
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