- Added security and audit enhancements: PBKDF2 password storage for caching_sha2_password, audit log time‑based rotation and configurable filter‑recovery modes.
- Community Edition now includes previously Enterprise‑only components (replication metrics, group replication stats, telemetry) and new JSON Duality View DML/auto‑increment support.
- Introduced new variable replica_allow_higher_version_source and delivered many bug fixes across InnoDB, optimizer, replication, JSON handling, atomic DDL, and other subsystems.
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