- Introduces the Change Stream Applier (CSA) as an opt‑in, per‑channel multi‑threaded replication applier with configurable worker threads (up to 1,024) replacing the MTA.
- Adds new audit_log status variables, command‑service client‑flags option, mysqldump --extended-insert-multiline, and updates undo‑tablespace truncation handling while improving JSON and optimizer behavior.
- Deprecates replication variables group_replication_communication_stack and group_replication_ip_allowlist, removes undo truncation logs, upgrades libfido2 to 1.17.0, and includes numerous bug fixes across InnoDB, optimizer, JSON, and per...