- Introduced VERSION_WITH_UPDATE() to expose a four-part release identity (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.UPDATE).
- Resolved a wide range of bugs across InnoDB, optimizer, replication, audit log, and added security fixes for RSA key handling and WebAuthn parsing.
- Upgraded bundled libraries (libevent, TIRPC, OpenTelemetry) and improved package compatibility on EL10 aarch64.