- Added new configuration features such as ping interval/max, integer suffixes, include files, max connections, log‑rotation via SIGUSR1 and automatic syslog tag generation.
- Updated the build to Go 1.7.4 with staticcheck verification and refreshed the Docker image to use the new Go version.
- Fixed several bugs: client‑certificate verification, non‑ASCII quote handling, ineffective max‑connections setting, flag‑parsing errors, and removed the unused MaxPending option.
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Added Leafnodes support with a configurable dial timeout option for high‑latency links
Upgrade to Go 1.25.12 and bump critical dependencies (klauspost/compress v1.19.2, golang.org/x/crypto v0.55.0).
Decoupled Raft transport and increased disk concurrency (now configurable) with several JetStream performance and memory optimizations;