- Bumped default TLS timeout to 2 seconds and added support to extend leafnode remote TLS timeout; re‑enabled insecure mode for remote leafnodes/gateways.
- Added inline JWT support for operators, made ReadOperatorJWT public, introduced global sublist‑cache disable and a configurable payload‑trace limit.
- Fixed multiple leafnode issues (message distribution, subscription propagation, cycle prevention, INFO URL handling) and patched CVE‑2019‑13126 max‑payload bypass.
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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;