- Added multiple new features such as server version header, default/best compression codecs, static slice‑computation setting, extensive remote store and segment replication stats, encryption SDK and AWS KMS key provider, remote state pub...
- Introduced security enhancements including a core crypto library for source encryption/decryption, encryption SDK, KMS plugin, and rate‑limiter integration for remote‑store uploads/downloads.
- Fixed a range of bugs and performance regressions (replica stale data, ingest‑pipeline NPE, Zstd memory leak, sort issues, flaky tests) and performed a large dependency bump across the project.