- Adds many new features: support for dot‑named fields, forward translog reading, HTTP/3 server support, gRPC circuit‑breaker, index‑level encryption for snapshots, HLL field mapper, intra‑segment search, and X‑Request‑Id header.
- Introduces concurrency improvements such as concurrent translog recovery, additional codec registration hooks, and a new libs/netty4 module shared across netty‑based plugins.
- Fixes numerous bugs including snapshot rename limits, segment replication during rolling restarts, aggregation size issues, and restores proper header propagation for gRPC transports.