- Added SkipInstallDependencies option for remote workspaces and new CLI flags (node label as resource name, destroy‑remove deletes stack config, rotation of cloud secret encryption key).
- Signed GitHub release artifacts with cosign and uploaded signatures to the Rekor transparency log; introduced JSON serialization helpers across .NET, Go, Node.js, and Python SDKs and simplified invoke support.
- Fixed numerous bugs: out‑of‑memory issue with optimized checkpoint protocol, improved CLI convert performance, Go programgen optional pointer handling, deadlock in Python automation API, and other minor stability fixes.