- Introduced numerous new features such as inline HNSW storage, ACORN search, ASCII folding, conditional updates, custom collection metadata, and a profiler for slow operations.
- Enhanced performance and reliability with faster Gridstore loading, thread and WAL optimizations, AVX512 SIMD support, default quantization, and improved flushing and snapshot handling.
- Resolved critical bugs (logger security, search cancellation, segment corruption, flush ordering) and deprecated legacy APIs (init, lock, old shard key format, payload filter) potentially breaking existing integrations.
v1.16.0
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