- Removes the 4 GiB limit on Raft log segment files with a new on‑disk format, making downgrades to earlier 3.8.x versions impossible.
- Adds full Erlang 23 compatibility and updates plugins (e.g., Prometheus) for the new memory‑allocator metric format.
- Switches etcd peer discovery to the etcd v3 API (deprecating v2), enables SNI by default, and bundles numerous bug fixes and CLI/management enhancements.