- Stream handling improvements: more CPU‑efficient metric collection, optional CRC32 checksum disable for quorum queues (up to 15% throughput boost) and max segment size capped at 3 GiB
- New TLS and logging enhancements for inter‑node stream replication, reduced verbosity, and support for function‑reference TLS configuration
- Various bug fixes (mixed‑cluster channel errors, quorum‑queue timeout propagation, stream client config issues) and consistent‑hashing exchange plugin now enforces a single binding, a potential breaking change