- Upgrade Go builder from Go1.26.0 to Go1.26.1, addressing security issues in the runtime.
- Introduce numerous features: OAuth2 custom headers in vmagent, OIDC discovery and JWT claim routing in vmauth, proper CORS preflight handling, per‑user access logging, negative eval offsets in vmalert, and UI/cluster improvements.
- Fix a wide range of bugs across components, including histogram metadata handling, request routing, UI heatmap calculations, backup ACL defaults, S3 metadata overwrites, host‑label attachment, and filestream timing accuracy.