- Added maintenance mode interceptor for gRPC, BaseURL support for Cohere’s reranker, and updated OIDC settings prefix; introduced http.Protocols in server configuration.
- Fixed several stability issues: lazy segment lock contention, replication‑ready checks, memberlist shutdown handling, tombstone cleanup, panic prevention, and error handling for failed S3 backups.
- Improved observability and performance with extra commit‑logger logging, backup queue file listing, and refined lazy segment lock handling.