- Added async replication scheduler, per‑level discriminants for hash‑tree peer comparison, and basic‑auth support to Raft cluster endpoints.
- Introduced default vector index setting, stopped reading class names from object buckets, and updated TextAnalyzerConfig documentation for immutability.
- Fixed multiple stability issues including shutdown hangs, snapshot naming, metrics reporting, replication shard handling, recursive RAFT commands, and reduced log spam.