- Added readonly mode to the markdown interface and support for nested file previews in many‑to‑many relationships.
- Fixed a wide range of UI and functional bugs, including signed toggle display, datetime handling, header menu positioning, column overflow, user/role selection, colour interface loading, and cookie stickiness in load‑balanced setups.
- Updated documentation links and introduced a new datetime parsing engine, which may require re‑configuring custom format settings.
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Fixed storage connection leaks for all drivers and made `exists()` throw on lookup failures, requiring error handling (breaking).
⚠️ Breaking: Minimal app access now restricts readable settings fields and the WYSIWYG editor switches from TinyMCE to Tiptap, dropping TinyMCE customizations.