- Added directive prologue detection with autofix, block‑scoped var location in messages, and a skipJSXText option for the no‑irregular‑whitespace rule.
- Fixed cwd normalization in ESLint/FlatESLint constructors and removed an extra‑parens autofix that could interfere with directives.
- Extensive documentation updates covering custom rules, processors, plugins, configuration files, license info, and other guides.