- Added Elasticsearch v9 support, OpenSearch 3.x, custom rangequery interface, API‑key authentication for Elasticsearch storage, and extended metric storage configuration.
- Enhanced Jaeger demo deployment with Ingress, TLS/SSL automation, health probes, load‑generator, OTLPort exposure, and Helm repo setup; introduced spm time‑range optimizations.
- Fixed multiple issues (Kafka TLS, bearer token reuse, invalid tag types, stale bot automation, security log path removal), refactored dead code, improved CI with metrics summary action, and updated documentation.