- AI‑powered search is now enabled by default; breaking changes include removal of the vectorStore experimental value, stricter Ollama URL formats, and renamed error codes for embedder and hybrid queries.
- Introduces experimental dumpless upgrades (upgrade without generating a dump) and remote federated search across multiple Meilisearch instances via the /multi search endpoint.
- Adds performance and observability enhancements such as task auto‑batch size limits, Prometheus metrics, faster index listing, GitHub token authentication, new stats fields, plus numerous bug fixes and stability improvements.