- Added hierarchical & ACL‑aware routing processors, warm‑index write block, custom index name resolver, new remote‑store metadata API, pull‑based ingestion plugin, and support for search pipelines.
- Expanded query capabilities (terms lookup with query clause, BooleanQuery rewrites, Combined Fields, Approximation Framework extensions, semantic version field type, numeric skip‑list, profiling enhancements, star‑tree stats, GRPC extens...
- Fixed numerous bugs (aggregator cancellation, profiler timing, regex handling, replication lag, max‑score null, SecureRandom usage, etc.), removed the experimental flag from GRPC settings, and upgraded many third‑party dependencies.