- Fixed multiple race‑condition and exception issues across core server diagnostics, CLI tools, management UI imports, STOMP, event exchange, and management‑exchange plugins.
- Dropped support for Erlang/OTP 20.3; requires upgrading RabbitMQ before moving to Erlang 21.x or later, making this a breaking change for users on older Erlang versions.
- Clarified source archive contents and provided links to upgrade and compatibility documentation.