- Fixed numerous bugs across core server, CLI tools, and discovery plugins (Kubernetes, AWS, Consul, etcd), plus Erlang client and tracing plugin.
- Dropped support for Erlang/OTP 20.3; upgrade Erlang to 21.x+ before upgrading RabbitMQ, with ordering guidance to avoid CLI incompatibilities.
- Improved IPv6 handling in peer discovery plugins and added better error handling/diagnostics.