- Stabilized the `?` operator, macros in type position, and statement attributes, expanding core language features.
- Added extensive library and compiler improvements such as refined error messages, optimized metadata format, HIR caching, and inline‑function instantiation to boost compile‑time performance.
- Updated Cargo and rustdoc tooling, included security patches for curl and OpenSSL, deprecated SipHasher in favor of DefaultHasher, and added new target support (s390x, mips‑uclibc, Haiku).