- Added new ACME HTTP/TLS challenge implementations with external account binding, and introduced ServersTransport support on services
- Enhanced middleware with exponential backoff retry, regex‑based AccessControlAllowOrigin, forwardAuth header filtering, and Docker client timeout configuration; added Kubernetes Gateway provider and multi‑level KV prefixes
- Fixed several issues (e.g., Docker client timeout default, deepcopy handling), updated documentation, and added security policies