- Added new command‑line flags (elasticsearch.version, insert.maxFieldsPerLine, storage.minFreeDiskSpaceBytes) and exposed metrics for data size, index size, and HTTP request duration on /metrics
- Implemented /insert/loki/ready health‑check endpoint and fixed several panic scenarios (idle write, background merge column overflow, missing data writes)
- Recommended upgrade to v0.4.1 due to a critical bug in v0.4.0