- Multiple bugfixes improve stability: proper IPv6 escaping in Kubernetes pod discovery, corrected caching, rate‑limiter handling, vmctl time filter, vmui loader, MetricsQL filter pushdown, and panic safeguards across components.
- Breaking changes in vmalert: disallow time‑bucket stats pipe with VictoriaLogs data sources and prohibit using eval offset and eval delay together, plus removal of random sleep when offset is set.
- New features include Go builder upgrade to 1.24, alternative Quay.io registry, storage.trackMetricNamesStats flag with status API, OpenTelemetry attribute compatibility, TooHighQueryLoad alert, expanded dashboard panels, and vmalert tool...