- Upgrade base Docker image to Alpine 3.23.3 and Go builder to 1.24.13, addressing security vulnerabilities.
- All components now honor HTTP(S)_PROXY and NO_PROXY environment variables and expose new Kubernetes SD discovery metrics.
- Multiple bug fixes: improved Kafka offset commits, corrected deduplicated sample counting, dynamic Graphite render timeout, faster deduplication path, and proper MetricsQL regex prettifying.