- Implemented binary quantization using bit‑shifts and added Text2vec‑Weaviate authentication support.
- Fixed multiple stability bugs: timestamps in object propagation, empty WAL removal, subdirectory backup handling, raft retry behavior, role‑creation race conditions, Debug/ReturnMetadata parsing, and flaky RAFT bootstrap tests.
- Enhanced observability and configurability: node ID logging for Raft, dynamic RAG syntax env variable, optional model in GenerativeOpenAI, and added extra metrics for batching.
v1.28.9 - Binary quantization Improvement, Backup subdirectories Fix
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Bound digest RPC memtable snapshots to the requested key range and improved async replication performance by negotiating binary digest encoding and carrying byte ID digests end‑to‑end.
Added new REST search endpoints (bm25, hybrid, near object, aggregate counts) and backup role inclusion feature.
Fix async replication handling, including local resolution of replicas, leaked goroutine fixes, and proper tenant restoration on failures.