- Add several new metrics for Raft (FSM index, single node recovery, last applied index) and include MD5 headers for S3 requests
- Fix multiple Raft‑related issues (snapshot compatibility downgrade path, ensure store opens on catch‑up errors, shard shutdown handling) and resolve backup test flakiness
- Remove Windows release builds, bump backup dependencies, lower vectorizer batching log level, and drop model‑name validation in the text2vec‑weaviate module
v1.28.16 - Schema V2 Raft Fixes
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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.