- Added Google AI Studio model support (including Gemini Embedding 2 multimodal) and audio handling to the multi2vec‑google module, plus a DisableDimensionMetrics config option.
- Improved async replication with binary encoding for digest responses, introduced DEFAULT_SHARDING_COUNT env var, and fixed multiple race conditions in backup, RBAC restore, cache and related tests.
- Applied security update bumping google.golang.org/grpc to v1.79.3 and addressed numerous bug fixes such as backup chunk splitting, log level adjustment, and metric registration.