2.X

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feature:

• [#7865] add Benchmark CLI tool
• [#8094] add XA mode to benchmark CLI
• [#8062] add real TCC mode to benchmark CLI
• [#8052] add SAGA_ANNOTATION mode to benchmark CLI
• [#8014] add P99.9 latency percentile to benchmark CLI
• [#7882] add metrics support for NamingServer
• [#7760] unify Jackson/fastjson serialization
• [#7000] support multi-version codec and fix client registration failure message not returned
• [#7973] add JSON deserialization whitelist mechanism
• [#7903] support HTTP/2 stream push for Watch API in Raft mode
• [#8002] add Grafana dashboard for NamingServer metrics
• [#8020] support client resource unregistration notification on shutdown
• [#8044] add protobuf serialization support for client unregistration protocol
• [#8046] add fastjson2 and jackson3 serializer support
• [#7952] support dynamic HTTP protocol switching for Raft client watch
• [#8090] support configuring ignored network interfaces

bugfix:

• [#7929] fix Kingbase undo log insert SQL error
• [#7940] fix incorrect Jakarta package paths
• [#7960] fix console API service bean not found
• [#7956] fix empty JaCoCo report on JDK 17+
• [#7965] fix primary key index recognition failure in DM and Kingbase
• [#7981] fix resource leak when closing DataSourceProxy
• [#7992] fix missing branch type when reporting branch transaction status
• [#8035] fix IllegalArgumentException when GET request contains body
• [#8078] fix MySQL undo log serialization exception
• [#8106] fix NPE during AOT proxy creation
• [#8113] fix console export JSON consistency and download issues
• [#8118] Use explicit columns in rollback validation query
• [#8124] Fix PK extraction for batch inserts with SQL functions

optimize:

• [#8042] enhance Saga benchmark workload and result reporting
• [#8022] configure PMD to output messages in English
• [#7930] pin Spring version for NamingServer and console
• [#7943] upgrade jib-maven-plugin and increase CI parallel execution
• [#7934] resolve dependency version conflicts
• [#7951] upgrade qs to 6.14.1
• [#7955] support Spring placeholder resolution in configuration
• [#7971] upgrade some dependencies
• [#7970] optimize Raft cluster endpoint
• [#7988] add Grafana dashboard configuration
• [#8008] improve Saga module virtual thread compatibility
• [#8019] mark deprecated JSON parsers
• [#8031] upgrade some dependencies
• [#8030] add jackson-datatype-jsr310 dependency
• [#8043] simplify Jackson related dependencies
• [#8066] upgrade tomcat-embed-core to 9.0.117
• [#8059] fix Maven publish workflow configuration
• [#8057]/[#8085]/[#8087] replace p3c with maven-checkstyle-plugin for incremental code checking
• [#8063] upgrade commons-io from 2.8.0 to 2.21.0
• [#8064] upgrade kafka-clients from 3.6.1 to 3.9.2
• [#8069] upgrade assertj-core from 3.12.2 to 3.27.7
• [#8075] upgrade lz4-java from 1.9.0 to 1.10.1
• [#8077] remove OkHttp3 dependency from NamingServer
• [#8083] migrate Groovy from org.codehaus to org.apache
• [#8080] upgrade postgresql driver from 42.3.8 to 42.3.10
• [#8092] add checkstyle rules for thread pool usage
• [#8097] upgrade nacos-client from 1.4.6 to 2.0.4
• [#8086] adjust console filter execution order
• [#8100] upgrade Druid from 1.2.25 to 1.2.28
• [#8104] optimize Saga SpringEL expression evaluation
• [#8108] reduce npmjs dependencies in console module
• [#8109] reduce npmjs dependencies in saga module
• [#8112] optimize seata-server test performance
• [#8116] fix incompatible dependencies
• [#8125] optimize: renew table meta cache entries during refresh

security:

test:

• [#8099] remove external network dependency in HTTP client tests
• [#7962] add unit tests for Nacos registry service
• [#8003] enhance Nacos registry service test coverage
• [#7915] add unit tests for saga-engine module
• [#8051] isolate compatibility tests from transport protocol interference
• [#8123] add integration tx api mock tests

refactor:

• [#7957] replace Apache HttpClient with OkHttp in NamingServer
• [#8023] support global virtual thread switching
• [#8055] switch default TCC JSON parser from fastjson to Jackson
• [#8067] migrate deprecated JSON configuration items
• [#8103] refactor integration RPC module
• [#8107] refactor Spring module

doc:

• [#7910] improve README documentation
• [#7990] add console font file license to distribution/LICENSE

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