Explore new Response Channels experimental feature, avoid stalls through async DNS resolution, improve tethering behavior, reduce recovery time in congested networks, loss recovery improvements and more.

Fix failed nodes with Standby node transition, enhance performance & recovery with sender polling improvements, improve observability with snapshot duration tracking, hooks for Aeron Transport Selector, developer usability enhancements and more.

Improved service availability with Cluster Standby Snapshots & Graceful Leader Close, simplified network access config via Port Manager, improved monitoring with Host Name Resolution Time Tracking and more.