Protocol
IOTA Protocol Version in this release: 11
#6633: Merged implementation of Starfish consensus protocol (experimental, not enabled on any networks). Starfish improves blockchain performance by separating block header propagation from block data dissemination, reducing latency in adversarial network conditions. Currently undergoing internal testing and development before potential testnet deployment.
Indexer
#8112: Adjusted the Indexer backfill CLI to make the data ingestion worker configurable.
CLI
#8403: Release binaries now include IOTA-Names CLI commands