8.18.0 / 2025-08-22

• feat(schema): support for union types #15574 #10894
• fix: trim long strings in minLength and maxLength error messages and display the string length #15571 #15550
• types(connection+collection): make BaseCollection and BaseConnection usable as values #15575 #15548
• types: remove logic that omits timestamps when virtuals, methods, etc. options set #15577 #12807