v1.6.1

1.6.1

⛰️ Features

• Materialize directory-cache nodes concurrently on cold misses by @erneestoc in (#2526) - (065be46)
• Marcussorealheis extend zstd by @MarcusSorealheis, @walter-zeromatter, @palfrey in (#2527) - (e4b6ca6)
• Adds timer to hyper by @palfrey in (#2523) - (63f3454)
• Add REAPI content-defined chunking (SplitBlob/SpliceBlob) support by @erneestoc in (#2497) - (9d86aaf)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Flush in detect_duplicate_upload by @palfrey in (#2528) - (338abe3)

📚 Documentation

• Fix duplicate phrase in CONTRIBUTING.md by @ryaan-md in (#2522) - (7eaf209)

🧪 Testing & CI

• Increase the attic retry time by @palfrey in (#2524) - (21dadec)
• Disable Bazel lockfile in 8.7 compatibility lane by @MarcusSorealheis in (#2517) - (8162a93)
• Drop expect for single_use_lifetimes by @palfrey in (#2538 - (23e960d)

⚙️ Miscellaneous

• (release) cross-compile the aarch64 Linux binary on x86 by @amankrx in (#2529) - (32e4952)
• add MCP AI widget, MDX support, and design updates by @amankrx in (#2488) - (7909e32)
• Attach the tag to images pushed on a tag build by @amankrx in (#2515) - (05c5fac)

⬆️ Bumps & Version Updates

• Upgrade crossbeam-epoch and serial_test by @palfrey in (#2519) - (0ac1434)
• Upgrade to Bazel 9.1.1 and 8.7.0 by @MarcusSorealheis in (#2514) - (1f94866)
• Release NativeLink v1.6.1 by @MarcusSorealheis in (#2532 - (f4679b3)

New Contributors

• @ryaan-md made their first contribution in #2522

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.6.1