* github/master: (38 commits)
  [core] Add option to always select level 0 files when compacting (apache#5428)
  [hive] Fix `sync-all-properties` related tests (apache#5435)
  [core] File of Postpone bucket could be avro and no stats (apache#5427)
  [rest] add requestId into errorMsg (apache#5426)
  [hotfix] Fix test WithPartialUpdateMergeFunctionTest (apache#5425)
  [common] Set SYNC_ALL_PROPERTIES default to true, be kind to user. (apache#5411)
  [core] Introduce 'metadata.stats-mode.per.level' (apache#5422)
  [core] Throw exception when travel to timestamp before the earliest snapshot (apache#5423)
  [spark] Add bucket function and write benchmark (apache#5418)
  [flink] Flink batch delete supports aggregation.remove-record-on-delete option (apache#5402)
  [core] Fix aggregate delete bug and refactor SortBufferWriteBufferTestBase (apache#5414)
  [core] Validate fast-forward from the current branch (apache#5413)
  [core] Upgrade json-smart and resolve CVE-2024-57699 (apache#5415)
  [core] Add withLevel method in SnapshotReader to optimize RO table scanning (apache#5412)
  [cdc] Fix database sync performance issue of schema evolution (apache#5382)
  [core] Unify the order of procedure loading properties (apache#4657)
  [docs] add more docs about record-level expire (apache#5410)
  [core] Aggregate merge function should not return empty row with non-null column type exist (apache#5407)
  [core] Fix FileMonitorTable with Deletion Vectors Enabled (apache#5406)
  [core] Make the default version of bitmap index to 2 (apache#5405)
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