v2.9.14-beta

What's Changed

🚀 New Features

• add cdc raw-wal pointer helpers

🐛 Bug Fixes

• close five defects found reviewing DDL PREPARE validation
• restore schema versions when catching up
• validate DDL during PREPARE instead of failing at COMMIT
• avoid 32-bit overflow in segment payload guard
• preserve persisted intent cleanup
• harden CDC durability and repair paths
• improve CDC replication reliability

⚡ Performance

• replicate canonical encoded row changes
• skip DML intent tombstone cleanup
• seal CDC rows before batch writer lock
• reduce DML capture hot path amplification
• move DML row images to segmented log
• return reads after quorum responses
• use segmented CDC log with relaxed sync

🔧 Refactoring

• remove stale local execution flag

📖 Documentation

• explain CDC segment store atomicity
• document encoded CDC segment flow
• document latest vector search behavior

🧹 Maintenance

• bump version to v2.9.14-beta
• add CDC raw WAL pointer scaffolding

🧪 Testing

• gate heavyweight benchmark tests

📦 Other Changes

• Revert "fix(db): harden CDC durability and repair paths"
• Improve vector rerank correctness and build memory
• Improve vector clustering and benchmark validation
• Refactor vector index scan and publish internals
• Add disk-first vector block metadata and benchmark docs

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Full Changelog: v2.9.13-beta...v2.9.14-beta