v0.49.1

What's Changed

• fix(storage): prevent merge starvation and compress resting records by @tdakkota in #762
• build(deps): Bump the opentelemetry group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #761
• perf(storage): drain merge backlog between ticks by @tdakkota in #763

Full Changelog: v0.49.0...v0.49.1