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This release introduces new PromQL functions and experimental features for timestamp handling and histograms, alongside numerous performance improvements and bug fixes across discovery, TSDB, and the UI. API changes include deprecating certain `stats` query parameter values and enhancing the `/api/v1/status/config` endpoint.

This release introduces significant security fixes, new experimental PromQL functions, and major performance improvements in TSDB head chunk lookups. It also enhances Service Discovery support with new cloud providers and IPv6 capabilities.

This release introduces significant security fixes, performance optimizations in TSDB, and major feature additions around experimental PromQL start timestamps and new Service Discovery integrations. Numerous bug fixes address issues across PromQL, API, Scrape, and TSDB components.