v2.42.0

[joseluisq]

This new v2.42.0 brings bug fixes, new features and improvements. Fix a memory increase regression introduced in v2.40.0. Support for HTTP Prometheus metrics, Local-time for logs by default, support for the POSIX TZ environment variable to configure logs's timezone, as well as other minor improvements.

Fixes

• 0b128b9 Update dependencies and bump up Rust to 1.88.0. PR Update dependencies 2026-03-24 and bump up Rust to 1.88.0 #641 by @joseluisq
• 4124999 Regression: Memory increase for Linux Musl statically-linked binaries introduced in v2.40.0. See PR Update mimalloc to v3 for musl targets (statically-linked binaries) #640 by @joseluisq
• 8451cf7 --disable-symlinks option does not work properly if a path contains intermediate symlink components. PR Fix disable symlinks option does not work properly #639 by @joseluisq

Features

• b798f68 Local-time support for logs by default to honor user's system time. It also supports the POSIX TZ environment variable to update the logs's time zone on demand. PR Local-time support for logs by default #632 by @joseluisq. See docs.
• 2d50f88 Stabilize Prometheus metrics feature via --metrics option. PR Add metrics feature gate for Prometheus metrics #635 by @chrissnell. See docs
• a4213e5 HTTP-level Prometheus metrics for the metrics endpoint. PR Add HTTP-level metrics to experimental metrics endpoint #631 by @chrissnell
• 6ada726 Grafana dashboard example for Prometheus metrics feature. PR Add Grafana dashboard example for SWS prometheus metrics #636 by @chrissnell. See example.

Docs

• 0a8c8ca Metrics feature documentation page. PR Add metrics feature documenation page #633 by @chrissnell. See docs
• b6856ea Local-time support for logs. PR Local-time support for logs documentation #638 by @joseluisq

For more details see the v2.42.0 milestone and the full changelog v2.41.0...v2.42.0.

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