Bug Fixes:

* Fix error thrown from FINALLY() causing an infinite loop. (Reviewed by Stephen Frost.)
* Error on all lock failures except another process holding the lock. (Reviewed by Reid Thompson, Geir Råness. Reported by Geir Råness.)

Features:

* Backup file bundling for improved small file support. (Reviewed by Reid Thompson, Stefan Fercot, Chris Bandy.)
* Verify command to validate the contents of a repository. (Contributed by Cynthia Shang, Reid Thompson. Reviewed by David Steele, Stefan Fercot.)
* PostgreSQL 15 support. (Reviewed by Stefan Fercot.)
* Show backup percent complete in info output. (Contributed by Reid Thompson. Reviewed by David Steele.)
* Auto-select backup for restore command --type=lsn. (Contributed by Reid Thompson. Reviewed by Stefan Fercot, David Steele.)
* Suppress existing WAL warning when archive-mode-check is disabled. (Contributed by Reid Thompson. Reviewed by David Steele.)
* Add AWS IMDSv2 support. (Contributed by Nuno Pires. Reviewed by David Steele.)

Improvements:

* Allow repo-hardlink option to be changed after full backup. (Reviewed by Reid Thompson.)
* Increase precision of percent complete logging for backup and restore. (Contributed by Reid Thompson. Reviewed by David Steele.)
* Improve path validation for repo-* commands. (Contributed by Reid Thompson. Reviewed by David Steele.)
* Improve stop command to honor stanza option. (Contributed by Reid Thompson. Reviewed by David Steele. Suggested by ragaoua.)
* Improve error message for invalid repo-azure-key. (Contributed by Reid Thompson. Reviewed by David Steele. Suggested by Seth Daniel.)
* Add hint to check the log on archive-get/archive-push async error. (Reviewed by Reid Thompson.)
* Add ClockError for unexpected clock skew and timezone changes. (Reviewed by Greg Sabino Mullane, Stefan Fercot. Suggested by Greg Sabino Mullane.)
* Strip extensions from history manifest before showing in error message. (Reviewed by Stefan Fercot.)
* Add user:group to lock permission error. (Reviewed by Reid Thompson.)

Documentation Bug Fixes:

* Fix incorrect reference to stanza-update in the user guide. (Fixed by Abubakar Mohammed. Reviewed by David Steele.)
* Fix example for repo-gcs-key-type option in configuration reference. (Reviewed by Reid Thompson.)
* Fix tls-server-auth example and add clarifications. (Reviewed by Reid Thompson.)

Documentation Improvements:

* Simplify messaging around supported versions in the documentation. (Reviewed by Stefan Fercot, Reid Thompson, Greg Sabino Mullane.)
* Add option type descriptions. (Contributed by Reid Thompson. Reviewed by David Steele.)
* Add FAQ about backup types and restore speed. (Contributed by David Christensen. Reviewed by Reid Thompson.)
* Document required base branch for pull requests. (Contributed by David Christensen. Reviewed by Reid Thompson.)