# Release Notes - v2.8.43

**Date**: 2026-05-25

## 📝 Executive Summary

```text
2.8.43 2026-05-25

- chore: bump version to 2.8.43.
- feat: add --compress-dump option to compress SQL schema dumps using gzip.
- feat: add --dump-limit option to limit row extraction count for CSV dumps.
- feat: export naming convention deviations and missing foreign keys to CSV files.
- feat: write schema export manifest files to track dumped files.
- feat: add unified health score breakdown to CLI output and HTML laboratory reports.
- feat: implement test output auditor script to scan test results for Perl execution errors and runtime warnings.
- fix: resolve invalid login credentials error by defaulting to root when only --pass is set and escaping single quotes in passwords (#781).
- fix: resolve fake aborted connections count increase during password strength checks (#900).
- fix: resolve EOF metadata corruption and duplicated configurations in Emacs block (#904).
- fix: prevent plaintext password leakage in weak password diagnostic messages.
- fix: implement symlink verification and atomic writes for aborted connects state file protection.
- fix: append transport-specific host and container identifiers in state file path to prevent collisions.
- fix: correct authentication plugin checks mock implementation in unit tests to prevent health score deduction bypass.
- test: strengthen authentication plugin checks and add verification suite for state file protections.
- test: add comprehensive test suite for weighted health score and score breakdowns.
- ci: optimize release notes generation to isolate branch changes.
- docs: complete documentation refresh synchronizing README.md, INTERNALS.md, USAGE.md, and all translated READMEs with v2.8.43 script capabilities.
- docs: improve authentication plugins algorithm labels and resolve absolute documentation links.
- perf: optimize --dumpdir performance by excluding heavy RDS/Aurora and internal metrics.
- refactor: catch explicit exception classes in build/release_gen.py to prevent masking system signals.
- refactor: replace generic file preview logic with explicit descriptive labeling for database audit artifacts.
- refactor: html report to get better information about each version.
```

## 📈 Diagnostic Growth Indicators

| Metric | Current | Progress | Status |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Total Indicators | 15 | +2 | 🚀 |
| Efficiency Checks | 0 | 0 | 🛡️ |
| Risk Detections | 2 | 0 | 🛡️ |
| Information Points | 13 | +2 | 🚀 |

## 🧪 New Diagnostic Capabilities

### ℹ️ New Information Points
- SKIPPING $info_pf_table
- SKIPPING $info_s_table

## 🛠️ Internal Commit History

- docs: complete documentation refresh for v2.8.43 (730cb54)
- feat: implement parallel run resource limits, post-test cleanup, and TAP output (8274dce)
- docs: sync project documentation and reorganize roadmap/potential issues (5c7e0fa)
- fix(ci): fix declared_refs and segment HTML report tables (e4fefe8)
- feat: release v2.8.43 with schema export improvements and security hardening (c7d45d2)
- docs: generate FEATURES.md (3b51bf5)
- docs: generate USAGE.md (c0d9c0f)

## ⚙️ Technical Evolutions

### ➕ CLI Options Added
- `--compress-dump`
- `--dump-limit`

## ✅ Laboratory Verification Results

- [x] Automated TDD suite passed.
- [x] Multi-DB version laboratory execution validated.
- [x] Performance indicator delta analysis completed.
