- fix: Testoperator DuckDB, SQLite, Postgres, Spicecloud by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5190](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5190)
- Update Helm Chart and SECURITY.md to v1.1.0 by [@lukekim](https://github.com/lukekim) in [#5223](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5223)
- Update version.txt to v1.1.1-unstable by [@lukekim](https://github.com/lukekim) in [#5224](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5224)
- Update Cargo.lock to v1.1.1-unstable by [@lukekim](https://github.com/lukekim) in [#5225](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5225)
- Add tests for `verify_schema_source_path` in `ListingTableConnector` by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5221](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5221)
- Reduce noise from debug logging by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5227](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5227)
- Improve `openai_test_chat_messages` integration test reliability by [@Sevenannn](https://github.com/Sevenannn) in [#5222](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5222)
- Verify the checkpoints existence before shutting down runtime in integration tests directly querying checkpoint by [@Sevenannn](https://github.com/Sevenannn) in [#5232](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5232)
- Fix CORS support for json content-type api by [@sgrebnov](https://github.com/sgrebnov) in [#5241](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5241)
- Fix ModelGradedScorer error: The 'metadata' parameter is only allowed when 'store' is enabled. by [@sgrebnov](https://github.com/sgrebnov) in [#5231](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5231)
- fix: Use `pulls-with-spice-action` and switch to `spiceai-macos` runners by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5238](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5238)
- Use v1.0.3 pulls with spice action by [@lukekim](https://github.com/lukekim) in [#5244](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5244)
- feat: Build ODBC binaries, run testoperator on ODBC by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5237](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5237)
- Bump timeout for several integration test runtime load_components & readiness check by [@Sevenannn](https://github.com/Sevenannn) in [#5229](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5229)
- Validate port is available before binding port for docker container in integration tests by [@Sevenannn](https://github.com/Sevenannn) in [#5248](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5248)
- Update datafusion-table-providers to fix the schema for PostgreSQL materialized views by [@ewgenius](https://github.com/ewgenius) in [#5259](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5259)
- Verify flight server is ready for flight integration tests by [@Sevenannn](https://github.com/Sevenannn) in [#5240](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5240)
- fix: Publish to MinIO inside of matrix on build_and_release by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5258](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5258)
- fix: TPCDS on zero results benchmarks by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5263](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5263)
- Use model as a judge scorer for Financebench by [@sgrebnov](https://github.com/sgrebnov) in [#5264](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5264)
- Fix FinanceBench llm scorer secret name by [@sgrebnov](https://github.com/sgrebnov) in [#5276](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5276)
- Implements support for `runtime.results_cache.cache_key_type` by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5265](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5265)
- fix: Testoperator MS SQL, query overrides, dispatcher by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5279](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5279)
- refactor: Delete old benchmarks by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5283](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5283)
- Imporve embedding column parsing performance test by [@Sevenannn](https://github.com/Sevenannn) in [#5268](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5268)
- Add Support for AWS Session Token in S3 Data Connector by [@kczimm](https://github.com/kczimm) in [#5243](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5243)
- Implement Component Metrics system + MySQL connection pool metrics by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5290](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5290)
- Add default descriptions to built-in MCP tools by [@lukekim](https://github.com/lukekim) in [#5293](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5293)
- fix: Vector search with cased columns by [@peasee](https://github.com/peasee) in [#5295](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5295)
- Run delta kernel scan in a blocking Tokio thread. by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5296](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5296)
- Expose the `mysql_pool_min` and `mysql_pool_max` connection pool parameters by [@phillipleblanc](https://github.com/phillipleblanc) in [#5297](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5297)
- use patched pdf-extract by [@kczimm](https://github.com/kczimm) in [#5270](https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/5270)