# Weaviate v1.37.14 — v1.37.14 - Never use a search result as a read-repair payload

- Product: Weaviate (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/weaviate)
- Vendor: Weaviate
- Date: 2026-07-27
- Version: v1.37.14
- Original notes: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.37.14
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/weaviate/releases/v1.37.14

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- **fixed** — Do not load all lazy shards for property add
- **fixed** — Abort in-flight usage scan when its collection is dropped
- **fixed** — Do not load lazy loaded shards on backup restore
- **fixed** — Stop commit log churn flaking vector storage size test
- **fixed** — Fix flaky TestMakeUnboundedChannel_CapShrink
- **fixed** — Retry on join with deadline in memberlist
- **changed** — Add EncodeInto for BlockEntry and BlockData in inverted index
- **changed** — Pass data start offset to MarshalSortedKeys in lsmkv
- **fixed** — Capture values in keyOnly map cursor so keys aren't dropped
- **changed** — Add reusable decode helpers for inverted node data in lsmkv
- **changed** — Add EncodeAppend arena-append primitive to varenc in lsmkv
- **changed** — Add reusable encode pipeline for inverted compaction in lsmkv
- **fixed** — Don't fail startup when a single node can't join
- **fixed** — Join usage poll goroutines so they cannot assert after test completion
- **fixed** — ABBA deadlock between updateReplicationConfig and lazy shard load wedges RAFT FSM
- **fixed** — Key the auth singleflight on the key, not just the user
- **fixed** — Fix RBAC regexp
- **added** — Unified background-process activity and duration metrics
- **changed** — Make number of files that are deduplicated in incremental backups configurable
- **fixed** — Shut down vector index when its queue creation fails to avoid orphaning it

##### Breaking Changes 
*none*

##### New Features
*none*

##### Fixes
* Do not load all lazy shards for property add by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12184
* fix(usage): abort in-flight usage scan when its collection is dropped by @antas-marcin in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12187
* Do not load lazy loaded shards on backup restore by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12186
* Stop commit log churn flaking vector storage size test by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12231
* Backport to v1.36: fix flaky TestMakeUnboundedChannel_CapShrink by @asdine in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12236
* backport: fix(memberlist): retry on join with deadline by @moogacs in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12241
* perf(inverted): add EncodeInto for BlockEntry and BlockData by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12150
* perf(lsmkv): pass data start offset to MarshalSortedKeys by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12151
* fix(lsmkv): capture values in keyOnly map cursor so keys aren't dropped by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12152
* perf(lsmkv): add reusable decode helpers for inverted node data by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12154
* perf(lsmkv): add EncodeAppend arena-append primitive to varenc by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12149
* perf(lsmkv): add reusable encode pipeline for inverted compaction by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12160
* fix(memberlist): don't fail startup when a single node can't join (self-heal) by @moogacs in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12243
* fix(test): join usage poll goroutines so they cannot assert after test completion by @antas-marcin in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12237
* test(async-repl): gate scheduler close tests on dispatch round-trips, not channel-buffer sampling by @jeroiraz in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12250
* fix(db): ABBA deadlock between updateReplicationConfig and lazy shard load wedges RAFT FSM by @jfrancoa in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12238
* perf(lsmkv): wire inverted compaction through the reusable encode pipeline by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12161
* perf(lsmkv): reuse decode buffers in the inverted cursor by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12163
* perf(lsmkv): reuse the propLengthsView across inverted compaction nodes by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12233
* refactor(lsmkv): extract inverted block codec into inverted/blockenc by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12244
* fix(lsmkv): repair stable/v1.37 build broken by the v1.36 merge (blockenc.PackedDecode) by @jeroiraz in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12257
* Key the auth singleflight on the key, not just the user by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12270
* Fix RBAC regexp by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12251
* feat(monitoring): unified background-process activity + duration metrics by @moogacs in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12275
* Make number of files that are deduplicated in incremental backups configurable by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12234
* fix(db): shut down vector index when its queue creation fails to avoid orphaning it by @antas-marcin in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12192
* cyclemanager: replace per-tick due-scan with a due-heap scheduler by @aliszka in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12099
* Update GRPC dependency by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12311
* feat(telemetry): persistent cluster and node identity for correlatable telemetry by @moogacs in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12296
* Reduce heap usage in HNSW condensor by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/we

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