# Weaviate v1.38.10 — v1.38.10 - Search REST endpoint improvements, Namespaces & Usage module Fixes

- Product: Weaviate (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/weaviate)
- Vendor: Weaviate
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: v1.38.10
- Original notes: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.38.10
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/weaviate/releases/v1.38.10

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- **removed** — Remove TestReadSnapshotBufferAllocation which was flaky
- **changed** — Size hashbeat digest buffers by set count, not leaf count
- **changed** — Read the dimensions bucket once per usage sweep
- **changed** — Warm the version map in the background at startup
- **fixed** — Report the tenant's pre-freeze status on an aborted freeze
- **changed** — Unmarshal namespace snapshot outside of lock
- **changed** — Size the roaringsetrange pread read buffer from the segment payload
- **added** — Introduce includeRoles to backup/restore process
- **fixed** — Fix flaky teardown in async replication acceptance suites
- **added** — Add opt-in gRPC transport to Backup-gcs
- **fixed** — Report one error per object when a shard refuses a batch
- **fixed** — Move st.trackDBLoadProgress inside st.reloadDBFromSchema
- **fixed** — Gate tenant actions in namespaces
- **added** — Add plumbing for namespace exister
- **fixed** — Keep the geo vector cache across deletion cycles
- **fixed** — Don't dereference nil target combination in parseNearVec
- **fixed** — Serve a failed backup's reason from the participant status
- **fixed** — Keep error type through the objects manager
- **changed** — Read only the geo property when resolving a coordinate
- **added** — Add bm25 keyword search endpoint (REST Search API 1/4)
- **added** — Add hybrid search endpoint (REST Search API 2/4)
- **added** — Add near-object search endpoint (REST Search API 3/4)
- **added** — Add aggregate counts endpoint (REST Search API 4/4)
- **fixed** — Don't let SIGPIPE break the gh escape-sequence feature check
- **fixed** — Apply the filter to the BM25 search in hybrid aggregation
- **fixed** — Wait for the local schema before writes that resolve an index by name
- **fixed** — Fix three crashes and data corruptions in cluster state handling

##### Breaking Changes 
*none*

##### New Features
*none*

##### Fixes
* Remove TestReadSnapshotBufferAllocation which was flaky by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12493
* perf(async-repl): size hashbeat digest buffers by set count, not leaf count by @jeroiraz in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12481
* Read the dimensions bucket once per usage sweep by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12503
* perf(hfresh): warm the version map in the background at startup by @asdine in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12504
* Report the tenant's pre-freeze status on an aborted freeze by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12508
* Unmarshal namespace snapshot outside of lock by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12506
* Size the roaringsetrange pread read buffer from the segment payload by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12499
* feat(backups): introduce `includeRoles` to backup/restore process by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12322
* fix flaky teardown in async replication acceptance suites by @jeroiraz in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12520
* Backup-gcs: add opt-in gRPC transport by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12447
* fix(batch): report one error per object when a shard refuses a batch by @g-despot in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12519
* fix(db): move `st.trackDBLoadProgress` inside `st.reloadDBFromSchema` by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12524
* fix(async-repl): backport #12079 and #12127 to stable/v1.37 by @jfrancoa in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12547
* Namespaces: Gate tenant actions by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12513
* Testcontainer endpoint + docstring fixes by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12540
* Namespaces: Add plumbing for namespace exister by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12541
* Keep the geo vector cache across deletion cycles by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12557
* Fix non-compiling test by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12562
* fix(grpc): don't dereference nil target combination in parseNearVec by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12567
* fix(backup): serve a failed backup's reason from the participant status by @etiennedi in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12548
* Keep error type through the objects manager by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12510
* Read only the geo property when resolving a coordinate by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12564
* fix(async-repl): surface root-prefilter skips in asyncReplicationStatus by @jeroiraz in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12566
* perf(lsmkv): targeted replace scan with newest-wins visibility by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12396
* Keep the parked pread buffer on sequential replace cursor scans by @jeroiraz in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12571
* Complete updateIndexTenants when one tenant fails by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12507
* Drop per-cycle allocations from the idle compaction path by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12561
* perf(lsmkv): read targeted-scan ranges straight from the file by @amourao in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12592
* Parse replace nodes without allocating by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12558
* Fixes bugs segment group tmp file recovery by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12458
* Include GEO HNSW index in backups by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12584
* Pin replacement replicas to a namespace's home node by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12554
* Treat a non-positive vector cache maxSize as unboun

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