# Weaviate v1.38.7 — v1.38.7 - Never use a search result as a read-repair payload

- Product: Weaviate (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/weaviate)
- Vendor: Weaviate
- Date: 2026-07-27
- Version: v1.38.7
- Original notes: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.38.7
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/weaviate/releases/v1.38.7

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- **fixed** — Fix empty range results served after enable-rangeable reindex with INDEX_RANGEABLE_IN_MEMORY=true
- **changed** — Remove SyncShards in favour of node local Shard.drop
- **fixed** — Fix namespace regexp
- **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
- **added** — Add endpoints for namespace suspend
- **changed** — Replace per-tick due-scan with a due-heap scheduler in cyclemanager
- **fixed** — Avoid nil-deref panics in filepath.WalkDir callbacks
- **changed** — Update GRPC dependency
- **added** — Persistent cluster and node identity for correlatable telemetry
- **changed** — Reduce heap usage in HNSW condensor
- **fixed** — AddMultiVector idempotence fix
- **changed** — Drop fmt.Sprintf from commit-log path builders to save allocations
- **changed** — Use a view instead of copy in hnsw packed connection
- **changed** — Reduce allocations for auto schema time/uuid parsing
- **fixed** — Purge stale GlobalBucketRegistry entries on every teardown path
- **fixed** — Reject non-object variables in GraphQL instead of panicking
- **changed** — Do not discard teardown work when one shutdown step fails
- **changed** — Improve segment index performance by using van Emde Boas layout
- **fixed** — Fix bugs in index shutdown

##### Breaking Changes 
*none*

##### New Features
*none*

##### Fixes
* Fix empty range results served after enable-rangeable reindex with INDEX_RANGEABLE_IN_MEMORY=true by @byronvoorbach in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12215
* chore(rplc-mvmnt): remove `SyncShards` in favour of node local `Shard.drop` by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12217
* Fix namespace regexp by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12292
* 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
* Namespace: Add endpoints for suspend by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12291
* cyclemanager: replace per-tick due-scan with a due-heap scheduler by @aliszka in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12099
* fix(replica-fast): avoid `nil`-deref panics in `filepath.WalkDir` callbacks by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12300
* 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/weaviate/pull/12306
* AddMultiVector idempotence fix by @trengrj in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12170
* Drop fmt.Sprintf from commit-log path builders to save allocations by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12310
* Use a view instead of copy in hnsw packed connection by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12309
* Reduce allocations for auto schema time/uuid parsing by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12301
* refact(telemetry) gate cluster-id commit on telemetry being enabled by @moogacs in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12326
* fix(lsmkv): purge stale GlobalBucketRegistry entries on every teardown path by @tsmith023 in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12188
* fix(graphql): reject non-object variables instead of panicking by @moogacs in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12332
* Don't discard teardown work when one shutdown step fails by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12333
* Improve segment index performance by using van Emde Boas layout by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12327
* Fix bugs in index shutdown by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12331
* Drop derived file names when recovering an aborted compaction by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12336
* Fix shard shutdown backup and wrong error return by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12337
* chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/net to v0.56.0 and golang.org/x/text to v0.39.0 (CVE-2026-46600, CVE-2026-56852) by @etiennedi in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12347
* deps: adjust go dependencies in sub projects by @antas-marcin in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12362
* Release shard references exactly once per acquire by @dirkkul in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12363
* fix(replica): never use a search result as a read-repair payload by @etiennedi in https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/pull/12355

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/compare/v1.38.6...v1.38.7