Qdrant 1.9.0 - Heighten Your Security With Role-Based Access Control Support

Qdrant 1.9.0 introduces key security and performance enhancements, notably role-based access control (RBAC) via JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and optimized shard transfers, to better support enterprise customers and large-scale Generative AI applications. The update allows for more granular access control, enabling administrators to define user roles and restrict access to sensitive data, thus bolstering internal security and collaboration in Qdrant Hybrid Cloud environments. Additionally, the new wal_delta method significantly accelerates shard synchronization by transmitting only differential data, reducing transfer times and maintaining data consistency during node recovery or upgrades. The release also includes native support for uint8 embeddings, offering substantial memory savings and speed improvements for vector searches, while maintaining high response quality. These improvements are accompanied by various minor features and optimizations aimed at enhancing system performance and stability.