v.25.11Backward Incompatible Change
Enable with_size_stream serialization
Enablewith_size_streamserialization format for theStringdata type by default. This change is backward compatible, but the new serialization format is supported only since version 25.10, which means that downgrading to versions before 25.10 will not be possible. If you want to keep the possibility of downgrading to 25.9 and earlier, configureserialization_info_versionasbasicandstring_serialization_versionassingle_streamin themerge_treesection of the server configuration. #89329 (Alexey Milovidov).