Q1 2026 release merge

Merge Checklist

• CPU
• 10.6
  • InnoDB
  • WolfSSL
  • zlib
    • also upgrade storage/connect/zip.* from zlib's contrib/minizip/
  • C/C v3.3 ­
    • ask Georg if everything is pushed for a release
    • check whether version need to be increased (if there were any changes since last release)
  • PCRE2 (update url in cmake/pcre.cmake) CVE-2025-58050
  • HeidiSQL (update version in win/packaging/heidisql.cmake)
  • ColumnStore 6.x
  • notify Elena
  • merge with the main 10.6 branch

• 10.11
  • 10.6
  • libfmt (update URL in cmake/libfmt.cmake) (we could not build it since 11.02, so check security problems)
  • notify Elena
  • merge with the main 10.11 branch

• 11.4
  • 10.11
  • libfmt
  • ColumnStore 2Y.MM
  • C/C v3.4
    • ask Georg if everything is pushed for a release
      • push merge to 3.4
    • check whether version need to be increased (if there were any changes since last release)
  • notify Elena
  • merge with the main 11.4 branch

• 11.8
  • 11.4
  • notify Elena
  • merge with the main 11.8 branch

• 12.2
  • 11.8
  • must be 12.2.2-stable
  • notify Elena
  • merge with the main branch
  • lock the branch, last 12.2 release

• 12.3
  • 12.2
  • must be 12.3.1-gamma
  • verify that all preview features are pushed
  • notify Elena
  • merge with the main branch
  • rename the branch to 12.3, bump main to 13.0

• DOCS task with these tasks DOCS-xxxx