v1.37.0-rc.1 Release - GA Incremental Backups, Prod Readiness Features

AI Impact Summary

The team released v1.37.0-rc.1, a release candidate for the upcoming v1.37.0 release, incorporating several production-readiness features. Incremental backups and Async Replication have moved to general availability, alongside improvements to internal cluster communications and a new Secure MCP Server preview. The Alter Schema - Drop vector index feature is also available, indicating a shift in how vector data is managed.