This maintenance release for Kapacitor includes security enhancements such as skipping SSL verification with an alert post node, additional TLS configuration options, and improved transport consistency. The update also addresses a deadlock issue in the barrier node when delete is used and fixes issues related to group stats and file ownership. For Kapacitor Enterprise customers, this release introduces breaking changes including topic handler updates that require all topic owners to be available and support for insecure TLS and authentication when connecting to InfluxDB Enterprise meta nodes.