make it possible to use any version of Protobuf for serialization of application messages, the internal dependency to Protobuf has been replaced by embedding a shaded (renamed package) version, if you use Protobuf in your application you need to add the dependency to your build, see migration guide
new experimental feature that makes it possible to promote new members to WeaklyUp during network partitions, thanks to Hector Veiga for contributing
fixed a few bugs in Persistence and move Tagged to akka.persistence.journal
some improvements of Cluster Sharding
improve thread usage when starting Cluster extension