### 🚀 Features

- **(backend)** support top-level aqua cosign verification by @risu729
in [#9111](#9111)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **(schema)** validate all schema files with draft2020 and strict mode
by @risu729 in [#9594](#9594)
- **(shim)** skip network resolution for installed tool dirs by @jdx in
[#9599](#9599)

### 📚 Documentation

- **(dev-tools)** clarify vfox metadata depends for install hooks by
@risu729 in [#9573](#9573)
- **(plugins)** remove registry submission guidance by @risu729 in
[#9577](#9577)

### 📦️ Dependency Updates

- lock file maintenance by @renovate[bot] in
[#9586](#9586)

### 📦 Registry

- remove bashly asdf fallback by @risu729 in
[#9578](#9578)
- use github backend for rebar by @risu729 in
[#9576](#9576)
- add wasm-tools
([aqua:bytecodealliance/wasm-tools](https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasm-tools))
by @2xdevv in [#9596](#9596)
- enable symlink_bins for elixir-ls by @AlternateRT in
[#9592](#9592)

### Chore

- **(release)** always append sponsor block to release notes by @jdx in
[#9580](#9580)
- warn on vendored vfox embedded plugins by @risu729 in
[#9588](#9588)
- prefer registry shorthands over cargo/npm backends in mise.toml by
@risu729 in [#9595](#9595)

## 📦 Aqua Registry Updates

### New Packages (2)

-
[`salesforce/reactive-grpc/protoc-gen-reactor-grpc`](https://github.com/salesforce/reactive-grpc)
- [`spinframework/spin`](https://github.com/spinframework/spin)

### Updated Packages (1)

- [`pnpm/pnpm`](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm)