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archive 2026

Morphium 6.2.4 β€” When Messaging Dies Quietly

Morphium 6.2.4 is out. The reason behind it was a bug that took longer to find than to fix. In production, messaging suddenly stopped. The backlog grew. The log said nothing. Only the 10-second fallback poll kept the application half-alive. This is what we learned about producer/consumer architecture, silent `Error`s, and the hard 16 MB BSON limit, and the five layers of protection that came out of it.

8.5.2026
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Morphium 6.2.1 β€” A Bugfix Release That Packs a Punch

Morphium 6.2.1 is out β€” and while it's officially a bugfix release, there's considerably more inside than the version number suggests. ByteBuddy replaces spring-cglib, PoppyDB gets a stability overhaul, and the wire protocol is now much more robust against connection chaos.

20.3.2026
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Morphium 6.2.0 β€” What's New?

Morphium 6.2.0 β€” What's New?

After months of work, Morphium 6.2.0 is ready. This release brings some fundamental changes β€” most notably the extraction of PoppyDB as a standalone module. But let's go through it step by step.

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11.3.2026
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