build(deps): bump github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 from 9.5.2-0.20240510065232-0f0a28464c3d to 9.18.0-beta.2

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Bumps github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 from 9.5.2-0.20240510065232-0f0a28464c3d to 9.18.0-beta.2.

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9.18.0-beta.2

🚀 Highlights

Go Version Update

This release updates the minimum required Go version to 1.21. This is part of a gradual migration strategy where the minimum supported Go version will be three versions behind the latest release. With each new Go version release, we will bump the minimum version by one, ensuring compatibility while staying current with the Go ecosystem.

Stability Improvements

This release includes several important stability fixes:

• Fixed a critical panic in the handoff worker manager that could occur when handling nil errors
• Improved test reliability for Smart Client Handoff functionality
• Fixed logging format issues that could cause runtime errors

✨ New Features

• OpenTelemetry metrics improvements for nil response handling (#3638) by @​fengve

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed panic on nil error in handoffWorkerManager closeConnFromRequest (#3633) by @​ccoVeille
• Fixed bad sprintf syntax in logging (#3632) by @​ccoVeille

🧰 Maintenance

• Updated minimum Go version to 1.21 (#3640) by @​ndyakov
• Use Go 1.20 idiomatic string<->byte conversion (#3435) by @​justinhwang
• Reduce flakiness of Smart Client Handoff test (#3641) by @​kiryazovi-redis
• Revert PR #3634 (Observability metrics phase1) (#3635) by @​ofekshenawa

👥 Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

@​justinhwang, @​ndyakov, @​kiryazovi-redis, @​fengve, @​ccoVeille, @​ofekshenawa

9.18.0-beta.1

pre-release v9.18.0-beta.1

🚀 Highlights

Request and Response Policy Based Routing in Cluster Mode

This beta release introduces comprehensive support for Redis COMMAND-based request and response policy routing for cluster clients. This feature enables intelligent command routing and response aggregation based on Redis command metadata.

Key Features:

• Command Policy Loader: Automatically parses and caches COMMAND metadata with routing/aggregation hints
• Enhanced Routing Engine: Supports all request policies including:
  • default(keyless) - Commands without keys
  • default(hashslot) - Commands with hash slot routing

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Changelog

Sourced from github.com/redis/go-redis/v9's changelog.

9.18.0-beta.2 (2025-12-09)

🚀 Highlights

Go Version Update

This release updates the minimum required Go version to 1.21. This is part of a gradual migration strategy where the minimum supported Go version will be three versions behind the latest release. With each new Go version release, we will bump the minimum version by one, ensuring compatibility while staying current with the Go ecosystem.

Stability Improvements

This release includes several important stability fixes:

• Fixed a critical panic in the handoff worker manager that could occur when handling nil errors
• Improved test reliability for Smart Client Handoff functionality
• Fixed logging format issues that could cause runtime errors

✨ New Features

• OpenTelemetry metrics improvements for nil response handling (#3638) by @​fengve

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed panic on nil error in handoffWorkerManager closeConnFromRequest (#3633) by @​ccoVeille
• Fixed bad sprintf syntax in logging (#3632) by @​ccoVeille

🧰 Maintenance

• Updated minimum Go version to 1.21 (#3640) by @​ndyakov
• Use Go 1.20 idiomatic string<->byte conversion (#3435) by @​justinhwang
• Reduce flakiness of Smart Client Handoff test (#3641) by @​kiryazovi-redis
• Revert PR #3634 (Observability metrics phase1) (#3635) by @​ofekshenawa

👥 Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

@​justinhwang, @​ndyakov, @​kiryazovi-redis, @​fengve, @​ccoVeille, @​ofekshenawa

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9.18.0-beta.1 (2025-12-01)

🚀 Highlights

Request and Response Policy Based Routing in Cluster Mode

This beta release introduces comprehensive support for Redis COMMAND-based request and response policy routing for cluster clients. This feature enables intelligent command routing and response aggregation based on Redis command metadata.

Key Features:

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