New Features:
- Redis cache implementation with health monitoring
- Comprehensive health check endpoints
- Cache health status monitoring
- Enhanced application lifecycle management
🔧 Improvements:
- Fixed OpenTelemetry middleware nil pointer panic
- Optimized application.go with DRY principles
- Added Redis configuration to .env.example
- Improved error handling and graceful degradation
- Better structured initialization and shutdown processes
🐛 Bug Fixes:
- Resolved nil pointer dereference in OpenTelemetry middleware
- Added nil checks for graceful middleware degradation
📦 Dependencies:
- Updated Go dependencies
- Added Redis client library
🧪 Testing:
- Added comprehensive cache tests
- Enhanced application lifecycle tests
- Improved config package coverage (0% → 47.1%)
- Enhanced health handlers coverage (2.2% → 10.9%)
- All tests pass with 0 linting issues
📚 Documentation:
- Updated README with cache configuration
- Enhanced .env.example with Redis variables
This release includes major improvements to application stability,
comprehensive caching capabilities, and significantly improved test coverage.